Category Archives: Press Release

Writer John D’Agata will kick off the 2011-12 Visiting Writers Series on September 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The event, sponsored by the College’s Creative Writing Program, is free and open … Continue reading →

The Latin American and Latino Studies program at College of the Holy Cross is hosting a screening and public discussion of a new PBS documentary, Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness, on Sept.19 at 6 p.m. in Stein … Continue reading →

Organist Philip Fournier, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 1992, will perform the first concert of the 2011-12 Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series.  The concert will take place Sunday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. in … Continue reading →

Carlos Eire, acclaimed author of Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy (Free Press, 2010) and Waiting for Snow in Havana (Free Press, 2004), will speak on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hogan Campus … Continue reading →

On Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. – noon, Holy Cross will host a free tree giveaway with the Worcester Tree Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the region’s urban trees which have been lost to insects and other … Continue reading →

Steven D. Levitt, co-author of the bestselling books FREAKONOMICS and SUPERFREAKONOMICS, will deliver the 46th Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross. Following his … Continue reading →

Students, faculty, and staff from the College of the Holy Cross will join thousands of people from Central Massachusetts on Sun., Sept. 25 for the 13th annual UMass Medicine Cancer Walk. The College is a flagship sponsor of this unique … Continue reading →

Todd Lewis, professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, has received the 2011 Toshihide Numata Book Prize from the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.  Lewis shares the award with Subarna Man … Continue reading →

Jeremy Bailey, assistant professor of political science at the University of Houston, will give a talk titled “Mr. Jefferson’s Constitution” on Friday, Sept. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross.  The event, sponsored … Continue reading →

The College of the Holy Cross has announced a special invitation to Crusader football fans and Worcester area families. This season, children aged 14 and under accompanied by an adult who has purchased a ticket will be admitted free to … Continue reading →

The Holy Cross community is marking the anniversary of Sept. 11 with prayers for our seven alumni and for all who died and suffered that tragic day. The alumni lost on 9/11 are: Edward A. Brennan III ’86 Thomas D. … Continue reading →

Maria Eugenia Ferré Rangel ’89, president of Puerto Rico’s largest daily newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, will return to her alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross, to deliver the Thomas More Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

The following films will be shown at the Seelos Theater at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, please call the Seelos Theater Box … Continue reading →

Experts in a range of disciplines from the College of the Holy Cross are available to offer distinctive perspectives on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.  For more information, or for assistance scheduling an interview, please contact … Continue reading →

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Viewpoint: Holy Cross’ Visual Arts Faculty from August 29 through December 8, with an opening reception scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 14, 5-6:30 p.m. Viewpoint … Continue reading →

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 →

The College of the Holy Cross was honored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) with a 2011 Circle of Excellence Award for its newly designed admissions publications and enhanced admissions website. Holy Cross received a bronze … Continue reading →

Sarah Meng, a 2011 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, was named the inaugural Holy Cross Fellow for Dismas House of Massachusetts, Inc.   In this role, Meng will coordinate resident programs and activities at the Dismas Family Farm, … Continue reading →

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross has been chosen to participate in the 2011 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) sponsored by Heritage Preservation and The National Institute for Conservation, in Washington, D.C.  … Continue reading →