Author Archives: College of the Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Osvaldo Golijov, associate professor of music at the College of the Holy Cross has been nominated for two Grammy awards for his opera Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears). The Argentine-born Golijov was nominated in the categories of Best … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Faculty, staff, and students at Holy Cross are getting into the spirit of Christmas with generous donations of time and other resources to many charities and other causes. Among these efforts: • Organized by the Office of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Recognizing that students stay up late studying during finals period, administrators at the College of the Holy Cross — including President Michael C. McFarland, S.J. — volunteer each semester to serve the scholars breakfast late into the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist James David Christie will perform the fourth 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. – The Camille and Henry Drefyus Foundation has awarded Kimberley Frederick, associate professor of chemistry at the College of the Holy Cross, a $60,000 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for her proposal titled “Studies of flow processes in microfluidic … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, hosted by Rev. William O’Halloran, S.J., special assistant to the president, and the Purple Key Society, will be held Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. on O’Kane Porch at the College of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Bishop Healy Multicultural Society has planned a week of events dedicated to educating the community on the effects of the AIDS/HIV epidemic and to building compassion for victims and their loved ones. This is the fifth … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Ruth Wedgwood, the Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, and Director of the Program in International Law and Organization at the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C., will deliver … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Ruth Wedgwood, the Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, and Director of the Program in International Law and Organization at the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C., will deliver … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross head football coach Tom Gilmore was selected as the Patriot League Coach of the Year.  In addition, seven players were placed on the 2006 All-Patriot League football teams. Senior cornerback Casey Gough, junior wide receiver … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Five members of the College of the Holy Cross faculty have been honored with the Arthur J. O’Leary Faculty Recognition Award. These $10,000 honoraria are given each year by the Senior Vice President to senior faculty members … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross senior Nicholas Bulens has been selected by the College’s Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies as one of two recipients of the 2006 fall semester’s Maurizio Vannicelli Washington Semester Away program award. He will present … Continue reading →