Monthly Archives: September 2011

Video: Beautiful New On-Campus Apartments Augment Residence Life

The new residence hall for upperclassmen on the Holy Cross campus is the picture of modern living. On the inside loop of McCarthy Lane, near the Hart Recreation Center and the Hogan Campus Center, sits the recently completed $19.2 million … Continue reading →

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Watch 2-Minute Construction Time-Lapse Video of Figge Hall, New Apartment-Style Residence

Sure, 156 Holy Cross students are having the time of their lives living and learning in Figge Hall, the newly-constructed apartment-style residence hall on upper campus. But just a year-and-a-half ago, it was nothing but a patch of land. This … Continue reading →

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“Top college athletes worth hundreds of thousands”

In a MarketWatch story about the monetary value that top college athletes bring to their institutions, Victor Matheson, associate professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, weighs in on the debate that scholarships often fall short of … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross to Host Screening and Discussion of Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness

The Latin American and Latino Studies program at College of the Holy Cross is hosting a screening and public discussion of a new PBS documentary, Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness, on Sept.19 at 6 p.m. in Stein … Continue reading →

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Concert Organist and Composer Kicks Off Annual Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series

Organist Philip Fournier, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 1992, will perform the first concert of the 2011-12 Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series.  The concert will take place Sunday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. in … Continue reading →

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Summer Study Abroad Programs Expand Students’ Worldview

The Holy Cross Summer Study Abroad program is proof that good things come in small packages: The intense four- and six-week overseas courses have increased in popularity since their introduction five years ago. This summer, 98 Holy Cross students headed … Continue reading →

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“Elizabeth Warren in Worcester”

In a Worcester News Tonight story, Donald Brand, professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross, comments on Elizabeth Warren’s run for U.S. Senate. “Certainly one advantage she will have though, is she’s made quite a reputation … Continue reading →

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“Vistas of Diversity: Holy Cross’ Visual Arts Faculty Show”

Worcester Mag featured an article on the Holy Cross Visual Arts Faculty Show that is exhibited in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. “The show highlights the fact that these faculty members are active, professional artists who not … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Frederick J. Murphy, Professor of Religious Studies

Professor Frederick J. (Rick) Murphy, a faculty member in the religious studies department at Holy Cross since 1983, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 13, after an illness. An internationally renowned scholar and prolific author who also loved the classroom and … Continue reading →

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Acclaimed Author to Speak as Part of Second-Year Opportunities Program

Carlos Eire, acclaimed author of Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy (Free Press, 2010) and Waiting for Snow in Havana (Free Press, 2004), will speak on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hogan Campus … Continue reading →

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College honors alumni lost on 9/11

The Holy Cross community marked the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 with an interfaith vigil for the seven alumni and for all who died and suffered that tragic day. The alumni lost on 9/11 are Edward A. Brennan III ’86, … Continue reading →

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“The Time for Science”

In an opinion piece for Inside Higher Ed, College of the Holy Cross Chemistry Professor Richard Herrick warns against a new debt deal that could dramatically decrease financial support for science beginning in 2013.  Instead, he argues that science is the … Continue reading →

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Free Tree Giveaway at Holy Cross

On Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. – noon, Holy Cross will host a free tree giveaway with the Worcester Tree Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the region’s urban trees which have been lost to insects and other … Continue reading →

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“9/11 and Pearl Harbor are similar, but impacts are different”

On the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attack in New York City and Washington, D.C., a Scripps Howard News Service story featured an interview with College of the Holy Cross Associate History Professor Edward O’Donnell.  O’Donnell discussed the commonalities that … Continue reading →

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“Ten Years After 9/11, America’s Safety Still in Doubt”

In a CNBC.com article, Ward Thomas, an expert in national security and professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross, says that despite changes to U.S. security since the attacks on the World Trade Center, the country … Continue reading →

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Co-Author of Bestselling Book, FREAKONOMICS, to Visit Holy Cross

Steven D. Levitt, co-author of the bestselling books FREAKONOMICS and SUPERFREAKONOMICS, will deliver the 46th Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross. Following his … Continue reading →

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“Bachmann’s Lack of Faith”

  In an op-ed in the Telegram & Gazette, Mathew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, reacts to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s comment that Hurricane Irene was God’s warning to Washington.  He writes, “Given … Continue reading →

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“Martha Coakley says more could be done to improve security”

In a Worcester News Tonight story about U.S. security since 9/11, Ward Thomas, professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross, talks about the vulnerability of the nation’s airlines 10 years after the attacks. “If you think … Continue reading →

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“Investing in gang members stops violence, author tells Holy Cross audience”

An article in the Telegram & Gazette highlights the lecture that Rev. Gregory Boyle, S.J., founder of Homeboy Industries, gave at the College of the Holy Cross on September 6. Located in Los Angeles, Homeboy Industries is a gang intervention … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Community Walks to Fight Cancer

Students, faculty, and staff from the College of the Holy Cross will join thousands of people from Central Massachusetts on Sun., Sept. 25 for the 13th annual UMass Medicine Cancer Walk. The College is a flagship sponsor of this unique … Continue reading →

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