Category Archives: News

‘Dunbar awarded grant to write, record’

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

Michael Dunbar, member of the class of 2015, has recently garnered attention from multiple media outlets, including The Union Leader, New Hampshire’s state wide newspaper, as well as Foster’s Daily Democrat, regarding his summer research. Dunbar, who is an English … Continue reading →

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Student Ventures to Taiwan for Buddhist Retreat

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Evangelia Stefanakos '14

Keiving Wong, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2017, will travel to southern Taiwan this summer to participate in a Fo Guang Buddhist Monastic Retreat as one of roughly 50 college students accepted into the … Continue reading →

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English Professor Receives NEH Summer Stipend to Study Postwar Asian-American Artist

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Joao Vickttor De Carvalho '15

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Leila Philip, associate professor of English at Holy Cross, a summer stipend in the amount of $6,000. This is her second award from the NEH; her first was a yearlong Research Fellowship … Continue reading →

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“Network routers”: a new proposal to put education research into practice

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

Jack Schneider, assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, recently wrote an article for the Washington Post on the rift between the spheres of educational research and practice. Having proposed different policy ideas in his book, … Continue reading →

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‘Summer baseball returns to Worcester’

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

Summer baseball is officially returning to Worcester—more specifically to Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field this weekend. Last fall, the College of the Holy Cross announced the new partnership with the City, local business owner John W.S. Creedon Jr., and … Continue reading →

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English Professor Draws Link Between Shakespearean Play and Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Joao Vickttor De Carvalho '15

A popular question in Shakespearean studies today is whether or not Shakespeare grew up Catholic. And if he did, were there Catholic texts that influenced his writing? These questions are of particular interest to Lee Oser, professor of English at … Continue reading →

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‘Top 100 most influential UK and US universities on Twitter’

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

The College of the Holy Cross was recently ranked for its Twitter presence in a list of the top one hundred universities in the United States and the United Kingdom, by the Times Higher Education. Considering how many people follow … Continue reading →

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Blog: Holy Cross President Reflects on Ignatian Pilgrimage

Posted on June 2, 2014 by

WHAT Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of the College of the Holy Cross, will lead a pilgrimage to visit sites in Spain and Rome that are significant in the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the … Continue reading →

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‘Not a VA Scandal, But a War Scandal’

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

In a recent article for Dissent Magazine, Jack Schneider, assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, discusses the current issues surrounding the Department of Veteran Affairs. Various VA hospitals have recently been exposed for using unauthorized … Continue reading →

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Students Learn About Life in Russia Beyond the Stereotypes Through Pen Pal Project

Posted on May 30, 2014 by

You could call it To Russia, With Love. As political tensions increasingly define relations between the United States and Russian governments,  18 Holy Cross students in a Siberian literature course this semester were busy learning about real life in today’s … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Receives STARTALK Grant for Third Year in a Row

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Jacqueline Smith ’15

Holy Cross has been awarded a  $90,000 STARTALK grant to convene a 10-day summer residential program on literacy development in Chinese as a foreign language (CFL).  This is the third year in a row that the College has received STARTALK … Continue reading →

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‘Men’s Anger, Women’s Fear — How Do We Change These Scripts?’

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

A regular contributor to WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Leah Hager Cohen, W.H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, and acclaimed nonfiction writer and novelist, offers her thoughts on what we do and do not say … Continue reading →

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Judd Lattimore Named Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach

Posted on May 27, 2014 by College of the Holy Cross

Judd Lattimore has been named the new head coach of the men’s lacrosse program at the College of the Holy Cross, director of athletics Nathan Pine announced. Lattimore joins the Crusaders after spending the last two seasons as the top … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Awards 675 Bachelor of Arts Degrees During Commencement Exercises

Posted on May 23, 2014 by

In his impassioned address at the College’s 168th Commencement Exercises held on May 23, Jon Favreau ’03, former director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama and co-founder of Fenway Strategies, told members of the Holy Cross Class of 2014 to … Continue reading →

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‘Leah Hager Cohen: By the Book’

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

The New York Times sits down with critically acclaimed nonfiction writer and novelist, and the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, Leah Hager Cohen to talk about books—books that have made her furious, … Continue reading →

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‘In India, Modi is everywhere’

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Holy Cross in the News

In light of his most recent travels to India, Matthew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, wrote an op-ed for Worcester’s Telegram & Gazette on Narendra Modi, India’s newly appointed prime minister and … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Produces Nine Fulbright Scholars

Posted on May 22, 2014 by

Eight members of the Class of 2014 and one member of the Class of 2012 have been awarded Fulbright grants to work and teach abroad during the 2014-15 academic year. Since 2005, Holy Cross has received a total of 70 … Continue reading →

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Four Holy Cross Students Accepted into Teaching Assistant Program in France

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

Four members of the Holy Cross Class of 2014 have been accepted into the Teaching Assistant Program in France, a seven-month assistantship that will have them teaching English to French-speaking students. The program is sponsored by the Higher Education Department … Continue reading →

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Reppucci ’14 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Argentina

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

Jeffrey Reppucci ’14, of Newburyport, Mass., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Argentina where he will teach English to high school students during the 2014-15 academic year. The announcement caps Reppucci’s remarkable undergraduate career at the College … Continue reading →

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Artist and Former Astronaut Collaborate on Exhibit ‘Our Fragile Home’

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Cristal Steuer

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, will present “Our Fragile Home,” an installation of paintings and sculptural works by artist Pat Musick produced in collaboration with her husband, a former astronaut, … Continue reading →

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