Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College chaplains and the College choir will present the 31st annual Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols on Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel. Join Chaplain Kim McElaney for an evening of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Camille and Henry Drefyus Foundation has awarded Kenneth Mills, associate professor of chemistry at the College of the Holy Cross, a $60,000 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for his proposal titled “The Mechanism of Protein Splicing: Non-canonical … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Patricia Bizzell, professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross, has been named the Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., Professor in the Humanities. This rotating professorship is awarded to Holy Cross faculty for a term … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Susan Rodgers, professor of anthropology and chair of the sociology and anthropology department at the College of the Holy Cross, has been named the W. Arthur Garrity Sr. Professor in Human Nature, Ethics and Society. This rotating … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Alternate College Theatre (ACT) at the College of the Holy Cross presents Agatha Christie’s murder mystery And Then There were None, Dec. 3-5 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 5-6 at 2 p.m. in Fenwick Theatre (second … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Daniel P. Barbezat, professor of economics at Amherst College, will give a lecture titled “Flourishing Economies: Supporting and deepening personal and public awareness” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17 in Rehm Library, Smith Hall, at the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Sarah Grunstein, internationally acclaimed pianist and assistant professor of music at the College of the Holy Cross, will perform J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations  on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in Brooks Concert Hall. The concert, presented … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Susannah Heschel, a scholar of Jewish-Christian relations and the history of anti-Semitism, will give a lecture titled “The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany” on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Rehm … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Elizabeth Conway, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2010, has been selected by the College’s Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies as the 2009 spring semester’s Maurizio Vannicelli Washington Semester Away program … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. Paul Locatelli, S.J., former president of Santa Clara University and now on the staff of the Jesuit headquarters in Rome, will present “Jesuit Education in Response to the Murder of the Six Jesuits and Their Colleagues” … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Joseph Ripka, a young organ virtuoso, will perform on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. in the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross. The performance, which is handicap-accessible, is free and open … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Aaron Levine, the Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University and a noted authority on Jewish commercial law, will give a lecture titled “How to Prevent the Next Great Depression: A Jewish Law Perspective” … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – David A. Spina ’64, retired president, chairman and CEO of State Street Corporation, will give a lecture titled “Recasting Banks in 2009: An Insider’s Perspective” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in Rehm Library, Smith Hall, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Author and Blake Scholar Michael Phillips will present a lecture titled, “The Creation of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience” on Monday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. He will also present “Catherine Blake and her … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Acclaimed poet Spencer Reece will give a reading as part of the College of the Holy Cross’ Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Levis Reading Room at Dinand Library.   The event, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The music department at the College of the Holy Cross will present the following musical performances on campus during November/December 2009. All events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact the music … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Students at the College of the Holy Cross are hosting a Candidates’ Night Forum for the 2009 Worcester Municipal Election on Wednesday, Oct.21 at 5:30 p.m. in Rehm Library.  Prior to the Nov. 3 election, candidates running … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Michael Pasquier, assistant professor of religious studies at Louisiana State University, will present “The Many Meanings of Martyrdom: Jesuit Missionaries and Their Encounter with Native America” on Thursday Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. in Rehm Library at … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Cmdr. Bernadette M. Semple ’82, former deputy director of C4 Systems with the Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa and a College of the Holy Cross trustee, will take part in a panel titled “Women in the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Author James Waller, Ph.D., will present his latest book, Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing  (Oxford University Press, 2007) on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. in Seelos Theater at the College of … Continue reading →