Author Archives: College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Biology major Emily Atkinson ’11 of Florence, Mass., and economics/accounting and classics double major Matthew Mullaney ’11 of Livingston, N.J., are the co-recipients of the 2009 Mrs. Kate C. Power Medal, funded by an anonymous bequest in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Students may be staying up late to study during finals, but they won’t be alone. Administrators at the College of the Holy Cross—including President Michael C. McFarland, S.J.—have volunteered to serve the scholars breakfast late into the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – In recognition of the 61st anniversary of the United Nations declaration of human rights and the recent enactment of a more comprehensive federal hate crimes law, the College of the Holy Cross and the City of Worcester … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College’s Moot Court team dominated the Southeast Moot Court regional tournament, hosted by the University of Tampa on Nov. 13 and 14, finishing 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th and winning three of the top 10 orator … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the College of the Holy Cross, hosted by the Purple Key Society and the Office of Student Life, will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 5 p.m. on O’Kane … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross football team will face Villanova in the first round of the 2009 NCAA football championship subdivision playoffs. The Crusaders will play the No. 2 seed Wildcats on the road at Villanova Stadium at noon … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College chaplains and the College choir will present the 31st annual Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols on Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel. Join Chaplain Kim McElaney for an evening of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Camille and Henry Drefyus Foundation has awarded Kenneth Mills, associate professor of chemistry at the College of the Holy Cross, a $60,000 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for his proposal titled “The Mechanism of Protein Splicing: Non-canonical … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Patricia Bizzell, professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross, has been named the Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., Professor in the Humanities. This rotating professorship is awarded to Holy Cross faculty for a term … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Susan Rodgers, professor of anthropology and chair of the sociology and anthropology department at the College of the Holy Cross, has been named the W. Arthur Garrity Sr. Professor in Human Nature, Ethics and Society. This rotating … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Alternate College Theatre (ACT) at the College of the Holy Cross presents Agatha Christie’s murder mystery And Then There were None, Dec. 3-5 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 5-6 at 2 p.m. in Fenwick Theatre (second … Continue reading →