History professor Timothy Snyder will lead the “Ukrainian History Global Initiative” over the next three years in an effort to globalize Ukrainian history. The program was founded and is funded by a Ukrainian oligarch with close ties to former president Leonid Kuchma, who was implicated in the killing of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
As presidential turnover rates increase across the country, tenure lengths have been decreasing. Salovey told the News that being a university president has become increasingly difficult in recent years.