Category Archives: Winter 2020

Winter 2020 issue of Holy Cross Magazine

Meet the 2019 Sanctae Crucis Honorees

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

The Sanctae Crucis Award is the highest non-degree accolade that Holy Cross bestows on alumni, recognizing those who take up the College’s challenge to find meaning in life and history and honor their obligations to others. Meet this year’s five … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Economics Course Explores the Intricacies of Inequality

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

“What is your opportunity cost of buying an iPhone?” Kolleen Rask, professor of economics, asks her class. “You wouldn’t be able to buy other products, right?” In the case of this conversation, the term “opportunity cost” denotes the loss of … Continue reading →

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Roger Hankins Retires from Cantor Art Gallery

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

After 18 years and nearly 100 exhibitions, Roger Hankins retired as director of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery in September 2019. His 2001 arrival in Worcester followed a two-decade career as head of gallery at the University … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Alumnus Runs Across Country for Charity

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

Matthew “Matty” Gregg ’00 was six years old when he first dreamed of being a transcontinental runner. The idea was sparked after he watched a biopic on Terry Fox, a Canadian amputee, who ran coast to coast in 1980 to … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Alumna Likens Greek Classics to Hip Hop Music

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

I’d been a hip-hop music fan from grade school, when a Catholic kid’s idea of rebellion was bellowing Blondie’s “Rapture” a cappella on the school bus until the driver screamed. I graduated to old-school hip-hop classics, “Rapper’s Delight,” “White Lines” … Continue reading →

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The United States of Anxiety: Experts Weigh in on How to Stay Engaged in Politics Without Burning Out

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

If you thought presidential election seasons were tumultuous in the past, brace yourself for Election 2020. The 24-hour news cycle, smartphones and ubiquity of social media have caused politics to invade Americans’ lives in ways that have upended their sense … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Alumna Founds New England’s First Social, Activity Group for Those Living With Limb Loss

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

Melissa (Pierre) DeChellis ’02 needed an ambulance. Instead, she was bouncing around in the back of a pickup truck, on a winding mountain road on the Caribbean island of Dominica. That morning, she had woken up with pain and swelling … Continue reading →

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Mable Millner Looks Back Over a Career Spent Looking Ahead

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

“The message was so special,” says Mable L. Millner, smiling as she reads a card resting next to a bouquet of flowers on her desk: “‘Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.’” The … Continue reading →

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