Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross has unveiled its newly renovated state-of-the-art Francis Xavier Seelos Theater, located in Kimball Hall. For years, the theater has been primarily used as a movie theater and is the venue for … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., are forming a Direct Admission Partnership to encourage undergraduates to pursue an M.B.A. at the Simon … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. M.K. George, S.J., International Visiting Jesuit Fellow in the sociology and anthropology department, will give a talk on the celebrated Kerala development model, titled “Learning from ‘God’s own Country,’ Kerala, India: a Development Model and a … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – With an offense that throws the ball as proficiently as anyone in the country, and features a Walter Payton Award candidate at quarterback, people tend to forget the running game. But Holy Cross senior running back Terrance … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Leon Claessens, assistant professor of biology at the College of the Holy Cross, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the amount of $497,735, for a project titled, “Aves 3D: An Online … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The music department at the College of the Holy Cross will present the following musical performances on campus during September and October 2008. All events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Former Holy Cross basketball standout Kevin Hamilton (Queens Village, N.Y.) has signed a contract to play professional basketball in Poland. Hamilton will play for SKK Kotwica Kolobrzeg, which competes in the Dominet Bank Ekstraliga, and is located … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of three new teaching fellows through an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Over a five-year period, the Mellon funding … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Faculty experts in a wide range of disciplines from the College of the Holy Cross are available to offer distinctive perspectives on topics related to the Democratic National Convention (Aug. 25-28, Denver, Colo.) and the Republican National … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – On June 23, 2008, Alicia Cianciola and Jenny Ugolino, both members of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2009, pitched a tent in Cascades West, the 223 acres of protected woodland along Worcester’s northern edge, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Elizabeth Morse, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2009, selected earlier this summer as one of eight 2008 American Cancer Society Alvan T. and Viola Fuller Junior Research Fellows from New England, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Former Holy Cross hockey player Matt Burke ’08 has signed a new contract with the Phoenix RoadRunners of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) for the 2008-2009 season. Burke played in eight games with the RoadRunners at … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Acclaimed pianist Sarah Grunstein, assistant professor of music at the College of the Holy Cross, has returned from an exhilarating concert and teaching tour in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. In Italy on July 6, Grunstein performed … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of 10 new faculty members in tenure-track positions for the 2008-09 academic year. They are: Chris Arrell (assistant professor, music), comes to … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Faculty experts in a wide range of disciplines from the College of the Holy Cross are available to offer distinctive perspectives on issues related to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.  For more information, or for … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Marty Dudek, assistant director of dining services at the College of the Holy Cross, has added another line to his resume, having recently been elected the president of the North East Region of the National Association of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Two faculty members at the College of the Holy Cross were awarded 2008 Catholic Press Association Book Awards for recently published works.  Joanne M. Pierce, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Former Holy Cross rower Rebecca Smith, a member of the class of 2002, won a bronze medal at the 2008 FISA World Rowing Championship, which took place from July 22-27 in Linz, Austria. Smith rowed for Team … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Changing Identity: Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam, the first major exhibition of contemporary Vietnamese women artists in the U.S., … Continue reading →