First State University

UNC—Chapel Hill and the University of Georgia compete for the claim of first state university. Each has a fair case to make: Georgia was the first to be chartered, and UNC the first to open. The practice of public support for higher education predates both schools, and even the formation of th...

McColl Building

Located on a hill above the Smith Center, the McColl Building is the home of the Kenan-Flagler Business School. It was completed in 1997 and named for alumnus and Charlotte businessman Hugh McColl, retired chairman and CEO of Bank of America. McColl has offices, classrooms, and a 400-seat auditorium...

Building names

Most campus buildings, along with some schools, units, and physical spaces, have a namesake. While the mechanism for selecting people to honor in this way has changed over time, the reasons for doing so remain much the same. In general, the university has honored donors, past presidents and chancell...

Morehead Chemistry Labs

Completed in 1985 as undergraduate lab and classroom space for the Department of Chemistry, the lab was built with a legislative appropriation and named in honor of John Motley Morehead III (UNC class of 1891). He became a chemical engineer, working with a company cofounded by his father. There he h...