Monthly Archives: April 2007

Holy Cross Balinese Gamelan Orchestra to Hold Concert Directed by Distinguished Visiting Artist

Holy Cross Balinese Gamelan Orchestra to Hold Concert Directed by Distinguished Visiting Artist WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross departments of theatre and music present their famed Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Gita Sari, under the directorship of visiting fellow in … Continue reading →

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Webcam Offers Real Time View of Construction Progress on New Science Complex

While spring has been very slowly making its way to New England, construction of the new Holy Cross integrated science complex is quickly getting underway. Web site visitors can tune in and monitor construction progress on campus via a new … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Chamber Players Dedicate Concert to Former Members

The Holy Cross music department will present the annual Suzanna E. Waldbauer Memorial Concert performed by the Holy Cross Chamber Players on April 12 at 8 p.m. in Brooks Concert Hall. The concert, free and open to the public, will … Continue reading →

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High School Students to Participate in 36th Annual Classics Day at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross will hold the 36th annual Classics Day on April 12. Designed to familiarize students with the Holy Cross Classics department, its faculty and current students, the event features a variety of activities relating to the … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Opens Debate About Diversity vs. National Unity

WORCESTER, Mass. – For the past 12 years, the Humanities Scholars’ Collaborative has brought hundreds of area high school students to a series of seminars and discussions at area colleges. David Roach, superintendent of Millbury Public Schools, and Jim Hedlund, … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Faculty Member Receives Guggenheim Fellowship

Leila Philip, a member of the Holy Cross English department faculty since 2003 who was recently promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure, has received a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2007. She is among the 189 scholars and artists … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross to Host 60 Students From Burncoat High School for Science Presentations

WORCESTER, Mass. – The biology department at the College of the Holy Cross will host approximately 60 students from Burncoat High School on April 13 for a series of science presentations featuring a recently acquired confocal microscope. The Leica spectral … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Student Earns Prestigious Fulbright Award

WORCESTER, Mass. – Denise Riordan, a senior at the College of the Holy Cross, has received a Fulbright grant to work and study in Spain. A Spanish major with a concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies from Rutland, Vt., … Continue reading →

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‘Civil Liberties and the War on Terror’ Subject of Debate at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – A debate on the topic of “Civil Liberties and the War on Terror” featuring two prominent authorities on constitutional law will be held on April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center, Room 519 at … Continue reading →

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MIT Professor to Give Annual Sulski Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

WORCESTER, Mass. – Professor Richard P. Stanley, the Norman Levinson professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 14th annual Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture in Mathematics on April 24 at 8 p.m. in the … Continue reading →

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‘Archaeology and Nationalism in Modern Iraq’ Subject of Talk at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Magnus T. Bernhardsson, assistant professor of history at Williams College, will give a talk titled “Negotiating History: Archaeology and Nationalism in Modern Iraq” on April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of … Continue reading →

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Old Wisdom in Modern Ways

“Veni, Vidi, Vici.” Caesar’s famous words — Latin for “I came, I saw, I conquered” — could be repeated by some local high school scholars on the afternoon of April 12 as they depart the Holy Cross campus. Each year, … Continue reading →

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Conference on American Catholicism to Examine Distinguished Career of Professor David O’Brien

Scholars, theologians, social activists, members of religious orders and professors from across the country will gather on the Holy Cross campus for a conference titled “Shaping American Catholicism” on April 13-14 at the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture that … Continue reading →

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Off the Wall

A passenger ship. A fence. Superman. A handprint. A pistol. A truck. Winding paths, McDonald’s, and a weeping figure on a horse. In Holy Cross’s GESSO Student Art Gallery in the lower level of Hogan Campus Center, the exhibition Crossing … Continue reading →

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Purple People

Nothing gets the collective student body on Mount St. James fired up the way a Patriot League Tournament win does. This year, both the men’s and women’s teams headed to the “big dance” with automatic berths in the NCAA tournament, … Continue reading →

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