Angela Bassett received a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University in 1981.
Bernadette Gray-Little is currently the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas , the first African-American and female to serve as the chancellor of KU .. University of Kansas. University of Kansas. She oversees the university 's main campus in Lawrence , its medical center campuses in Kansas City , Salina and Wichita , the Edwards Campus in Overland Park , and other facilities around Kansas .. She replaced chancellor Robert Hemenway in August 2009 .. Robert Hemenway. Robert Hemenway