Features & Events Archives :: 2004-2005

June 2005

(6/28) In Hoc Signo Awards Presented to Alumni

(6/28) Two Second-Year Students at Holy Cross Receive Awards

(6/24) Meet the New Class

(6/24) Holy Cross Professor Receives National Science Foundation Grant Supporting Promising Young Teacher-Scholars

(6/21) Holy Cross Professor Receives Fellowship Status with the Gerontological Society of America

(6/21) International Word & Image Conference to be Held at Holy Cross

(6/20) Nativity School of Worcester Hires Principal

(6/17) Reunion 2005: Photo Gallery

(6/16) Fitton Field is 'home base' to Worcester's new pro baseball team

(6/07) Rev. Brian Linnane, S.J., Assistant Dean and Associate Professor at Holy Cross, Elected President of Loyola College

May 2005

(5/16) Holy Cross Dining Scoops Up Three Awards in National Competition

(5/05) Holy Cross Administrators to Serve Midnight Breakfast to Students During Final Exam Period

April 2005

(4/29) Tony Stankus, Holy Cross Science Librarian and Alumnus, Receives Prestigious National Award

(4/26) Six Holy Cross Students Earn Prestigious Fulbright Awards

(4/25) Holy Cross Holds Fifth Annual Student Academic Conference

(4/22) Holy Cross Recognizes Alumni for Outstanding Professional Achievements and Service

(4/22) Holy Cross Student Earns Journalism Fellowship

(4/21) Holy Cross Professor Receives NEH Grant to Study America’s Great Speeches in ‘Oratory’ Project

(4/20) 400 High School Students to Participate in 34th Annual Classics Day at Holy Cross

(4/19) New pope selected; Holy Cross experts available to comment

(4/19) Holy Cross to Host Children’s Safety Day Fair

(4/18) Listen to More Than 300 Voices at the Choruses of the Worcester Consortium

(4/18) Holy Cross Music Department Presents ‘Contemporary Music Concert’

(4/15) Holy Cross to Host Two Public Panel Discussions on the Papacy

(4/14) Onyemaechi ’79 to help community examine ‘our roots and values’

(4/13) ‘Health Care for Homeless Women’ Subject of Talk

(4/13) Children of Worcester Invited to Experience ‘Wonders of Physics’

(4/12) Author and Holy Cross Professor, Bill Roorbach, to Give Reading On Campus

(4/12) Catholic Liberal Arts Colleges in the 21st Century to be Subject of Talk at Holy Cross

(4/11) Holy Cross Students Earn Beinecke, Goldwater Scholarships

(4/06) Hope and Healing Exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum Open to Holy Cross Community for Free

(4/06) Symposium to Showcase Environmental Research Conducted at Worcester Colleges

(4/05) Author Alicia Erian to Give Reading On Campus

(4/05) Holy Cross Presidential Colloquia to Examine 'Moral Reflection in Jesuit Education'

(4/05) Author Susan Brind Morrow to Give Reading On Campus

(4/04) Remembering Pope John Paul II

March 2005

(3/31) ‘Soap Bubble Geometry’ is Subject of Annual Leonard Sulski Lecture at Holy Cross

(3/31) ‘The Message of the Museum: Studying Exhibitions in Washington, D.C.’

(3/30) Record Number of Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff to Participate in ‘Holy Cross Cares Day’

(3/29) Respected Anthropologist to Give Talk at Holy Cross

(3/28) Sign-Ups for Fenwick Debate Society’s Annual Debate Competition This Week

(3/24) College mourns passing of Rev. Joseph LaBran, S.J., (1915-2005)

(3/24) Holy Cross College Choir to Perform Spring Concert

(3/24) Award-Winning Author to Give Reading On Campus

(3/23) Holy Cross Scholar-Athletes Earn Top Scores in New Academic Measures

(3/23) Organists Peterson, Latry to Perform at Holy Cross As Part of Chapel Artists Series

(3/23) Mexico Meal Auction Celebrates Its 15th Year

(3/22) Holy Cross Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture To Sponsor Spring Series of Public Events

(3/21) Paul Kurtz, Cyber Security Expert and Former Presidential Advisor, to Give Talk at Holy Cross

(3/18) Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., to Give Talk at Holy Cross

(3/16) Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass, to Give Talk Titled 'Iraq: Finding a Responsible Exit'

(3/16) Cyclist/AIDS Researcher to Talk About Upcoming Cross-Country Race to Raise Money for AIDS Research

(3/14) Holy Cross teams end seasons with tournament play

(3/11) ‘Women and War’ Subject of Events

(3/11) Koren Zailckas, Author of Current Bestseller, to Give Talk

(3/10) Holy Cross to Hold Annual Easter Egg Hunt for Worcester Children

(3/10) Five French Films to be Screened

(3/10) ‘Last Lecture’ Series Continues with Political Science Professor

(3/09) Holy Cross, the City of Worcester, and Worcester Professional Baseball Sign Agreement to Move Forward with Plans for Opening Day at Fitton Field

(3/08) Leon Kass, Chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, to Deliver Hanify-Howland Lecture

(3/07) Fenwick Theatre Presents Faculty-Directed The Sea Gull

(3/07) One-Week Diary: A chronicle of a week in China

(3/04) Holy Cross Presidential Colloquia to Examine Jesuit Education in the U.S.

(3/03) Holy Cross Mock Trial Team Finishes Sixth in Tournament

(3/02) Faculty Tenure Decisions Announced

(3/02) Storyteller’s Performance Marks 60th Anniversary of Attack on USS Franklin

February 2005

(2/28) Peace Activist to Talk About Terror at Holy Cross

(2/25) Holy Cross Music Department Presents ‘Hope and Healing’ Concert

(2/24) Radio Talk Show Spotlights Interests of Faculty from Worcester Colleges

(2/22) Organist James David Christie to Perform at Holy Cross

(2/21) Poet Carolyne Wright to Give Reading on Campus

(2/18) Speaker to Discuss How Growth of Religious Colleges is Changing America

(2/18) Expert in Political Science to Talk About the Impact of Religion in the 2004 Election

(2/16) The Supreme Court and Religion to be Subject of Talk at Holy Cross

(2/16) Holy Cross Presidential Colloquia to Examine Jesuits in the New World

(2/16) Biology Professor from Brown University to Speak on ‘Creationism and Evolution’ at Holy Cross

(2/11) From Campus to Carnegie Hall, Music Professor Sarah Grunstein Performs Bach

(2/11) Community-Based Learning Offers Students Real World Experience in Addition to Their Studies

(2/10) First Woman Bishop in the Episcopal Church to Speak

(2/03) Author Lan Samantha Chang to Give Reading as Part of the Visiting Writers Series

(2/02) Poet Tom Sleigh to Give Reading as Part of the Visiting Writers Series

(2/02) Holy Cross Moot Court is Second in the Nation Again

(2/01) Acclaimed Hip-Hop Artist Talib Kweli Named Black History Month Keynote Speaker at Holy Cross

January 2005

(1/28) Lectures at Holy Cross to Focus on Crisis in the Catholic Church

(1/28) Tel Aviv Scholar at Holy Cross to Tackle Question: 'How Holy are Holy Wars?'

(1/27) Holy Cross Hosts Exhibit Featuring Drawings by Holocaust Survivor Helga Weissova-Hoskova

(1/25) College in talks with City, professional team to play at Fitton Field

(1/21) Author Alice McDermott to Receive Honorary Degree At Senior Convocation

(1/21) Six Holy Cross Employees Receive Service Awards

(1/18) Alternate College Theatre Presents Damn Yankees

(1/17) Purple Pride Day 2005

(1/14) Holy Cross celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.

(1/10) Kimball Film Series Spring 2005 Schedule

December 2004

(12/22) Holy Cross English Professor Awarded $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

(12/22) Medical Pioneer and Nobelist Joseph E. Murray, M.D., '40 Celebrates As World Recalls 50th Anniversary of First Transplant

(12/14) Alumni Elected to Public Office

(12/09) Holy Cross’ Young Lawyers Prove "Re-MOCK-able" at Yale University Mock Trial Invitational Tournament

(12/06) Finals Frenzy Fall 2004

(12/06) Midnight Breakfast Fall 2004

(12/02) 2004 Christmas Tree Lighting

(12/02) Professor David Schaefer to Appear on "The Forum"

November 2004

(11/22) Alternate College Theatre Presents The Baltimore Waltz

(11/19) College Choir and Chaplains to Lead Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols

(11/19) AIDS Compassion & Awareness Week 2004

(11/19) AIDS Compassion & Awareness Charity Banquet

(11/16) Presidential Colloquia to Examine European Origins of Jesuit Education

(11/15) Worcester Lawyers to Lecture on Mental Illness and the Law

(11/12) Mock Trial Earns Awards at 2004 Ocean State Invitational

October 2004

(10/29) Poet Michael Collier to Give Reading on Campus

(10/29) Christine Bernard-McNamara Appointed New Director of Public Safety

(10/25) Valuable World War I Exhibit Features Contributions from Famous Names in Literature, Art, Politics and the Military

(10/22) Theatre Department Presents Mimpi

(10/21) Talk on "Human Rights and the Fight Against Terrorism"

(10/20) First-Year Diary: A chronicle of life on the Hill

(10/19) Leading Health Expert Author Devra Davis to Lecture on Link Between Pollution and Human Disease

(10/12) Aging Policy Experts Weigh in on Presidential Election:Town Hall Forum to Examine Public Policy Issues Affecting Elderly Americans

(10/08) Second Presentation in Presidential Colloquia to Explore "Jesuits in Asia"

(10/08) Award-Winning Poet Edward Hirsch to Give Reading on Campus

(10/04) Biology Professor Given Prestigious Science Award for Work on Large-Scale California Ecosystem Restoration Project

(10/04) "Zapatistas, Indigenous Media and Self-Representation" - A Presentation on the Chiapas Media Project

(10/01) Holy Cross Walkers Raise $9,000 for Cancer Research

September 2004

(9/30) Faculty Awards Presented at Annual Fall Convocation

(9/28) Mahatma Gandhi's Grandson, Arun, to Speak on Campus

(9/28) Novelist Edward P. Jones '72 Named MacArthur Fellow

(9/27) Templeton Prize Winner Sir John Polkinghorne to Lecture on Religion and Science: Visit to Holy Cross is Rare U.S. Trip for Noted Physicist-Priest

(9/24) "The Greeks Revolutionize the Alphabet"

(9/22) World Renowned Borromeo String Quartet to Perform

(9/17) Deaf Awareness Week Events

(9/14) Celebrate Jesuit Heritage Week

(9/13) Holy Cross and AJCU Implement Virtual Reference Program

(9/09) Holy Cross Walks to Cure Cancer

(9/09) Renowned Anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson to Address Second-Year Students

(9/08) Presidential Colloquia Begin with Talk by Rev. John O'Malley, S.J.

(9/07) Poet Steven Cramer to Give Reading as Part of the Visiting Writers Series

(9/06) Second Year Students Live the Sweet Life at the Dessert & Academic Extravaganza

(9/06) Class of 2008 Move In Day Photo Gallery

(9/03) French Film Series Fall 2004

(9/02) Presidential Colloquia Lecture Series on Jesuit Liberal Education and the Engaging of Cultures

(9/02) Professors Receive $429,000 in Math and Neuroscience Research Grants

(9/01) Class of 2008 Welcomed to Campus at Convocation

August 2004

(8/26) Fourth Annual Relay for Disaster Relief

(8/19) Welcome Back Events

(8/12) Kimball Film Series Fall 2004 Schedule

(8/11) Meet the new members of the faculty

(8/10) Author Bill Roorbach Named New Jenks Chair

(8/02) Holy Cross Professor Named President, Division of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology, American Psychological Association

July 2004

(7/27) Michael Lochhead Named New Vice President for Finance and Administration

(7/20) Recipients of the Mrs. Kate C. Power Medal Announced

(7/07) Recent Graduate Captures Jamaican National Track and Field Title

(7/01) President Bush Awards National Security Medal to John C. Gannon '66