Monthly Archives: May 2020

What Can Ancient Byzantium Teach Us About Fighting COVID-19?

Experts of all stripes have been looking to Spanish Influenza of 1918 for insight into the current coronavirus pandemic, but leave it to a classics professor to go a little further back in history. In The Washington Post, Thomas R. … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross’ Montserrat Program Teaches Lessons That Resonate During Coronavirus

As students across the country transitioned to remote learning in March in the wake of coronavirus, communities of learning had to start thinking about creative approaches to education outside of the classroom. For Holy Cross’ Montserrat program, however, learning that … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Confers 707 Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Virtual Celebration

The College of the Holy Cross conferred 707 bachelor of arts degrees as part of a virtual celebration on May 22, 2020. The event, aired live on the College’s website, included congratulatory messages from faculty, staff and alumni, reflections from … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Student Entrepreneurs Doing Their Part to Fight Coronavirus Pandemic

Holy Cross students and siblings Mary Anne ’22 and Paul Wiley ’20, together with their cousin Luke Knox ’22 and their younger brother Mathew, are designing, producing and donating face shields to local healthcare workers on the front lines of … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross’ 2020 Senior Art Exhibition ‘Énouement’ Moves to Online Format Due to COVID-19

The College of the Holy Cross is presenting “Énouement,” an exhibition of the work of nine graduating senior art majors from the Concentration Seminar offered by the Department of Visual Arts, Studio Division. In conjunction with the Iris and B. … Continue reading →

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Professor Constance Royden Named Class Dean for Class of 2024

Professor Constance “Stanzi” Royden, of the mathematics and computer science department, will serve as Class Dean for the Class of 2024, joining Class Deans Matthew Eggemeier (2023), Patricia Kramer (2022), Paco Gago-Jover (2021) and John Anderson (2020). “I’m excited about … Continue reading →

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Academic Conference Goes Virtual in Response to Pandemic

As faculty members across the College worked to transition their courses to a distance-learning format this semester, one of the many logistical challenges to tackle was the annual Academic Conference, where students present the results of their independent work in … Continue reading →

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Will COVID-19 Make Farmers of Us All? English Professor and Award-Winning Author Opines in The Boston Globe

As more people become concerned with the American food production system’s vulnerabilities triggered by the pandemic, is a growing national trend toward back-to-basics farming emerging? Leila Philip, professor of English at Holy Cross and a contributing columnist for The Boston Globe’s Opinion … Continue reading →

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