Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – As part of the College of the Holy Cross Visiting Writers Lecture Series, the following writers will give readings during the 2006 spring semester. All readings are free and open to the public. This series is sponsored … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt, for children ages 12 and younger, on Saturday, April 8 at 10 a.m. The free event will take place in the Field House. The … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Widely acclaimed pianist Sarah Grunstein will give a recital on March 28 at 8 p.m. in the Brooks Concert Hall at the College of the Holy Cross. Titled “Sarah Grunstein and Friends: The Intimate World of Robert … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Renee Laverdiere, a junior at the College of the Holy Cross from Eliot, Maine, has won a Goldwater Scholarship, one of only 323 undergraduates nationally to receive the award from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross Ballroom Dance team will hold its seventh annual Ballroom Dance Competition on March 25 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. The event is free for Holy Cross students; … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Alicia Reece, who has worked for economic equality and social justice, will give a talk titled “Women in Contemporary U.S. Society: How Can They Continue to Progress?” on March 27 at 7:15 p.m. in Room 519 of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Congressman James P. McGovern, who represents Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District, and Jose “Chencho” Alas will commemorate the life and legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero on March 22 at 7 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – James L. David Smith, professor of conservation biology at the University of Minnesota, will give a talk titled “Tigers, Landscape, People: Can Extinction Be Averted?” on March 20 at 4:15 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – David O’Brien, Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies in the department of history at the College of the Holy Cross, will give a talk as part of the “Last Lecture” series on April 3 at 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – City officials will join Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., president of Holy Cross, to formally announce the College’s partnership with the City of Worcester’s “No Place for Hate” campaign on March 22 at 4 p.m. in the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Odile Cazenave, associate professor of French at Boston University, will give a talk titled “Violence Des Banlieues: Une Histoire Qui Ne Date Pas D’Hier” (“Urban Violence in France: Past and Present”) on March 23 at 4 p.m. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Michael Mungai, who overcame poverty and heads a non-profit organization that provides shelter and education services to children in Dagoretti, Kenya, will give a talk on March 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – There will be a round-table discussion by Holy Cross students on the challenges and opportunities for a dialogue between Islam and the West on March 21 at 4 p.m. in Mulledy Hall. The talk is free and … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Legendary guitarist Jay Geils will give a talk titled “The Evolution of the Electric Guitar” on March 30 at 4:30 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center, Room 519 at the College of the Holy Cross. The talk … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Chris Picone ’90, assistant professor of biology at Fitchburg State College, will give a talk titled “A Radical Proposal for Sustainable Agriculture” on March 13 at noon in O’Neil Hall, Room 101 at the College of the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Carlos Eire, the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of history and religious studies at Yale University, will give a talk on his memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, winner of the 2003 National … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Victor Triay will give a talk titled “Bay of Pigs: Confrontation in Cuba, April 17, 1961” on March 23 at 4 p.m. in Room 304 of the Hogan Campus Center at the College of the Holy Cross. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – This spring, seven members of the Holy Cross faculty have been promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure. Loren R. Cass, of the political science department, earned a Ph.D. in political science from Brandeis University. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross will present a panel discussion with three esteemed science professionals Diann Jordan, Sheila Tobias and Elga Wasserman titled “Celebrating Women and Science: Lessons from the Past and Directions for the Future” … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The department of theatre at the College of the Holy Cross will present Bertolt Brecht’s 1944 masterpiece The Caucasian Chalk Circle on March 30 and 31, April 1, 6, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. in Fenwick … Continue reading →