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Category Archives: Classics
Billy Collins ’63 (U.S. Poet Laureate, 2001-2003) Endows Classics Scholarship at the College of the Holy Cross
The College of the Holy Cross is pleased to announce the creation of the Billy Collins ’63 Scholarship for Studies in Classics, the result of a $250,000 gift in honor of the former United States Poet Laureate and graduate of … Continue reading
Center for Career Development Focuses on the Lifelong Value of a Holy Cross Education
As graduation season approaches for colleges across the country, students are focusing on the next step after commencement — but at the College of the Holy Cross, the “what next” and, more importantly, the “why” have been questions in progress … Continue reading
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New Student Health Ambassadors Group Provides Peer-to-Peer Resources
A playlist of pop and dance songs, from Nick Jonas to Britney Spears, reverberated through the speaker on a table outside “The Jo,” as the Joanne Chouinard-Luth Recreation and Wellness Center is known. It was the second week of March, … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Welcomes Twelve Tenure-Track Faculty Members
At the start of the 2020-21 academic year, Holy Cross welcomed new tenure-track faculty members, joining the following departments: biology, classics, English, mathematics and computer science, philosophy, psychology, sociology and anthropology, Spanish, and world languages, literatures and cultures. The scholars … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Classics, English, Holy Cross Magazine, Mathematics and Computer Science, News, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology, Spanish, Winter 2021, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
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Anthony Fauci, M.D., ’62: COVID Crusader
1958. A chemistry lab at Holy Cross. Freshman Anthony Fauci is conducting an experiment that requires what feels like hours of measuring, weighing and heating a solution over a Bunsen burner. The final step: Clamp the test tube and deliver … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Classics, Featured, Health Professions Advising, Holy Cross Magazine, News, Winter 2021
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31 Holy Cross Students Inducted Into Jesuit Honor Society
Thirty-one Holy Cross students were inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society founded in 1915, at a virtual ceremony held recently. The new inductees exemplify the society’s values of excellence in scholarship, loyalty and service. Selection to Alpha … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Creative Writing, Economics and Accounting, English, Environmental Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, History, Italian Studies, Mathematics and Computer Science, Music, Neuroscience, News, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Russian Studies, Theatre and Dance
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How to Tax the Rich: Holy Cross Professor Shares Lessons From Ancient Greece
The debate over taxing the rich is nothing new, but it’s as relevant a topic now as ever. And while most are familiar with the concept in the frame of modern times, many are not aware that the question of … Continue reading
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Montserrat Student Ambassadors Facilitate Community for First-Years During Remote Semester
Posted in Classics, Education, French and Francophone Studies, Health Professions Advising, News, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology, Spanish
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Dr. Anthony Fauci ’62 Talks to Holy Cross Students About the Pandemic: ‘Don’t Give Up Hope’
Dr. Anthony Fauci ’62, the nation’s most trusted expert leading the COVID-19 response, joined current Holy Cross students in a live webinar on October 6 to discuss the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic and the best ways students can keep … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Funds Remote Student Research Opportunities
As the coronavirus pandemic began to sweep the nation this past spring, it became clear that Holy Cross’ Weiss Summer Research program would not be possible in its traditional approach; in a typical summer, students in the Weiss program spend … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Economics and Accounting, English, J.D. Power Center for Liberal Arts in the World, Mathematics and Computer Science, News, Psychology
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What Can Ancient Byzantium Teach Us About Fighting COVID-19?
Experts of all stripes have been looking to Spanish Influenza of 1918 for insight into the current coronavirus pandemic, but leave it to a classics professor to go a little further back in history. In The Washington Post, Thomas R. … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Confers 707 Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Virtual Celebration
The College of the Holy Cross conferred 707 bachelor of arts degrees as part of a virtual celebration on May 22, 2020. The event, aired live on the College’s website, included congratulatory messages from faculty, staff and alumni, reflections from … Continue reading
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We Must Safeguard Our Democracy From COVID-19, Holy Cross Professor Writes in The Washington Post
The exponential spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the nation has scholars comparing it to the 5th century BC “plague” in Athens, a virulent infection with chilling effects on the ancient city, credited largely to the democratic government’s failure to … Continue reading
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Coronavirus Pandemic Expert and Holy Cross Alumnus Dr. Anthony Fauci ’62: A Man for and With Others
As the coronavirus pandemic has upended daily life across the globe, Holy Cross alumnus Dr. Anthony Fauci ’62, expert on infectious diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force, has become a trusted voice in leading the … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Senior Emma Powell ’20 Presents Award-Winning Thesis on Repairing Racial Injustice in America
As a classics and history double major at College of the Holy Cross, Emma Powell ’20 knows how significantly the power of memory affects both the present and the future. Powell earned the Maurizio Vannicelli Washington Semester Away Program Award … Continue reading
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Is Today’s US Politics Replaying the Era of Tacitus? Holy Cross Professor Explains
Over the past three years, political commentators have compared President Donald Trump with a range of Roman emperors, from Tiberius to Nero and Commodus. In an article for The Conversation, Tim Joseph, associate professor of classics at Holy Cross, suggests … Continue reading
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Carpe Diem: Holy Cross Students Teach Latin to Local Elementary Schoolers
Students in Latin 101 at College of the Holy Cross usually spend long hours studying complex grammatical concepts and memorizing verb conjugations to ready themselves to read Roman literary masterworks. As a result, there’s not too much of a focus … Continue reading
Embracing Honest Curiosity: Holy Cross Alumnus Directs Fall Production “Ah, Wilderness”
Eric Butler ’06 might have officially left College of the Holy Cross over a decade ago, but that hasn’t stopped him from returning to Mount St. James — and not just for reunion. Butler, who double majored in psychology and … Continue reading
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Classics Course Examines How Ancient Times Relate to Conflict in the United States
The music of Steely Dan, the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou” and the history of two world wars may seem an odd trio of discussion topics for a classics course. But the juxtaposition of the modern and the ancient … Continue reading
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New Book Gives Voice to History of Jesuits on Campus
Hundreds walk by daily, but most would recognize only a handful of the names on the nearly 300 white stone markers at the Jesuit Cemetery. A new book seeks to rectify that, detailing the lives of those interred and, in … Continue reading
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