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    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (also known as UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789 and beginning student enrollment in 1795, UNC is the oldest public university in the United States.

    All undergraduates receive a liberal arts education, and have the option to pursue a major within the professional schools of the University or within the College of Arts and Sciences, beginning from the time they obtain junior status. In both teaching and research, UNC has been highly ranked by publications such as BusinessWeek and U.S. News & World Report. The University forms one of the corners of the Research Triangle, along with Duke University and North Carolina State University.

    UNC has a strong history in athletics, most notably in men’s basketball, women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse. The North Carolina Tar Heels share rivalries with other Tobacco Road schools, and have provided many Olympians to United States teams. The student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, has won national awards for collegiate media, while the student radio station WXYC provided the world’s first internet radio broadcast.