Stone Center

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History is home to Carolina's research, outreach, cultural, and service programs related to the study of the African American, diaspora, and African experiences. Designed by award-winning African American architect Philip Freelon, the building,...

Atlantic Coast Conference

UNC—Chapel Hill was one of the charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, formed in 1953 along with six other former Southern Conference members frustrated with that conference's ban on postseason football. (The others were Clemson, Duke, Maryland, N.C. State, South Carolina, and Wa...

Town Girls Association

For many years women at the university were required to live on campus. The only exceptions made were for students who were from Chapel Hill or the surrounding area who could live at home. These students were known informally as "town girls." In an era when social activity and intramural spo...

Abernethy Hall

Located on South Columbia Street across from Fraternity Court, Abernethy Hall was originally built as a campus infirmary. Completed in 1907, the building was expanded in the 1930s to house additional beds and serve as a teaching facility for students in the medical school. Known for decades as the I...