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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The bike shop and its basic supplies are funded by Franklin’s budget, but the materials are largely recycled. The shop makes use of abandoned bikes that Yale Facilities picks up around campus, as well ...

Peccia will succeed Charles Bailyn, the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Astronomy and Physics, who was selected as the inaugural head of Benjamin Franklin College in 2016. College heads serve as the ...