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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) [ 13 ] is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States.
During the Great Depression, the North Carolina General Assembly searched for cost savings within state government. Towards this effort in 1931, it redefined the University of North Carolina, which at the time referred exclusively to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the new Consolidated University of North Carolina was created to include the existing campuses of University of ...
UNC Medical Center. UNC Medical Center (UNCMC) is a 932-bed [1] non-profit, nationally ranked, public, research and academic medical center located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, providing tertiary care for the Research Triangle, surrounding areas and North Carolina. The medical center is the flagship campus of the UNC Health Care Health ...
Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Holden Thorp: 1986: Chemistry: Former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tony Waldrop: 1974 / Grad. Political science / physiology: President of the University of South Alabama; gold medalist, 1975 Pan American Games: George T. Winston
UNC faculty member confirmed dead as active shooter shuts down Chapel Hill school. North Carolina governor issues statement. 07:00, Alisha Rahaman Sarkar. North Carolina governor Roy Cooper ...
The Constitution of North Carolina of 1776 provided that "learning . . . be duly encouraged, and promoted, in one or more universities." [1] The legislature chartered the University of North Carolina in 1789, and construction on the campus in Chapel Hill began in 1793. The university became the first public institution of higher learning in the ...
Killing of Zijie Yan. On August 28, 2023, Zijie Yan, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, was shot and killed on campus. 34-year-old Tailei Qi, one of his graduate students, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The shooting sent the university into lockdown ...
The Morehead-Cain Scholarship (originally the Morehead Scholarship) was the first merit scholarship program established in the United States. [1] [2] It was founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1951 and was named for its benefactors, John Motley Morehead III and the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation. [2]