Hickerson House

The two-story historic house on Battle Lane is the home of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies. The house was built between 1915 and 1925 by Thomas Felix Hickerson, a Carolina alumnus and longtime faculty member. He deeded the house to the university in 1952, but it was not used by the univers...

Sangam

UNC—Chapel Hill's South Asian student organization was founded in 1987 with twelve members. The name comes from the Hindi word for togetherness. In 1992 Sangam hosted the first ever National Indian-American Students Conference. The organization has grown significantly, with well over 100 m...

Rosenau Hall

Rosenau Hall opened in 1962 to serve as the home of the School of Public Health. The additional space was much needed: at the time it opened, public health classes had been offered in fourteen different buildings around campus. In 1965 it was named for Milton Rosenau, founder of the school and a pub...

ROTC

The university began a Reserve Officer Training Program on campus in fall 1940, when the U.S. Navy placed a ROTC unit on campus. The new unit came at a time when, faced with the possibility of the United States entering World War II, the university took a more direct role in military preparation, in...