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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) [14] is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States .
During the Great Depression, the North Carolina General Assembly searched for cost savings within state government. Towards this effort in 1931, it redefined the University of North Carolina, which at the time referred exclusively to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the new Consolidated University of North Carolina was created to include the existing campuses of University of ...
Until the 1970s, the university was simply known as the University of North Carolina. After the other state universities were combined into a single public university system, called the University of North Carolina, the original institution was given the new name of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
It is also the nickname of the University of North Carolina athletic teams, students, alumni, and fans. The origins of the Tar Heel nickname trace back to North Carolina's prominence from the mid-18th through the 19th century as a producer of turpentine, tar, pitch, and other materials from the state's plentiful pine trees. [1] "
Roy Williams, an assistant coach under Smith at UNC from 1978-88, left the Tar Heels for his first head-coaching job at Kansas, where he spent 15 seasons before returning to Chapel Hill for the ...
Welcome to Dean’s List, a roundup of higher education news in the Triangle and across North Carolina from The News & Observer and me, Korie Dean. In this week’s edition, I share what UNC ...
After a 35-20 loss to N.C. State in Mack Brown’s last game as North Carolina’s head coach, John Preyer criticized athletic director Bubba Cunningham.
The Old Well is a small, neoclassical cyclostyle on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus at the southern end of McCorkle Place. [1] [2] [3] The current decorative form of the Old Well was modeled after the Temple of Love in the Gardens of Versailles and was completed in 1897. [4]