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Tommy McCarthy ’19 (shown here in earlier action against Brigham Young) led Harvard with 21 points on Saturday against Cornell, none more important than the game-winning basket with six seconds remaining.

Harvard Men’s Basketball Splits Road Games Versus Columbia and Cornell

A loss to Columbia, and a come-from-behind win over Cornell

by David L. Tannenwald

Petitioners challenge Harvard Board of Overseers

A five-member slate challenges Harvard admissions and tuition policies.

by John S. Rosenberg

This season Maschmeyer made her 2,108th save, surpassing the Harvard women’s hockey all-time record.

Profile of Emerance Maschmeyer, Harvard women’s hockey goalie

Hockey goalie Emerance Maschmeyer steadies her team, in record-setting fashion.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Construction work in progress at the Harvard Kennedy School

Harvard Kennedy School campus construction

Building capacity, literally, at the public-policy campus

Economists debate the merits of school choice

Economists rethink the merits of school-choice systems.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Large enough to cover its player’s face like a mask, this ocarina was probably used for parades.

Mesoamerican ocarinas at Harvard's Peabody Museum

New music from ancient instruments

by Lydialyle Gibson

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Caleb Strong portrait by Gilbert Stuart, courtesy of Frederick Strong Moseley III ’51

Brief life of Federalist politician Caleb Strong, by Richard D. Brown

Brief life of an exemplary politician: 1745-1819

by Richard D. Brown

Harvard Spring 2016 news briefs

An Overseers' challenge slate, reengineering admissions, and General Education revised

by John S. Rosenberg

“Unicorn Tayss,” Walter Steiger, spring 2013

"Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe," at the Currier Museum

Upward of 150 haute couture and historic shoes are on display in Manchester, N.H.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Room for improvement in Harvard's Wintersession

Room for improvement in Wintersession

Harvard honors clubs and SIGs

Harvard celebrates its volunteer alumni leaders.