Head up to New Haven, Connecticut, however, and some students at Yale University are unhappy with their school's decision to name a new residential college after Franklin.

“Yes, the Yale Corporation can decide to name colleges, but at the same time, names are only important if we decide to legitimize them,” Wang said. “We as students have decided not to legitimize ...

Yale University will continue its celebration of the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin with a presentation of an original play, “Franklin in Love,” on October 20 at 3 p.m. in the Whitney Humanities ...

According to Head of Franklin college Charles Bailyn ’81, the new colleges introduced novelty in a long-established landscape. “Yale is a place with very powerful and long-standing traditions, many of ...

“But Ben Franklin? It’s like [Yale] asked ‘How do we make all the money?’ and decided to name it after a mutual investment firm.” The Yale College Council wrote in a statement that unlike the ...

Jessie Hill, dean of Silliman College, and Alexander Rosas, associate director of graduate programs at Yale Law School, will serve as the inaugural deans for Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray ...

But the name of Franklin College had been decided roughly three years earlier, the News has confirmed. In 2013, Charles Johnson ’54 — who donated $250 million toward the construction of the new ...

Bailyn announced on Feb. 10 that he would serve an extra year as Head of Benjamin Franklin College before stepping down at the end of the 2022-23 school year. ... I’ve been focused on teaching and ...

Many students interviewed by the Yale Daily News pointed to a $250 million donation — the largest single gift ever made to the university — by Charles Johnson, who has praised Franklin as a role model ...

Although Franklin owned slaves when he was younger, one of his last public acts was submitting a petition to Congress to abolish slavery. “I am much more comfortable with where he ended up than where ...

Every Friday night, students in Benjamin Franklin College can gather in the Head of College house for crafts and board games. Now, in the basement, students can contribute to the “Community Mural” ...

Franklin’s connection to Yale dates back to 1753, when Yale conferred on Franklin an honorary M.A. (in absentia), in recognition of his work on electricity. In 1755, Franklin paid a visit to New Haven ...