Alumni Hall

Located on McCorkle Place, Alumni Hall was a gift from Carolina alumni. The Alumni Association launched a campaign for the building in 1895, the centennial of Carolina's first entering class 100 years earlier. When completed in 1901, the building, designed by architect Frank Wilburn and modeled ...

Argyle

In 1993 UNC—Chapel Hill basketball coach Dean Smith called on fashion designer Alexander Julian to help redesign the team's uniforms —Smith had liked what Julian did with the Charlotte Hornets uniforms. Julian came up with a variety of different design possibilities. Uncertain which ...

Caudill Labs

Caudill Labs opened in 2007 next to Wilson Library to provide expanded and improved space for the study of chemistry at UNC—Chapel Hill. The building was part of an effort in the 2000s to build new physical science facilities to replace the long-outdated Venable Hall. The building is named for...

Beat Dook Parade

The practice of misspelling the name of UNC—Chapel Hill's rival as "Dook" probably began in the 1930s, when "Beat Dook" banners were common at pep rallies. The annual Beat Dook Parade, sponsored by Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, began in 1948 with a procession of twenty-eight c...