Holy Cross 2023: The Year in Pictures

Aerial view of college quad

Take a look back at our favorite images of the Holy Cross community from the past year.

 

 

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a skier gets air off a small jump

Chris Rainey ’25 gets air while skiing on the hill adjacent to the Joanne Chouinard-Luth Recreation and Wellness Center.

 

 

 

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A double exposure image of a man and the columns of a large building

A double-exposure image OF Jordan Forrest ’23 and Dinand Library.

 

 

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a girl paints hearts on a window

Members of Students for Life paint a mural on the third-floor window of  Hogan Campus Center.

 

 

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A portrait of a physics professor with a projection of a wormhole overlayed

BEN KAIN, Theoretical computational physicist AND PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS, wrote computer code to examine how a wormhole would change if something TRAVELED through it.

 

 

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College students on hammocks

Students enjoy a sunny day on the Hoval In April. (Photo by Avanell Chang/ Holy Cross)

 

 

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A college science student examines a flask

Kathleen Segal ’23, A MEMBER OF the Isaacs lab.

 

 

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A college radio dj in the studio

Bryan Rivas ’23, photographed in the WCHC 88.1-FM radio station in Hogan Campus Center.

 

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three students smile during a outdoor mass

Baccalaureate Mass WAS held at A SUNNY Fitton Field In May.

 

IMAGES FROM THE CLASS OF 2023 commencement exercises, HELD on May 26 At the DCU Center.

 

 

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A soccer player jumping in the air

Arthur Ashe Award Finalist Taj Salawu ’23, photographed at LINDA JOHNSON Smith SOCCER STADIUM In May.

 

 

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A cheer team screams out support to a car arriving on campus

Cheer team members greet arriving families during Move-In Day FOR THE CLASS OF 2027.

 

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An elevated view of a college quad with a group of students standing in a circle

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS participate in the Gateways Orientation program.

 

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A student hits the ball in a pickleball match indoors

Students play pickleball in the the Joanne Chouinard-Luth Recreation and Wellness Center In September.

 

Students RETURN TO THE HILL FOR the first day OF CLASSES Aug. 23.

 

VIDEO OF The football team warmING UP BEFORE AN AUGUST PRACTICE AT Kuzniewski.

 

 

AndrÉ Isaacs '09, Associate Professor of Chemistry, was interviewed by the Today Show IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT HOW HE USES SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS.

 

 

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A bird's eye view of a college quad

A bird's-eye view of Kimball Quad In October.

 

 

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A pair in the distance kiss underneath an over pass of an ivy covered building

A couple sneaks a kiss in Memorial Plaza.

 

Holy cross campus throughout the seasons of 2023.

 

 

 

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Football players in a pool exercising by treading water

The football began its season with Aquatic conditioning at the Hart Center Pool in August. AT THE end OF THE SEASON, THE TEAM celebrated its fifth-consecUtive Patriot League title after defeating Georgetown at Fitton Field on Nov. 18. 

 

Drone time-lapse footage shows the color and beauty of campus and surrounding Mount St. James in October.

 

 

Holy Cross alumnae SPANNING FIVE DECADES joined current students in a portrait series as part of a project celebrating 50 Years of Coeducation.

 

 

 

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A man stands in front of a large mural, looking away from camera

Artist Christian Bachez ’23,  photographed in front of a mural he SPrAY painted at Quinsigamond Elementary SCHOOL in Worcester.

 

 

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A portrait of an english professor in a library

Leah Hager Cohen, JAMES N. AND SARAH L. O'REILLY BARRETT PROFESSOR IN CREATIVE WRITING, photographed in Dinand Library.

 

 

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A crowd of young fans cheers at a basketball game

MORE THAN 3,000 Worcester Public School students filled the Hart Arena ON DEC. 20 to cheer on the Holy Cross women’s basketball team during ITS game against Merrimack.