Steven Levitt, co-author of the bestselling books “Freakonomics” and “Superfreakonomics,” delivers the 46th Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture, in the Hogan Ballroom.
Levitt with members of the Hanify-Howland committee and faculty moderators.
Levitt signs a copy of “Freakonomics” for Alexa Child ’12.
Photography by J Kevin Crowley ’12
Students, faculty and staff make good use of the Hogan Courtyard which underwent extensive renovation this summer.
Photography by John Buckingham
First-year students aren’t the only new faces on campus. A large group of professors join the Holy Cross community this academic year, including 17 faculty members, 14 in tenure-track positions and three postdoctoral teaching fellows. First row, left to right: Matthew Dinan, Jack Miller-Veritas Fund Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Political Science; Lorelle Semley, assistant professor of history; Daniel DiCenso, assistant professor of music; Alice Hsiaw, assistant professor of economics; Ben Kain, assistant professor of physics; second row, left to right: Lisa Fluet, assistant professor of English; Jonathan Young, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in History; John Gavin, SJ., assistant professor of religious studies; Peter Fritz, assistant professor of religious studies; Robert Green, Jr., Bishop James A. Healy Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies; Alex C. Yen, assistant professor in economics and accounting; Scott Malia, assistant professor of theatre; Juan Ramos, assistant professor in theatre; and Nadine Knight, assistant professor of English. Not pictured are Alo Basu, assistant professor in psychology, Kevin Walsh, instructor in mathematics and computer science and Melissa Weiner, assistant professor in sociology and anthropology.
Photograph by John Buckingham
Faculty, administrators and alumni welcomed participants of Odyssey 2015 and their families at the opening dinner in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the program. Odyssey is a one-week program open on a voluntary basis to all first-year ALANA (African-American, Latin American, Asian-American, and Native American) and international students. During the week, the 61 participants took part in workshops, field trips, discussions, and volunteer and social programs. Since the program’s inception, 776 first-year students have participated in Odyssey.
Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., president, welcomes Odyssey participants.
From left, Amadeus Javier ’11, Anthony Zelayandia ’11 and Gabriel Fernandez ’12.
Stephanie Montilla ’13 and Samantha Oliveira ’12 embrace.
Odyssey “grads” who attended the event pose for the camera. At far left is Esther Levine, director of the Odyssey Program.
Photography by Patrick O’Connor
Twenty-four Holy Cross students taking part in the College’s unique Summer Business Program pose in the Smith Labs courtyard. First row, left to right: Mark Lussier ’13, Emily Correia ’14, Michael Conetta ’14, David Chu, director of the prebusiness program, Jessica Daly ’12, Quinn Korzeniecki ’12, Margaret Mackinson ’13, Angela Choi ’12; second row, left to right: James Boyne ’12, Danielle Breen ’14, Jessica Dodakian ’14, Francheska Jimenez ’14, Jacqueline Esperti ’12; third row, left to right: Kasha Kiros ’13, Jeff Harris ’12, Thomas Kelly ’14, Charles Mills ’12, Sandro Silva ’13, Jordan Edwards ’12, Michael Sheehan ’13; fourth row, left to right: Jordan Stevens ’13, Devin Brown ’12, Caroline Pedlow ’13, Andrew Coury ’13 and Edward Houghton ’13. Watch a video to hear students and alumni talk about the program.
Photograph by John Buckingham
Pulitzer Prize winning author Marilynne Robinson talks with Leila Philip, associate professor of English, one day before delivering the principal address and receiving an honorary degree at this year’s Commencement ceremonies.
From left, Bob Cording, professor of English and director of the creative writing program, Philip, Leah Hager Cohen, visiting professor of English, Shawn Maurer, associate professor of English, Robinson, James Kee, professor of English, and Jonathan Mulrooney, associate professor of English.
Photography by Dan Vaillancourt
Ken Mills, associate professor and chair of chemistry, holds his five-year-old son Dean, as they look at a 3-D illusion at the Physics table during the “Hogwarts at Holy Cross: Snape’s Dungeon” event. Learn more about the event, and view a photo gallery.
Photograph by Dan Vaillancourt
Hannah Irish, daughter of Paul Irish, assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs and director of Student Conduct and Community Standards, enjoys coloring during Bring Your Child to Work Day. Sponsored by the Student Government Association, Bring Your Child to Work Day offers activities to help children of Holy Cross faculty and administrators learn about the importance of a college education and learn more about what their parents do at the college.
Photograph by Tina Sato ’11
History professor Rev. Anthony Kuzniewski, S.J., marked the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter and the start of the Civil War in his course, Lincoln and His Legacy. Above, Abraham Lincoln and Fr. Kuzniewski shake hands.
A cake baked by the College’s own Kimball Dining Services included Andrew Jackson’s quote “To the Union: It Must Be Preserved.”
Photography by Derek Gomes ’11
As part of the Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Maria Cavicchi ’11, a mathematics major in the health professions advisory program, gives a talk titled “An Alternative Perspective for Modeling HIV” during an undergraduate research session. Hundreds of mathematicians from higher education institutions across the globe attended the conference which was held on the Holy Cross campus on the weekend of April 9 to 10.
Ryan Elizabeth Prendergast ’11, a mathematics major with a concentration in biological psychology in the health professions advisory program, gives a talk titled “Determining the Rate Constant Matrix for a Two Compartment Pharmacokinetic Model.”
Kenneth Golden, a professor of mathematics at the University of Utah, delivers the plenary address titled “Mathematics and the Melting Polar Ice Caps” in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom.
Photography by Cristina Sato ’11