Coker Hall

Coker Hall opened in 1963 as classroom and laboratory space for the Department of Botany. After the Departments of Botany and Zoology combined to create the new Department of Biology, Coker Hall was the departmental home. It is named for William C. Coker, professor of botany at the university for mo...

Playmakers Repertory Company

PlayMakers Repertory Company is a professional regional theater company in residence at UNC—Chapel Hill. Resident and visiting professional artists work in conjunction with graduate students in acting, costume production, and technical production from the Department of Dramatic Art. It is a me...

University of North Carolina P

In 1922 a group of faculty established UNC Press, primarily with the goal of publishing faculty research, under the direction of university librarian Louis Round Wilson. The first title published, in 1923, was The Saprolegniaceae, with Notes on Other Water Molds, by William Chambers Coker. The UNC P...

Victory Bell

The Victory Bell is the prize awarded to the winner of the UNC-Duke football game each year. Cheerleaders from UNC and Duke came up with the idea in 1948, most likely inspired by the tradition of traveling trophies exchanged by other college rivals. The large bell was obtained from an old railroad e...