Category Archives: Photo Galleries

During March and April more than 500 alumni from 20 different alumni clubs across the country participate in Holy Cross Cares Day through volunteer efforts in their local communities. Volunteers perform service-oriented activities, including raking leaves, cleaning up playgrounds, tutoring … Continue reading →

For students in professor Virginia Raguin’s art history Senior Concentration Seminar, the German city of Cologne—where evidence of World War II bombings is integrated into the local architecture—served as a classroom last December.  Raguin, a professor of visual arts, traveled … Continue reading →

Dr. Joseph E. Murray ’40 P80, who ushered in a new era of medicine with the first successful organ transplant, died on Nov. 26 in Boston. He was 93. On Dec. 23, 1954, Murray performed the world’s first organ transplant … Continue reading →

Photography by Dan Vaillancourt More than 400 families of Holy Cross students explored campus during Family Weekend, held Oct. 26-28, and took in many of the events from the chock-a-block schedule. More than 100 people crowded into Hogan Jenks Suites … Continue reading →

At a press conference at the South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation (SWNIC) on July 25, Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of the College of the Holy Cross and Richard Regan ‘76, director of athletics at the College, announced a … Continue reading →

Crews are working in many areas of the Holy Cross campus to renovate buildings, make repairs to stairways, and replace underground piping. View some of the projects taking place this summer. Photography by Maya Rock ’13

A new event celebrating the rich faith traditions at Holy Cross was met with great interest on the afternoon of Jan. 24, the day that spring semester classes started. Marybeth Kearns-Barrett, director of the Chaplains’ Office, expected a small group … Continue reading →

Each year members of the Holy Cross community are invited to give holiday scripture readings during the annual Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols. This year’s readers were Kristine Cyr Goodwin, associate dean for student life; Thomas Parsons, supervisor/coordinator in … Continue reading →

The inaugural Study Abroad photo contest challenged students studying around the world to view their experience through a new lens — a photo lens, to be exact. Jeannie LaPlatney, assistant director of Study Abroad, who initiated the contest, explains that … Continue reading →

More than 100 students conducted research at Holy Cross over the summer, while another 157 did internships that were secured through the College’s Summer Internship Program. At the start of the fall semester, students presented their work at two separate … Continue reading →

Senior quarterback Ryan Taggart (Bedford, Texas) completed 23 of 44 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown, but the Holy Cross football team was defeated by 25th-ranked Massachusetts 24-16 at Fitton Field. The contest marked the first-ever night football game … Continue reading →