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The Gates-Dell Complex (Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Hall, abbreviated to GDC) is a building that houses the Computer Science department at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [2] It was designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, [3] and completed in 2013 at a cost of $120 million. [4]
On April 2, 2024, the University of Texas at Austin announced additional adjustments in compliance with Senate Bill 17, [52] particularly in response to a letter from March 26, 2024, from Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton, [53] which led to the layoff of approximately 60 individuals, most of whom formerly worked in DEI-related programs, and ...
The institution is a major research university in Downtown Austin, Texas, US and is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Founded in 1883, the university has had the fifth largest single-campus enrollment in the nation as of Fall 2006 (and had the largest enrollment in the country from 1997 to 2003), with ...
Located on the South Mall of the University of Texas at Austin campus, the five-floor, 38,580 square foot building is located along 21st Street, near Littlefield Fountain. Built in 1951 and named after mathematics professor and university president H. Y. Benedict, the building was completed in 1952 and was originally home to the Department of ...
In Austin, these policies coincided with a burgeoning student population at the University of Texas (UT) Austin, attracting developers to the area and giving rise to West Campus. [ 4 ] The late 1940s witnessed a significant influx of students at UT Austin, propelled by the GI Bill , which provided returning service members with access to higher ...
On January 31, 1860, wanting to avoid raising taxes, the legislature authorized the funds for the University of Texas. [7] Article 7, Section 11 of the 1876 Constitution established the Permanent University Fund (PUF), a sovereign wealth fund managed by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, dedicated to the university's maintenance ...
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The Permanent University Fund was established by the 1876 Constitution of the State of Texas. [2] Initially, its assets included one-tenth of University of Texas at Austin lands bordering the railroads (UT Austin was granted 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) in West Texas as compensation) as well as 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) additional. [3]