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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Benjamin Franklin students and faculty members filled the college’s dining hall Thursday evening to welcome their new Head of College, Jordan Peccia. The Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of ...

He will begin a five-year term at Benjamin Franklin College on July 1. “I am honored to serve as the next Head of Benjamin Franklin College,” Peccia said. “My message to students is that we are in ...

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 ...