Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – One-time NFL draftee and now Fontbonne University President Dennis C. Golden, a 1963 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, will give the annual Thomas More Lecture at the College on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 … Continue reading →

The College of the Holy Cross has launched a new online resource expressly designed for Worcester residents who live near the Holy Cross campus. “For Our Neighbors” is a one-stop web destination for news, information, and public events at Holy … Continue reading →

The Alternate College Theatre (ACT) at the College of the Holy Cross will present the Tony Award-winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone, Feb. 10 – 12 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 12 – 13 at 2 p.m. in Fenwick Theatre (second … Continue reading →

Paul Baumann, editor of Commonweal Magazine, will give a lecture titled “Religious Identity in a Pluralistic Age: Liberal, Conservative, or Just Catholic?” on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The … Continue reading →

Steven Solomon, author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization (HarperCollins, 2010), and Kierán Suckling ‘88, founder and executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, will speak at the College of the Holy Cross in February … Continue reading →

Rev. Lloyd Baugh, S.J., a visiting international Jesuit scholar at the College of the Holy Cross this semester, will give a lecture on the interpretations of the Gospel in Jesus films, Thursday, Feb. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in Rehm Library … 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, visit http://events.holycross.edu.    The Town Wed., Jan. … Continue reading →

The College of the Holy Cross and the Museum of Russian Icons will present a two-day symposium titled “Framing Mary: The Mother of God in Modern Russian Culture,” Jan. 27-28. The symposium will bring together scholars of Russian literature, religious … Continue reading →

Richard Herrick, professor of chemistry at the College of the Holy Cross, has received a Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lectureship in the Chemical Sciences for Undergraduate Institutions grant in the amount of $18,500 from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. … Continue reading →

Timothy Jarry ’00 has been named chief investment officer at the College of the Holy Cross. He officially began his new position on Jan. 1, 2011. Jarry has worked at the College for the past seven years: two years as … Continue reading →

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins, organized by International Arts & Artists in Washington, D.C., a non-profit arts service organization … Continue reading →

Richard S. Herrick, professor of chemistry at the College of the Holy Cross, has been named the College’s second Edward A. O’Rorke Professor in the Liberal Arts. The professorship is made possible by a generous gift from Edward A. O’Rorke, … Continue reading →

The major components of the new Integrated Science Complex at the College of the Holy Cross have earned LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a national organization that certifies buildings that are green and sustainable, and … Continue reading →

Recognizing that students stay up late to study during finals period, administrators at the College of the Holy Cross—including President Michael C. McFarland, S.J.—volunteer each semester to serve the scholars breakfast late into the night. Don’t miss out on the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Nonfiction writer, novelist, and the College of the Holy Cross Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters, Leah Hager Cohen will moderate a panel with Nicole Lamy, books editor of The Boston Globe, and Barney Karpfinger, a literary … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The strength and conditioning program at the College of the Holy Cross will conduct its third annual Benching for Breast Cancer event on Friday, Dec. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in the Hart Center’s varsity weight room.  The … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – There is nothing better than being able to help people in need by doing something that you love. With the help of her sister and her teammates, Holy Cross senior women’s lacrosse captain Annie Boylan (Andover, Mass.), … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross departments of theatre and music will present a concert of their famed Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Gita Sari, under the direction of visiting fellow in Balinese performing arts, Ni Suasthi Bandem, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Jonathan Israel, considered one of the world’s leading historians on the Enlightenment, will give the keynote address in a daylong conference on Religion and Reason in the American Founding, Friday, Dec. 3, in the Rehm Library at … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Alternate College Theatre (ACT) at the College of the Holy Cross presents Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a comedy by Steve Martin, directed by Molly Oliver ’12, Dec. 2-4 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 4-5 at … Continue reading →