Author Archives: College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross Chamber Singers will perform on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 2:30 p.m., in the main reading room of Dinand Library. This “invasion of the library” is an unannounced concert designed to surprise students during the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Iris Chin Ponte, a junior at Holy Cross, has been selected as one of just 18 scholarship winners nationwide for the CBS Foundation Scholarship Program.  The award carries with it a $2,500 scholarship. The CBS Foundation Scholarship … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross music department will host a December concert series in the Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., Concert Hall.  The only exception is the Dec. 9 concert, which will take place in the St. Joseph Memorial … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Out Loud II, a public reading of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, will take place on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m-6:30 p.m., at Holy Cross in the first-floor Lobby of the Hogan Campus Center. Students and faculty will … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross students involved in the New England Welfare Reform Initiative (NEWRI) will present their research and activism in a program entitled “Walking the Talk on Welfare and Poverty: Holy Cross Students in Action” on Tuesday, Dec. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The annual juried student art exhibition will run from Dec. 7-18, in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery in O’Kane Hall at Holy Cross. The show will feature works in all media, created by Holy … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – A conference involving approximately 250 college student leaders from across the state will be held at Holy Cross on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:40 p.m., in the Hogan Campus Center. The 3rd annual Student … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Alternate College Theater at Holy Cross will perform Picasso at the Lapin Agile on Dec. 3-6, at 8 p.m., in the Fenwick Theater in O’Kane Hall.  There will also be matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Actor and director Nick Weber will present the works of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., in a program entitled “Earth, Sweet Earth,” on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m., in The Pit (O’Kane Hall, Room 37) at … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Frederick J. Murphy,  professor of religious studies at Holy Cross, and a resident of Holden, has recently published his fourth book.  It is entitled Fallen is Babylon: The Revelation to John (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1998).  … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – A noted African theologian, Fabien Eboussi, will give a lecture entitled “Christianity and African Religions: A Dialogue” at Holy Cross on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in Room 519 of the Hogan Campus Center. Eboussi, a … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Three outstanding women science students at Holy Cross are being recognized for their academic accomplishments with prestigious scholarships.  Two students will receive Avon Science Scholarships of $6,000 each for the current academic year.  The scholarships are made … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – A Holocaust Memorial Concert will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m., in the Brooks Concert Hall at Holy Cross.  The concert, which is part of the Hiatt Commemorative Programs that have been in existence … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Kati Griffith, will give a public lecture entitled “Academics and Activism: Organizing Women in Sweatshops in Latin America” on Thursday, Nov. 5, 1998, at 4 p.m., in Room 304 of the Hogan Campus Center at Holy Cross.  … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist Douglas E. Bush will give a concert on Sunday, November 1, 1998, at 3 p.m., in the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at Holy Cross. Bush is a professor of Organ and Music History at Brigham Young … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Thomas M. Finneran, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives will address the President’s Council dinner at Holy Cross in Kimball Dining Hall on Saturday, October 24, at approximately 9:30 p.m. Finneran, a Democrat from Boston, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross community is celebrating and participating in the canonization of Edith Stein, who will be made a saint by Pope John Paul II, in Rome on Sunday, October 11, 1998. The event has special meaning … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Anne Michael’s lecture, which was scheduled for October 19, 1998, has been cancelled due to health reasons. To complete the Literary Octoberfest, author Agha Shahid Ali will speak at 7 p.m., in the Dinand Library Browsing Room.  … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross will host three authors as a part of its Fall Reading and Lecture Series in November.  The events are funded by the Lannan Foundation and are free and open to the public. The schedule is … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – RASA, the new chamber opera, is composed by Shirish Korde, chair of the Holy Cross music department, directed by Lynn Kremer, chair of the theater department at Holy Cross, and choreographed by Daniel McCusker, Holy Cross professor.  … Continue reading →