Carolina Population Center

With a worldwide population boom in the decades following World War II, UNC, along with other universities, was interested in starting a program to study population growth and change. With support from the Ford Foundation and federal grants, the Carolina Population Center was established in 1966. Th...

Carolina blue

The university's distinctive school color originated only a few years after the university opened. Not long after the first students arrived, they organized two debating groups: the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. The "Di" and "Phi" societies played a large role in campus ...

Dey Hall

Dey Hall was completed in 1962 for the use of the university's foreign language departments. The building was praised for being fully air conditioned and for its language lab, which had 200 stations in which students could study languages using tape-recorded lessons and conversations. It is name...

Avery Residence Hall

Opened in the fall of 1958, Avery was built at the same time as Parker and Teague Residence Halls. Avery, located at the end of Stadium Drive, was a first step in expanding campus housing toward South Campus. The building is named for William Waightstill Avery, a Burke County native who graduated fr...