Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross students have organized a 5-kilometer race scheduled for April 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with proceeds going to the South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation. The race will begin and end at Holy Cross’ … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Four graduates of the College of the Holy Cross — including a psychiatrist breaking new ground in treating schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease … an internationally-recognized expert in medical genetics and cancer … a top Wall Street attorney … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Approximately 250 Holy Cross students, alumni, faculty and staff will take part in the ninth annual “Holy Cross Cares Day” on April 22. Showing their appreciation for the Worcester community, participants will spend the day performing service-oriented … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross will hold the 35th annual Classics Day on April 26. 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. – Jared T. Bennici ’07, a junior political science major from Marlborough, Conn., will spend the summer working with some of America’s foremost diplomats in the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. He is the recipient of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross Ballroom Dance Team will present the Holy Cross version of ABC’s popular reality show “Dancing with the Stars” on May 1 at 7 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. The event, only open … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, the College of the Holy Cross music department will present “Mozart’s Sacred Music,” a lecture recital featuring the Holy Cross Chamber Singers led by choir director Pamela Getnick … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross departments of theatre and music will present the spring concert of their famed Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Gita Sari, under the directorship of visiting fellow in Balinese performing arts, I Wayan Dibia, on April … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Abby’s House, and Holy Cross’ remarkable partnership with the non-profit agency since its inception, the College will mark the occasion with a fundraising concert by the Holy Cross Chapel Choir … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Justin Parrella ’06, a senior from Lexington, Mass., is one of only 1,000 students nationwide to receive the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Stuart Levy, professor of molecular biology, microbiology and medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine, will give a talk titled “When Antibiotics Fail: Consequences to Individual and Public Health” on April 25 at 7 p.m. in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Paula A. Johnson, MD, MPH, chief of the division of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and executive director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, will deliver the annual Katherine A. Henry … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Adriaan Peperzak, the Arthur J. Schmitt Chair of Philosophy and director of the Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Loyola University of Chicago, will give a talk titled “How Rational is the Heart? How Natural is … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will present PRECIPICE: Works from the Senior Concentration Seminar, from April 27 to May 27. An opening reception for artists will be … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Jacques Monet, S.J., visiting international Jesuit fellow at the College of the Holy Cross, will give a talk titled “The Catholic Church in Quebec: The Quieter Revolution” on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the College’s Rehm … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross departments of theatre and music, supported by the Lilly Vocation Discernment Initiative, will present a rare opportunity to see an Arja prembon, or Balinese opera. Dr. I Wayan Dibia, visiting fellow in Balinese arts, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Bob Wright, an alumnus of the College of the Holy Cross class of 1965, will receive an honorary degree and address this year’s graduates during the College’s Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 26 at 10:30 a.m. on … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Stephen J. Whitfield, the Max Richter Chair in American Civilization at Brandeis University, will give a talk titled “Religion and Culture in the New World: Why America was Different for Jews” on April 4 at 4:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Thomas Kuehne, associate professor and Strassler Family Chair in the Study of Holocaust History at Clark University, will give a talk titled “Belonging and Genocide: A German Story, 1914-1945” on April 19 at 4 p.m. in the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – E.J. McAdams ’93, the executive director of New York City’s Audubon society, will give a talk titled “Hawking Urban Nature: Creativity and Conservation in New York City” on April 10 at 4:30 p.m. in Dinand Library’s Levis … Continue reading →