50 Years Ago
- Democratic mayoral candidate David W. Cramer said yesterday that he was opposed to any large-scale urban renewal project for the downtown area which is not supported either by commitments from the state to pay half the cost or commitments from private developers to build in the urban renewal area. Cramer indicated that he could not go along with the new urban renewal proposal which the steering committee for the Pleasant/River Urban Renewal Project approved Tuesday.
- Dozens of new lights will be installed on the Smith College campus over the next few weeks, two new security patrols have been established, and a bus will be available to students from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. to assure safety in the wake of a stabbing two weeks ago, a college official told an all-college meeting called by President Jill Conway yesterday.
25 Years Ago
- Smith College continued its tradition of helping Northampton schools Friday with a $150,000 donation to the Northampton High School Building Project. Mary Kasper, vice chairwoman of the Building Committee, said the donation opens up options. “It’s an incredibly generous gift,” she said. “It gives us a little breathing room.”
- A retired University of Massachusetts professor is contributing his expert opinion to a U.S. Supreme Court case that some environmental advocates say could affect the U.S. government future ability to protect the environment. Joseph S. Larson is one of 18 environmental experts who has contributed to a friend-of-the-court brief submitted by The Environmental Defense, a non-profit environmental advocacy organization, supporting the position of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
10 Years Ago
- Well-known businesses and organizations in Massachusetts and beyond are lavishing both time and money on the new Center for Data Science at the University of Massachusetts. The center has received more than $1.5 million worth of computer hardware, cloud computing infrastructure, data sets and research funding from companies including Amazon, Google, MassMutual, Microsoft Research, Oracle Labs, Thomson Reuters and Yahoo.
- The University of Massachusetts Amherst will bear nearly half of a system-wide $10.9 million cut after that amount to cover money already spent on pay raises was removed from a $328 million supplemental budget sent this week by the Legislature to Gov. Charlie Baker.