Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – Bill McKibben, best-selling author, activist and the “world’s best green journalist” according to Time  magazine, will give a lecture titled “Past the Tipping Point: The global fight for a stable climate” on Monday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Sean Redrow, concert organist and Holy Cross alumnus, will perform Sunday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross.  The concert is the first of the Holy Cross … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – 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. Shutter … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of three new faculty members in tenure-track positions for the 2010-11 academic year and two new teaching fellows funded through a grant … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Jordan Cyr, a 2010 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, has signed with the ECHL’s Stockton Thunder. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Thunder are the affiliate of the NHL’s … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Nicolás Sánchez, professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, and two of his students, seniors Christopher Kopp and Francis Sanzari, are the authors of a new book that critically examines the U.S. financial crisis.  … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Tom Zetterstrom: Portraits of American Trees. The exhibition will be on view from Aug. 25 – Oct. 9, 2010. An opening … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – More than 300 administrators from the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities nationwide will gather at the College of the Holy Cross July 11-13 for the 2010 Jesuit Advancement Administrators (JAA) conference. Holy Cross is hosting the annual … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Two faculty members in the political science department at the College of the Holy Cross have received a $75,000 grant from the Manhattan Institute’s VERITAS Fund for Higher Education at DonorsTrust.  Donald Brand, professor, and Daniel Klinghard, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross senior righthanded pitcher Bobby Holmes ’10 (Dedham, Mass.) has been signed to a minor league contract by the Florida Marlins organization as an undrafted free agent. Holmes becomes the 126th player in the history of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Kathryn Kennedy and Peter Renehan, both members of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2012, have been awarded Beckman Scholarships. The grant, which aims to significantly advance the education, research training and personal development of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Sarah Stanbury, English professor at the College of the Holy Cross, has recently been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a prestigious annual award that funds travel and research needs. Stanbury, who joined the Holy Cross faculty in 1992, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross has received a major grant from the Henry Luce Foundation in the amount of $420,532 to encourage women undergraduates to major in the physical sciences, including mathematics, computer science, physics, and … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross senior third baseman Matt Perry (Sudbury, Mass.) has been selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 41st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Perry was the 1,243rd player taken overall in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross graduated 715 seniors, and conferred four honorary degrees at its 164th Commencement exercises on Friday, May 28. Mark Shriver, vice president and managing director of Save the Children, delivered the principal … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Seven faculty members at the College of the Holy Cross have been promoted to the rank of full professor. These promotions will be in effect for the 2010-2011 academic year. Lawrence E. Cahoone, of the philosophy department, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Thanks to a 3-0 victory at Lehigh on Sunday, the Holy Cross baseball team will be playing in it’s first-ever Patriot League Tournament Championship. The Patriot League has announced the dates and game times for the best-of-three … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan policy institute headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced that Dustin Gish, visiting assistant professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross, has been named an “Academic … Continue reading →