Monthly Archives: February 2008

Holy Cross Professor Osvaldo Golijov Named Recipient of the 2008 Vilcek Foundation Prize

Posted on February 5, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Vilcek Foundation has announced the names of the recipients of its annual prizes in the arts and biomedical research.  Composer Osvaldo Golijov is the prize recipient for the arts; the prize recipient for biomedical science is … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Visual Arts Professor to Integrate Ethics into Curriculum Through New Professorship

Posted on February 5, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Joanna E. Ziegler, professor and chair of the visual arts department at the College of the Holy Cross, has been named the first Edward A. O’Rorke Professor in the Liberal Arts. The professorship has been made possible … Continue reading →

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Greener Pastures

Posted on February 5, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

As discussion about climate change intensifies, Holy Cross is once again offering an opportunity to reflect on this pressing concern with an online retreat. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 6, and concluding on Easter Sunday, March 23, the “Making the … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Marks Ash Wednesday, Beginning of Lent, With Campus Liturgies

Posted on February 5, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

The Christian season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, Feb. 6. Ashes will be distributed at the following liturgies on campus: • 8:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Marty Kelly, assistant Chaplain, Mary Chapel) • 12:05 p.m. Mass (Rev. William Stempsey, S.J., professor and … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Finishes First and Second at Moot Court Championships

Posted on February 4, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – College of the Holy Cross students Katie Manzi ’08 and Tania Mistretta ’08 took first and second place respectively in the individual competition at this year’s American Collegiate Moot Court Association (AMCA) championships, held at Drake Law … Continue reading →

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Foreign Affairs

Posted on February 4, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

It’s a Friday morning and Harry K. Thomas Jr. ’78 is preparing for an afternoon visit to Capitol Hill to brief senators and staff on the security situation in the U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, following the Jan. 1 murder … Continue reading →

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High Time for Tea

Posted on February 4, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

Super Tuesday, Super Duper Tuesday, Tsunami Tuesday — call it what you want to call it, Feb. 5, in which half the nation will cast ballots, is going to be a big day. As a record 24 states hold primaries … Continue reading →

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Nationally Recognized Expert on Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome to Speak at Holy Cross

Posted on February 1, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – In honor of Black History Month, Joy Leary, assistant professor of psychology at Portland State University, will give a presentation titled “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome” on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom … Continue reading →

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It’s Showtime!

Posted on February 1, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

An excerpt from Katherine Fritz’s blog entry from Nov. 9 during My Life with Albertine’s run: Midway through the second act of Albertine tonight, one of the girls in the show, my dear friend Cara, forgets her hat in the … Continue reading →

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Something to Talk About

Posted on February 1, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

Texting, online chats, message boards, and other interactive networks are — for better or worse — the way college students stay on top of the news and in touch with each other. So, in an effort to connect with Holy … Continue reading →

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Something to Talk About

Posted on February 1, 2008 by College of the Holy Cross

Texting, online chats, message boards, and other interactive networks are — for better or worse — the way college students stay on top of the news and in touch with each other. So, in an effort to connect with Holy … Continue reading →

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