Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – Paul Melley, assistant chaplain and director of liturgical music at the College of the Holy Cross, had his debut album, Humbled, released on July 19 by GIA Music. Based in Chicago, GIA is an international publisher of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross has received $20,000 in seed money from the 3M Foundation to establish the Blackstone Collaboratory, which will bring together natural scientists, mathematicians, historians and economists from Holy Cross and the region … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Gareth Roberts, assistant professor in the mathematics and computer science department at the College of the Holy Cross, has received a $124,036 grant from the National Science Foundation to study celestial mechanics over the next three years. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Catherine A. Roberts, associate professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at the College of the Holy Cross, has been selected as one of 14 master teachers for the Intel Massachusetts Department of Education/Intel Math … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Crystal Quintanilla, a graduate of the Holy Cross Class of 2007, has been awarded a grant to be a North American Language and Culture Assistant in Spain. Quintanilla, who majored in Spanish with a concentration in Latin … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Approximately 45 art historians, literary scholars, sculptors, and filmmakers from such countries as Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States will attend a conference to present papers and participate in conversation … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Sarah Guidi and Erin Murphy, graduates of the Holy Cross Class of 2007, have received grants to be North American Language and Culture Assistants in Spain. Guidi, who double majored in Spanish and psychology, will work in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Dr. Anthony Fauci ’62, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is one of eight recipients of a 2005 National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor for scientific achievement. The announcement was recently … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross and Redfeather Theatre will again partner to present Shakespeare’s Richard III from Aug. 1 to 19, Wednesdays through Sundays, at 7 p.m., at the Memorial Grove Amphitheatre in Green Hill Park. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Six Holy Cross graduates from the Class of 2007 have received prestigious French Government Teaching Awards. They will be teaching English in France during the next year. Elizabeth Blair, who received her degree in French, will be … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Approximately 1,000 pounds of non-perishable food will be donated this year from the College of the Holy Cross to the St. Paul’s Parish Outreach Center in Worcester, 19 Chatham St.. Now in its ninth year, the libraries … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – A total of 23 graduates of the College of the Holy Cross will be returning to the classroom next year. But it won’t be in the role of students. The graduates, lured by a commitment to public … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Members of the Holy Cross Class of 1956 have funded a new professorship in the department of religious studies, and Professor Frederick J. Murphy has been named as the first to hold the position. The professorship was … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Brent Franklin, a member of the Holy Cross Class of 2008 and a defenseman on the varsity men’s hockey team, has been selected as the 2007-08 Fenwick Scholar. This is the highest academic honor bestowed on a … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Michael P. Sandstrom, who graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 2004 with a degree in visual arts and minor in computer science, has been awarded a Fulbright Creative Research Grant to study and work … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Jessica Waldoff, associate professor and chair of the music department at the College of the Holy Cross, was recently named the 2006-07 recipient of the Mary Louise Marfuggi Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship. Made possible by a … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women’s lacrosse team will face top-seeded Northwestern in the program’s second NCAA Tournament appearance on May 13, in Evanston, Ill., it was announced by the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Committee. Holy Cross earned … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Kaityln Mearn, a senior at the College of the Holy Cross, has received a grant to be a North American Language and Culture Assistant in Spain. Mearn, a mathematics major from Milton, will work as an English … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Michael P. Sandstrom, who graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 2004 with a degree in visual arts and minor in computer science, has been awarded a Fulbright Creative Research Grant to study and work … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Robert F. Dudley ’08, a classics major with a German minor currently studying abroad at Oxford University, is one of only 20 college students nationwide selected to receive a 2007 Beinecke scholarship. Each scholar receives $2,000 after … Continue reading →