Author Archives: College of the Holy Cross

Initiative dovetails with other planning efforts underway in South Worcester, along Southbridge Street corridor WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross has convened a community advisory committee of local residents, students, and College staff to explore the feasibility … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – With their 56-48 win over American University on Wednesday night, the Holy Cross women’s basketball team won its 11th Patriot League title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. First year student Bethany O’Dell tallied 20 … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Paul Riley, a senior economics major from Malden, received an honorable mention, with a $250 cash prize, in an international essay contest titled “The Benefits of a Free Market Economy.” The contest, which drew more than 100 … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross is sponsoring a number of lectures by noted experts in the next month. The talks, which are free and open to the public, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Mark E. Lincicome, associate professor of history at Holy Cross, has been named the new director of the study abroad program at the College. The announcement was made today by Timothy Austin, vice president for academic affairs … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Christopher A. Dustin, associate professor and chair of philosophy, will give this year’s Richard Rodino Lecture on the Aims of the Liberal Arts on March 20 at 4 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist James David Christie will perform the sixth of eight concerts commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of the great 17th-century North German organist-composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707). As part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Members of the Holy Cross men’s and women’s basketball teams have been honored by the Patriot League. The men’s team captured three of the four major individual awards. Senior guard Keith Simmons was named 2007 Patriot League … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Members of the Holy Cross men’s and women’s basketball teams have been honored by the Patriot League. The men’s team captured three of the four major individual awards. Senior guard Keith Simmons was named 2007 Patriot League … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), Holy Cross’ umbrella service organization, has received a $2,500 grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation (GWCF) to support a rehabilitation program on prison grounds for soon-to-be-released inmates. The grant proposal … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Gold Cloths of Sumatra: Indonesia’s Songkets from Ceremony to Commodity from March 1 to April 18. The exhibition offers both 19th … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The department of theatre at the College of the Holy Cross will present Coraline, based on the novel Coraline (copyright 2002), by writer and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman., on March 22 – 24 and 29 – 31 … Continue reading →