Progressive student groups want names Madison, Monroe and Churchill removed from buildings | George Washington University | 07/10/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Protesters demand university remove Henry Grady’s name from Grady College of Journalism | University of Georgia | 07/09/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
Faculty want General Robert E. Lee removed from school name | Washington and Lee University | 07/07/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
Elon University removes former President William Harper’s name from residence hall | Elon University | 07/07/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
James Madison University removes names of three Confederates from buildings | James Madison University | 07/07/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Queens University of Charlotte renames building after discovery of ties to slavery | Queens University of Charlotte | 07/02/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Name of former NC governor 'Hoey' removed from campus auditorium due to his opposition of racial intergration in 1900s | Western Carolina University | 06/29/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Woodrow Wilson's name removed from multiple campus buldings | Princeton University | 06/27/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Alabama A&M renaming hall named after Democrat Gov. Bibb Graves | Alabama A&M | 06/26/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
NC State removes name 'Daniels' from 'Daniels Hall' | North Carolina State University | 06/22/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Oklahoma State U. removes Gov. William 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray's name from buildings over racism concerns | Oklahoma State University | 06/19/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Former LSU president Troy Middleton's name removed from library over racism concerns | Louisiana State University | 06/19/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Clemson removes Calhoun name from Honors College | Clemson University | 06/15/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
USC renames Von Kleinsmid Center because namesake was 'a known eugenicist' | University of Southern California | 06/11/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Shenandoah University removes Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s name from School of Business | Shenandoah University | 06/10/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
President recommends changing the name of Deady Hall over racism concerns | University of Oregon | 06/10/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Florida State University refuses to cancel namesake of football stadium | Florida State University | 06/01/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Students petition to rename two campus buildings named after slave owners | Towson University | 02/29/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
Native American student wants lounge renamed to feel more inclusive | University of Michigan | 02/11/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University removes slave owner’s name to create a ‘more inclusive community’ | University of Cincinnati | 12/23/2019 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
College strips name of its founder from building, cites ‘racism’ against Native Americans | Macalester College | 12/11/2019 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Board of Regents refuses student demands to rename four buildings named after segregationists | University of Minnesota | 04/30/2019 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
SUNY New Paltz leaders vote to rename dorms named after town’s 17th century settlers, citing slavery | SUNY New Paltz | 03/15/2019 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
UC Berkeley to remove historic Boalt name associated with law school, citing racism | University of California Berkeley | 01/11/2019 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Duke University removes Confederate veteran Julian Carr's name from building | Duke University | 12/02/2018 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Students want Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's name removed from building | Savannah College of Art and Design | 10/15/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Citing ‘violence against California Native Americans,’ Stanford to ax Junipero Serra’s name from campus features | Stanford University | 09/21/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Ball State to remove Papa John’s name from business program | Ball State University | 08/16/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Porter Butts Gallery at Wisconsin Union renamed due to involvement with group with same name as KKK | University of Wisconsin Madison | 08/07/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Women's college abandons class names due to vague association with the KKK | Wesleyan College | 08/07/2018 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Bucknell U. wastes no time deleting references to alumnus Les Moonves | Bucknell University | 07/31/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
University of Louisville to rename Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium | University of Louisville | 07/13/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Fredric March name removed from union due to involvement with group with same name as KKK | University of Wisconsin Madison | 06/25/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
UPitt removes name of Thomas Parran from building due to 'racist and unethical medical experiments' | University of Pittsburg | 03/30/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
University strips name of its former president due to 'his support of eugenics and advocacy for tobacco' | University of Michigan | 03/29/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
College bar's 'Make America Jolly Again' event canceled because of name | Case Western Reserve University | 02/07/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Student newspaper does away with 'Crusader' moniker | College of the Holy Cross | 02/05/2018 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Tulane student government fights ‘white supremacy’ by voting to change building name | Tulane University | 12/18/2017 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
USC female empowerment group takes ‘women’ out of its name — to be more inclusive | University of Southern California | 12/17/2017 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Eastern Illinois University’s ‘Lincoln Hall’ eyed for name change | Eastern Illinois University | 10/16/2017 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
College begins excising references to its founder on campus buildings | Bryn Mawr College | 08/26/2017 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
ESPN refuses to apologize for pulling reporter named 'Robert Lee' from college football game | University of Virginia | 08/23/2017 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Hindus, students upset college sticks to Catholic roots, renames yoga courses | Benedictine College | 04/24/2017 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Rice U. does away with ‘master’ term, cites ‘negative historical connotation’ | Rice University | 04/11/2017 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Yale to rename Calhoun College after extended protest campaign | Yale University | 02/12/2017 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Demands for Jesuit College to change its name due to slavery associations | John Carroll University | 01/02/2017 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
Ohio U. building named after Fox News founder must be renamed immediately, students vote | Ohio University | 09/12/2016 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University of Oregon strips name of former KKK leader from campus building | University of Oregon | 09/08/2016 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
University considers renaming 'plantations' to 'botanical gardens' | Cornell University | 08/27/2016 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Vanderbilt paid Confederate group $1.2 million to remove ‘Confederate’ from building name | Vanderbilt University | 08/15/2016 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
College dumps supposedly ‘phallic’ nickname for building over a single complaint | Colorado School of Mines | 07/20/2016 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Effort to derail naming George Mason law school after Scalia fails — name takes effect July 1 | George Mason University | 05/19/2016 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Professors argue changing wording of Master's Degree because of its 'problematic' past | Yale University | 02/13/2016 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Students protest the name of building because it's named after a man named 'Lynch' | Lebanon Valley College | 12/09/2015 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Ole Miss renames Christmas event because it 'connoted too much Christianity' | University of Mississippi | 12/07/2015 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Harvard, Princeton stop using word 'master' in their residential college housing systems | various | 12/02/2015 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
University axes homecoming ‘king’ and ‘queen,’ replaces it with gender-neutral ‘royals’ | San Diego State University | 11/12/2015 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
‘Decolonizing’ Oklahoma U. effort includes renaming Columbus Day, protesting ‘whitewashing’ Sooners name | University of Oklahoma | 10/01/2015 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Students petition for Columbus Day to be replaced with Indigenous People's Day | University of Oklahoma | 09/19/2015 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
‘FIJI’ frat refuses to change longtime nickname over cultural appropriation accusations | various | 06/27/2014 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Gay activists target campus building named after Polish anti-Communist hero | Northeastern Illinois University | 06/24/2014 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Professors push to rename dorms they deem ‘culturally chauvinist, primitivizing’ | University of Colorado Boulder | 12/20/2013 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Student government approves resolution to rename Columbus Day | Arizona State University | 12/17/2012 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |