Yale University is giving an honorary degree to the first known Black person to study at the institution, the New Haven Register reported. Rev. James W.C. Pennington, who escaped slavery to seek ...

Yale University granted honorary degrees to “individuals whose achievements in their field have benefited the common good.” The legendary dancer and performer Debbie Allen, the host of “Finding Your ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – The Yale Board of Trustees has voted to confer two posthumous degrees to two Black theology students who attended Yale University in the 19 th century, according to an ...

During its 323rd graduation ceremony on Monday, Yale conferred honorary degrees on nine individuals who have achieved distinction in their fields. This year’s honorary degree recipients included the ...

Members of the class of 2025 gathered on Old Campus Monday morning, joined by family, friends and faculty, to celebrate the University’s 324th Commencement ceremony. In a procession through the New ...

NEW HAVEN — Yale University's Class of 2024 bid goodbye to Yale and New Haven in a tradition-filled 323rd commencement ceremony Monday, but mixed in with the 4,396 degrees Yale conferred — including 1 ...

The February 2 Ways & Means column points out that it took Yale University two years after George Bush became president to award him an honorary degree, and that four recent presidents have Yale ...

The legendary dancer and performer Debbie Allen, the host of “Finding Your Roots,” Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., and the iconic jazz musician and composer Ronald Carter are among the latest to become ...

During its 324th graduation ceremony on Monday, Yale University awarded honorary degrees to eight individuals whose achievements in their fields have benefited the common good. This year’s honorary ...

Yale University will honor two Black men who attended the university nearly 200 years ago with posthumous degrees. Rev. James W.C. Pennington was born enslaved and escaped from Maryland in 1828. He ...