NEW HAVEN >> Benjamin Zucker wondered whether Elihu Yale could get admitted to the university that bears his name. After co-authoring a biography of Yale, focusing on his collecting, business acumen ...

Yale University's president reportedly told the Yale Daily News last week that officials are not considering changing the Ivy League school's name, despite its namesake's ties to the 17th century ...

Elihu Yale; William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire; Lord James Cavendish; Mr. Tunstal; and Enslaved Servant, ca. 1708 Credit: Yale Center for British Art “Nothing is known about the boy on the ...

If Yale University President Peter Salovey thinks Calhoun College is a bad name, he may want to think about renaming the entire school. As Roger Kimball for The Wall Street Journal points out, Elihu ...

How about a bill withholding all federal funds from Yale University until it changes its name? The school’s namesake, Elihu Yale, was not only a slave owner, but a slave trader. Quite a dilemma for ...

Yale University's prestigious history is intertwined with colonization, notably through benefactor Elihu Yale's involvement with the British East India Company and the Indian Ocean slave trade. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by the Yale Center for British Art, on Oct. 27, 2021, shows of an early 18th century oil on canvas painting ...

The founder of one of America's oldest Universities will be honored tomorrow afternoon by the town of his birth when the Yale Club of Boston dedicates its new memorial tablet to Elihu Yale. It has ...

When Yale-NUS College opened its doors in Singapore last fall, it welcomed an eager crop of incoming students all banking on the value of a diploma with "Yale" printed on the sheepskin. A joint ...

Last month, Yale University issued a formal apology for the links its early leaders and benefactors had with slavery. Since then, one name that has come under intense scrutiny in India is that of ...