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Blog: Cain ’13 Aims for Fluency in Spanish During Year Abroad

NAME Shannon Cain ’13 HOMETOWN Webster, Mass. AREAS OF STUDY Spanish major in the premed program WHERE SHE’S STUDYING University of León in Leon, Spain WHY SHE CHOSE SPAIN “To attain Spanish fluency and gain a firsthand experience of the … Continue reading →

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Blog: Condon ’13 Eager to Explore Ireland in Year Abroad

NAME John Condon ’13 HOMETOWN West Hartford, Conn. AREAS OF STUDY Political science major WHERE HE’S STUDYING University College Cork in Cork City, Ireland WHY HE CHOSE IRELAND “To get the experience of working at a big, international university in … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Again Among Top Contributors to Teach For America

Holy Cross graduates are again responding to the call to give back by serving in classrooms across America. The College ranks fifth this year among small colleges and universities (2,999 undergraduates or fewer) contributing the greatest number of graduates to … Continue reading →

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“Need a Job? Work Your Alumni Network”

College of the Holy Cross alumni Jonathan Greenglass ’09 and Emmett Daly ’82 talk to the Huffington Post about using the College’s alumni network. Greenglass was hired as an analyst by the investment banking firm, Sandler O’Neill, and tells the … Continue reading →

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“Holy Cross Students Research Cancer”

NECN/Channel 3 Reporter Katie Daly talks to Robert Bellin, associate professor of biology at the College of the Holy Cross, and students Jonathan Ye ’13 and Meagan Montesion ’12, about their summer research here on campus.  Watch the story Related … Continue reading →

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3-2 Engineering Program Offers Students Distinctive Option

For Mike DeFeo ’12 and Andrew Novicki ’12, summer has been a time to play with lasers. As second-time participants of Holy Cross’ annual Summer Research Program, DeFeo and Novicki spent eight weeks with Timothy Roach, associate professor and chair … Continue reading →

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Schmitt ’13 Participates in Summer Fulbright Program in London

Thomas Schmitt ’13, of Kirkwood, Mo., studied at Roehampton University in London from June 19 to July 19 under a Fulbright Summer Institute scholarship. He is a history major in the premed program. He was among 12 participants from a … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Political Science Professors Receive Grant for Lecture Series and Enhanced Course Offerings

The Charles Carroll Program at the College of the Holy Cross has been renewed with a $100,000 grant from the Manhattan Institute’s VERITAS Fund for Higher Education at DonorsTrust and the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and … Continue reading →

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Video: 103 Students Conducted Leading-Edge Research on Campus This Summer

A record 103 Holy Cross students spent their summer on campus engaged in leading-edge research across a range of disciplines. Students worked closely with faculty mentors in three separate academic areas: sciences (73 students), the humanities and social sciences (22), … Continue reading →

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Mohorovich ’08 to Pursue Ph.D. in Philosophy as Lilly Graduate Fellow

Matthew S. Mohorovich ’08, from Astoria, Queens, N.Y., has been selected as one of 16 Lilly Graduate Fellows, as announced by the Lilly Fellows Program. The Lilly Graduate Fellows Program supports, during the course of their graduate education, exceptionally well … Continue reading →

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‘Holy Cross Ranks 27th on Forbes List of America’s Top Colleges’

The College of the Holy Cross was ranked 27th on Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges. According to Forbes.com: “Our annual ranking of the 650 best undergraduate institutions focuses on the things that matter the most to students: quality of … Continue reading →

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“On War, Guilt and ‘Thank You for Your Service'”

Research by Jerry Lembcke, associate professor of sociology at the College of the Holy Cross, was referenced in a Bloomberg.com article about the treatment of U.S. soldiers and how civilian reaction has shifted over time.  In his book, The Spitting Image: Myth, … Continue reading →

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Photo Gallery: Numerous Campus Enhancements Underway This Summer

Soon after Commencement Exercises take place at the end of May each year, construction crews and their vehicles emerge to undertake a variety of projects to maintain the Holy Cross campus and enhance living, learning and recreational spaces. Crews are … Continue reading →

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“Anders Behring Breivik: Christian terrorist? Right-wing extremist? Madman?”

In the wake of the bombing and massacre in Norway, Mathew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, reflected on the “Christian terrorist” label that the media had given to gunman Anders Behring Breivik. … Continue reading →

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“Colleges That Bring the Highest Paycheck 2011”

The College of the Holy Cross was ranked 12th on CNBC.com’s list of colleges and universities whose graduates have the highest mid-career median salaries.   They list the mid-career median salary for Holy Cross alumni as $112,000. CNBC.com used data from a recently released report by … Continue reading →

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Strauss ’02 Continues to ‘Live the Mission’ Through Lilly Fellowship

Charles Strauss ’02 has been named a Lilly Postdoctoral Fellow in Humanities and the Arts at Valparaiso University in Indiana.  He is one of three scholars nationally to receive the prestigious appointment this year. Begun in 1991, the Lilly Fellows … Continue reading →

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“For debt crisis lessons, look back 225 years”

The August 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling is approaching fast. Historians say the same issues in today’s debate over debt crisis have been seen before. Daniel Klinghard, associate professor of political science at the College of the Holy … Continue reading →

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“Worcester native Myra Kraft remembered for ‘big heart'”

Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., president emeritus at the College of the Holy Cross, tells the Telegram & Gazette it’s not hard to understand why Myra H. Kraft, wife of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, had such “a big … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Alumni Play Shakespeare in the Park

Members of the College of the Holy Cross community play Shakespeare in the park this summer. Five alumni are part of the Worcester Shakespeare Company, which is presenting the sixth annual Shakespeare Under the Stars at the Memorial Hill Amphitheater in … Continue reading →

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“Sistophers, of Bethlehem, pit opera against Broadway music”

In a story in the Express-Times, Alison Christopher ’13, talks about a charity event she’s planning with her sister.  A music major at Holy Cross, Christopher and her sister will perform an Opera vs. Broadway concert to raise money for the Freedom … Continue reading →

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