| Burdine Hall | |
|---|---|
 The building's exterior in 2018 | |
| General information | |
| Location | University of Texas at Austin |
| Address | 2505 University Avenue |
| Town or city | Austin, Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 30°17′20″N 97°44′18″W / 30.28885°N 97.73835°W |
| Completed | 1970 |
| Inaugurated | December 14, 1970[1] |
Burdine Hall is a building on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in the U.S. state of Texas. The classroom and office building is named after J. Alton Burdine, a former dean of the University of Texas College of Arts and Sciences, and has previously been referred to as the North Campus Classroom-Office. The hall reportedly cost $2.1 million and has previously housed the departments of anthropology, government, and sociology, as well as student financial aid offices.[2] There is a local urban legend that the layout of the building's windows was intended to resemble a computer punched card.[3] Departments and Centers currently housed
- Department of Germanic Studies
- Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
- Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Department of American Studies
- Center of Women's and Gender Studies
- Center of Asian American Studies
- Department of Religious Studies
- Texas Language Center
References
- ↑ A Guide to the UT Burdine Hall Dedication, 1970, Briscoe Center for American History, retrieved 2017-10-21
- ↑ "Structures Kindle Flame of UT Heritage". The Alcalde. Emmis Communications. 58 (7): 18. March 1970. ISSN 1535-993X. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Jim Nicar (January 25, 2012), "UT Myths and Legends, Debunked", The Alcade, Texas Exes (University of Texas)
External links
Media related to Burdine Hall at Wikimedia Commons
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.