UNC System presidents
UNC—Chapel Hill is part of the University of North Carolina System, along with sixteen other institutions. The leader of the UNC System is a president, a title that has been in place since the first consolidation of three universities (UNC, UNC-Greensboro, and North Carolina State University) ...
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Bell tower
The university's iconic bell tower was dedicated on November 26, 1931. The official name —Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower —recognizes the families of the two men who donated the funds to build it in the heart of campus. John Motley Morehead, UNC class of 1891, and his cousin Rufus Leno...
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Ruffin Residence Hall
Ruffin Residence Hall was opened in 1922, at the same time as nearby Grimes, Mangum, and Manly dorms. Originally housing only men, Ruffin was converted to a women's dorm by 1976. It is named for two members of the Ruffin family: Thomas Ruffin and Thomas Ruffin Jr. Both were lawyers, served on th...
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Health Sciences Library
In 1971 UNC—Chapel Hill dedicated a new Health Sciences Library, bringing together the separate departmental libraries from the five health affairs schools: medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health, and pharmacy. At first many services were available only to graduate students; in 1976 the H...
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