Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – Members of the Holy Cross men’s and women’s basketball teams have been honored by the Patriot League. The men’s team captured three of the four major individual awards. Senior guard Keith Simmons was named 2007 Patriot League … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), Holy Cross’ umbrella service organization, has received a $2,500 grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation (GWCF) to support a rehabilitation program on prison grounds for soon-to-be-released inmates. The grant proposal … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Gold Cloths of Sumatra: Indonesia’s Songkets from Ceremony to Commodity from March 1 to April 18. The exhibition offers both 19th … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The department of theatre at the College of the Holy Cross will present Coraline, based on the novel Coraline (copyright 2002), by writer and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman., on March 22 – 24 and 29 – 31 … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Osvaldo Golijov, associate professor of music at the College of the Holy Cross won both Grammy awards that he was nominated for in the categories of Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Contemporary Composition for his opera … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – This spring, seven members of the Holy Cross faculty have been promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure. Cristina Ballantine, of the mathematics and computer science department, earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The American Sign Language and Deaf Studies Program announces its calendar of events for the 2007 spring semester. Unless otherwise stated, all events are free and open to the public. For more information on any of the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Tom and Doris Smeltzer, the parents of a bulimia victim who died at the age of 19, will tell the story of their daughter through photographs, journal entries, and poems on Feb. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Danuta Bukatko, professor of psychology and director of the women’s and gender studies program, has been selected as the first person to hold the Joseph H. Maguire ’58 Professorship in Education at the College of the Holy … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist James David Christie will perform the fifth 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. – As part of the College of the Holy Cross Visiting Writers Lecture Series, the following writers will give readings during the 2007 spring semester. All readings are free and open to the public. This series is sponsored … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Donald E. Ingber, Judah Folkman Professor of vascular biology at Harvard Medical School and researcher for the Vascular Biology Program at Children’s Hospital Boston, will give a talk titled “Mechanobiology and Developmental Control” on Feb. 7 at … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Dr. Denise A. Bell, with more than 20 years of national experience in research, analysis and evaluation in both secondary and post-secondary institutions and community organizations, has been appointed as director of the newly established office for … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Judy Shepard, whose 21-year old son, Matthew, was murdered in a gay hate crime in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998, will give a talk titled “The Legacy of Matthew Shepard” on Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men’s lacrosse team and its captain received H. Martin Deranian Fellowship Awards from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Massachusetts for outstanding volunteer efforts on Jan. 9. Captain Paul LeBlanc ’07 earned the award … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The music department at the College of the Holy Cross will present the following musical performances on campus during the spring 2007 semester. All events are free, unless otherwise stated, and open to the public. For additional … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – This spring, the College of the Holy Cross will launch the first phase of construction of a new $60 million state-of-the-art integrated science complex. Designed to offer many more opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and learning, the new … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at Kimball Theatre at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, please call the Kimball … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Brother David G. Andrews, CSC, will give a talk titled “How Then Shall We Eat? The Politics and Morality of Food” on Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Six employees of the College of the Holy Cross, all Worcester area residents, have received the 2006 Claire B. Burns Awards. The awards program, now in its tenth year, was established and endowed in 1997 by Donal … Continue reading →