Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – A group of theatre students and faculty from the College of the Holy Cross are the only U.S. artists performing at the Bali Arts Festival next month. They will perform the musical Mimpi, an original dance drama, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross has been awarded a $77,200 grant from The Beckman Foundation. The grant, which significantly advances the education, research training and personal develop of students studying chemistry, biochemistry, and the biological and … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Seven Crusader athletes are among a group of graduating Holy Cross seniors who have been selected as winners of Academic Awards for the 2008-2009 school year. Seniors Daryl Brown (Stone Mountain, Ga.) of the football team, Jerry … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Captain Sea Thomas, Marine officer instructor in the department of naval science at the College of the Holy Cross, is the recipient of the Colonel Leo Codd Award, presented by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). The … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Redfeather Theatre Company at the College of the Holy Cross will present the sixth annual Worcester Shakespeare Festival at the Memorial Grove Amphitheatre in Green Hill Park. The season runs July 21 – August 23, Wednesday … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Thomas M. Landy, director of the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross, will receive the John Henry Newman Medal from Loyola College in Maryland at its commencement on May 16. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Each year, the College awards a faculty member a Mary Louise Marfuggi Award, which is made possible by a generous gift from Richard A. Marfuggi, M.D. ‘72, in honor of his mother. This year the Marfuggi family … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women’s rowing team has announced its team awards for the 2008-2009 season. Senior Katie Donnelly (Marstons Mills, Mass.) received the Coxswain Award and senior Meridith Malysz (Wilbraham, Mass.) earned the Crusader Award. Open to … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Robert Dudley, a member of the College of the Holy Cross Class of 2008, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to work and live in Germany. Dudley, a classics major and German minor from Canton, Mass., will … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – In a feature story, Boston Globe reporter Tracy Jan writes about Slow Food—one of the most successful dining programs and most popular ‘green’ initiatives—at the College of the Holy Cross. Slow Food is a concept developed by … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Former Holy Cross wide receiver Brett McDermott  ’09 (Mansfield, Mass.) has signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. The signing was officially announced by the Colts on Friday, May 1. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Recognizing that students stay up late studying 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 … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Four graduates of the College of the Holy Cross will all receive a Sanctae Crucis Award, the highest non-degree recognition bestowed by the College on an alumnus or alumna. The 12th annual presentation of the awards will … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Fourteen Holy Cross varsity athletic teams have received Division I Academic Progress Rate public recognition awards from the NCAA. These teams posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Megan Murphy, a member of the class of 2008, received a Knowles Science Teaching Fellowship to assist with graduate school and teaching certification. Murphy plans on getting her master’s in math education. The Knowles Fellowship helps those … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Owen Fenton, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2010, has earned a Goldwater Scholarship; he is one of less than 300 students nationally to receive the award from the Barry M. Goldwater … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Surfacing: Works from the 2009 Senior Concentration Seminar, artwork produced by graduating seniors in the visual arts department, from Thursday, April … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Dr. Polly Harrison, founder and director of the Alliance for Microbicide Development, will give a talk as part of the 11th annual Katherine A. Henry ’86 lecture series on Thursday, April 16 at 4 p.m. in the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Yehuda Bauer, one of the world’s most important scholars of Holocaust studies, will give a lecture titled “Holocaust and the Jewish Resistance” on Wednesday, April 22 at 4 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the … Continue reading →