Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – Anna Vannucci, a senior at the College of the Holy Cross, has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Turkey. A psychology major with a Women’s and Gender Studies concentration from Enfield, Conn., Vannucci will … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – A total of 15 Holy Cross athletic teams have been publicly recognized by the NCAA for having the best Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. Holy Cross tied for 7th among the 326 institutions that compete in NCAA … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Four graduates of the College of the Holy Cross — including an assistant U.S. district attorney combating organized crime in New York . . . an esteemed physician and leader at Tufts-New England Medical Center . . … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross Public Safety has received information from the FBI concerning a possible threat to a college campus in the Worcester and/or Providence area. Additional information and updates will be posted below as necessary. Update – 6:15 … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will present Artifex: Works from the Senior Concentration Seminar, from May 2 through May 25. The gallery will be closed May 19. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – I know we are all shocked and saddened by yesterday’s violent killings at Virginia Tech.  Our deepest sympathies and prayers go out for the lives lost so violently, and for the many families and members of the … Continue reading →

Chief Justice and three others to receive honorary degrees May 25 WORCESTER, Mass. – John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, will receive an honorary degree from the College of the Holy Cross and address this year’s … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist James David Christie will perform the eighth and final concert commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of the great 17th-century North German organist-composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707). As part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Cathryn O’Connor and Caitrin O’Sullivan, seniors majoring in Spanish at the College of the Holy Cross, have been awarded scholarships for advanced language study from Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. O’Connor, who is … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross will hold its sixth annual Relay for Disaster Relief on April 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hart Track. Proceeds from the relay will be donated to “Stand By You,” Holy Cross’ coordinated show of … Continue reading →

Holy Cross Balinese Gamelan Orchestra to Hold Concert Directed by Distinguished Visiting Artist WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross departments of theatre and music present their famed Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Gita Sari, under the directorship of visiting fellow in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross will hold the 36th annual Classics Day on April 12. Designed to familiarize students with the Holy Cross Classics department, its faculty and current students, the event features a variety of activities relating to the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – For the past 12 years, the Humanities Scholars’ Collaborative has brought hundreds of area high school students to a series of seminars and discussions at area colleges. David Roach, superintendent of Millbury Public Schools, and Jim Hedlund, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The biology department at the College of the Holy Cross will host approximately 60 students from Burncoat High School on April 13 for a series of science presentations featuring a recently acquired confocal microscope. The Leica spectral … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Denise Riordan, a senior at the College of the Holy Cross, has received a Fulbright grant to work and study in Spain. A Spanish major with a concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies from Rutland, Vt., … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – A debate on the topic of “Civil Liberties and the War on Terror” featuring two prominent authorities on constitutional law will be held on April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center, Room 519 at … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Professor Richard P. Stanley, the Norman Levinson professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 14th annual Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture in Mathematics on April 24 at 8 p.m. in the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Magnus T. Bernhardsson, assistant professor of history at Williams College, will give a talk titled “Negotiating History: Archaeology and Nationalism in Modern Iraq” on April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist James David Christie will perform the seventh of eight concerts commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of the great 17th-century North German organist-composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707). As part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross is sponsoring a number of lectures by noted experts in the next month. The talks, which are free and open to the public, … Continue reading →