Carolina North

Carolina North is a planned research and mixed-use academic campus on 250 acres on land the university owns that includes the Horace Williams Airport. The satellite campus has been discussed for more than twenty years and is modeled in part on similar expansions at other schools, such as the Centenn...

Presidents of UNC

Carolina's early history is marked by long presidential tenures. The campus leader was at first designated as presiding professor. Four men served under that title, from 1794 to 1804, when the trustees opted to promote Joseph Caldwell to president. He served until 1812 and stepped in again four ...

Odum Village

In 1960 the university opened new housing for married students in order to replace the ramshackle Victory Village units. The new community, eventually named Odum Village after UNC faculty member Howard W. Odum, included brick buildings (a big improvement from the prefabricated metal Victory Village ...

"Southern Part of Heaven

"Southern Part of Heaven" is often used as a nickname for Chapel Hill. The term comes from William Meade Prince's fond memoir of growing up in Chapel Hill, The Southern Part of Heaven, first published in 1950. In the book Prince recalls a local resident who, on his deathbed, asked the mi...