■The University of Massachusetts held its 100th commencement Saturday at the Alumni Stadium at Amherst. More than 10,000 parents, relatives and friends watched the 2,820 students receive degrees.
■Professor Peter Rose of the Smith College sociology-anthropology department has been selected by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the State Department to serve as a lecturer in American studies at Flinders University of South Australia this coming fall.
■A wooden cupola that has long perched atop a Northampton parochial school will be sold at auction next week, and its proceeds used to write a final bittersweet chapter: demolition of the former Sacred Heart School on King Street.
■The Northampton Conservation Commission has proposed building a footbridge across the Mill River to make it easier for people to reach and enjoy the property at the former Northampton State Hospital, which includes more than 300 acres of scenic land. The bridge would be built near Federal Street, on a right-of-way owned by the city.
■Beginning this month, Northampton will decide if people are willing to save their daily food waste and participate in an experimental citywide composting program. The program begins June 14 and will be provided to residents on a trial basis for one year, or possibly longer.
■The owner of the Clarion Hotel is rekindling plans for a $10 million office park off Route 5 near his hotel, some six years after first pitching the idea but finding no takers. Plans call for two, side-by-side buildings on 4 acres on the south side of Atwood Drive, across from the hotel and not far from I-91’s Exit 18.