Streaking

In the mid-1970s streaking (running naked through campus buildings and grounds) was more than just a way of letting off steam on campus: it was a source of pride. UNC students founded the American Streaker Society (ASS), and competed with other schools to see who could have the largest group streak....

Greenlaw Hall

In the mid-1960s construction began on a new building for the English department, which was the largest on campus and had long outgrown its home in Bingham Hall. Opened in 1970, Greenlaw Hall contained over 100 faculty offices, classrooms, and an auditorium. The original plans also called for a seco...

Grimes Residence Hall

Grimes Residence Hall opened in 1922, along with Mangum, Ruffin, and Manly dorms. During World War II the four dorms housed U.S. Navy cadets. There is some question as to whom this naming honored. The UNC Board of Trustees minutes record that the honoree was Bryan Grimes (1828—1880), while lat...

Internet

The university entered the age of networked computing as early as 1966 as a partner in the Triangle University Computation Center in Research Triangle Park, which linked computers at UNC—Chapel Hill, N.C. State, and Duke. In 1984 the university joined a computer network sponsored by the Associ...