History and Native American studies professor Colin Calloway has been named the inaugural John Kimball Jr. 1943 professor, Dean of Faculty Carol Folt announced on Thursday. The recently established professorship is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and research, according to a College press release. Calloway's research focuses on the experiences of Native Americans between the 17th and 19th centuries. "Professor Calloway inspires his students and his colleagues in the classroom, with his scholarship and with his service throughout the College," Folt said in the release.
Oxford University should expand its financial aid program based on the example set by Ivy League institutions, according to an Oxford administrator, The Guardian reported on Thursday. Vice chancellor Andrew Hamilton is advocating that the university adopt a need-blind admissions system and award larger scholarships. "The commitment that we must make to [prospective students is] that they will attend Oxford irrespective of their economic circumstances," he told The Guardian. Hamilton's announcement comes as the British government is considering cuts to funding for higher education, The Guardian reported. The university will seek to acquire funding for the financial aid program from alumni donations and will consider increasing tuition fees, according to The Guardian. Hamilton is the former provost at Yale University.
Due to campus-wide budget cuts at Yale University, the institution's athletic department is enforcing new policies that will require teams to reduce travel and equipment expenses, the Yale Daily News reported on Thursday. Yale's endowment decreased by 24.6 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, resulting in a university-enforced 7.5-percent reduction in campus-wide expenditures, according to the Daily News. Travel for away games will be limited to a predefined region close to the campus, except for championship games and games in which other schools pay for Yale's travel expenses, the Daily News reported. Team training trips over spring break will be restricted to the East Coast and reduced from two weeks to about eight days.
