Monthly Archives: June 2020

How will COVID-19 Reshape New York City’s Streets? A Holy Cross Professor Examines the History

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have long-lasting effects on aspects of society far beyond what we typically think of as public health — are New York City’s streets and sidewalks one of them? In a piece for The Conversation, Amy … Continue reading →

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Can A Black Plague-Era Author Be a Spiritual Guide in Our Current Pandemic? Holy Cross Religious Studies Professor Explains

In a recent commentary for America Magazine, Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, assistant professor of religious studies at Holy Cross, writes about the timely relevance of the work of Julian of Norwich, an English anchorite of the Middle Ages, who lived through the Black Plague. What … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Faculty Honored for Scholarship, Teaching and Advising

Florencia Anggoro, Department of Psychology  In her address at the spring faculty assembly, Margaret Freije, provost and dean of the College, presented the Mary Louise Marfuggi Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship to Florencia Anggoro of the Department of Psychology, the … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Seniors Create List of Black-Owned Local Businesses

  In communities across the world, people are searching for meaningful ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement by protesting or taking other action to fight against racism. Right here in Worcester, Holy Cross seniors Sienna Ablorh ’21 and … Continue reading →

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