Carolina Political Union

Organized in 1936 by students in E. J. Woodhouse's political science class, the Carolina Political Union sought to share information and promote debate about current affairs. The group invited speakers to campus and succeeded in bringing many prominent politicians to Chapel Hill, including Presi...

Marsico Hall

Marsico Hall was dedicated in 2014, serving primarily to house imaging facilities for the School of Medicine and other health affairs programs. Built using state appropriations, it was the only new building to receive state support in 2009. The building is named for Thomas F. Marsico, an investment ...

Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall is Carolina's main performing arts venue and the second building to bear the name and the marble tablets inside. The first Memorial Hall was built in 1885 as a new assembly space for a growing university. It was a combination memorial to the late UNC president David Lowry Swain, al...

Alderman Residence Hall

Located on Raleigh Street behind the university president's house, Alderman was completed in 1937 as a dormitory for women, providing much-needed on-campus housing for the rapidly expanding population of female students. At first known simply as the Graduate Women's Dormitory, the dorm was n...