Editing University of Texas at Austin (section)

==Campus==
{{See also|List of University of Texas at Austin buildings}}
The university's property totals {{convert|1438.5|acres}}, comprising the {{convert|423.5|acres}} for the Main Campus in central [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and the [[J. J. Pickle Research Campus]] in north Austin and the other properties throughout Texas. The main campus has 150 buildings totaling over {{convert|18000000|sqft}}.
[[File:LBJ Lib Museum (3).jpg|thumb|Interior lobby of the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum|Lyndon B Johnson Presidential Library and Museum]]]]
One of the university's most visible features is the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] [[Main Building (University of Texas at Austin)|Main Building]], including a {{convert|307|ft|m|adj=on}} tower designed by [[Paul Philippe Cret]].<ref>[https://www.utexas.edu/tours/mainbuilding/ The Main Building] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170937/http://www.utexas.edu/tours/mainbuilding/|date=March 3, 2016 }} ''The University of Texas.'' Retrieved December 1, 2005.</ref> Completed in 1937, the Main Building is in the middle of campus. The tower usually appears illuminated in white light in the evening but is lit burnt orange for various special occasions, including athletic victories and academic accomplishments; conversely, it is darkened for solemn occasions.<ref>[https://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/oncampus/02oc_issues/oc020129/oc_tower.html University approves new policy for lighting The Tower] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012032946/http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/oncampus/02oc_issues/oc020129/oc_tower.html|date=October 12, 2007 }} ''On Campus.'' Retrieved December 1, 2005.</ref> At the top of the tower is a [[carillon]] of 56 bells, the largest in Texas. Songs are played on weekdays by student carillonneurs,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120829085205/http://texascarillon.com/]}}</ref> in addition to the usual pealing of [[Westminster Quarters]] every quarter-hour between 6&nbsp;a.m. and 9&nbsp;p.m.<ref>[https://www.utexas.edu/tours/mainbuilding/news/carillon/kcfacts.html A few facts about Knicker Carillon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210228/http://www.utexas.edu/tours/mainbuilding/news/carillon/kcfacts.html|date=March 4, 2016 }} ''On Campus.'' Retrieved December 1, 2005.</ref> In 1998, after the installation of security and safety measures, the observation deck reopened to the public indefinitely for weekend tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utexas.edu/universityunions/texas-union/scene/tower-tours|title=Tower tours|publisher=The Texas Union|access-date=December 1, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924214250/http://www.utexas.edu/universityunions/texas-union/scene/tower-tours|archive-date=September 24, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university's seven museums and seventeen libraries hold over nine million volumes, making it the seventh-largest academic library in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/admin/cird/statisticaloverview2007.html|title=Statistical Overview of the Library Collections, 2007|access-date=January 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318025927/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/admin/cird/statisticaloverview2007.html|archive-date=March 18, 2009|url-status=live}} ''The University of Texas Libraries.'' Retrieved December 1, 2005.</ref> The holdings of the university's [[Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center]] include one of only 21 remaining complete copies of the [[Gutenberg Bible]] and the first permanent photograph, ''[[View from the Window at Le Gras]]'', taken by [[Nicéphore Niépce]].<ref>[http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/ The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021016174406/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/ |date=October 16, 2002 }} ''Harry Ransom Center.'' Retrieved December 1, 2005.</ref> The newest museum, the {{convert|155000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Blanton Museum of Art]], is the largest university art museum in the United States and hosts approximately 17,000 works from Europe, the United States, and Latin America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blanton Museum of Art Poised to Become Largest University Museum in the United States|url=https://www.utexas.edu/finearts/about/press/blanton-museum-art-poised-become-largest-university-museum-united-states|access-date=January 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628210242/http://www.utexas.edu/finearts/about/press/blanton-museum-art-poised-become-largest-university-museum-united-states|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Blanton Museum of Art: About|url=http://blantonmuseum.org/about/|access-date=January 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221060745/http://blantonmuseum.org/about/|archive-date=February 21, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Perry–Castañeda Library]], which houses the central University Libraries operations and the [[Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection]], is at the heart of campus. The [[Benson Latin American Collection]] holds the largest collection of Latin American materials among US university libraries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pw.org/literary_places/nettie_lee_benson_latin_american_collection|title=Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection|last=Hall|first=Sid Richardson|date=December 16, 2015|website=Poets & Writers|language=en|access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref> and maintains substantial digital collections.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Norsworthy|first=Kent|date=September 29, 2016|title=Digital Resources: LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, University of Texas at Austin|url=https://oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-81|journal=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History|language=en|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.013.81|isbn=978-0-19-936643-9}}</ref>

The University of Texas at Austin has an extensive tunnel system that links the buildings on campus. Constructed {{Circa|1928}} under the supervision of UT engineering professor Carl J. Eckhardt Jr., then head of the physical plant, the tunnels have grown along with the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Story |first=Wesley |date=August 7, 2017 |title=Alumnus reflects on illicit UT tunnel adventures |url=https://thedailytexan.com/2017/08/07/alumnus-reflects-on-illicit-ut-tunnel-adventures/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=The Daily Texan}}</ref> They measure approximately six miles in length.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Tunneling for Truth: the Myth Explained |url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/tunneling-for-truth-the-myth-explained-1.1775531 |website=The Daily Texan}}{{dead link|date=August 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tynan |date=February 12, 2006 |title=The Secret Tunnels Under UT |url=https://tynan.com/the-secret-tunnels-under-ut/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214180355/http://www.betterthanyourboyfriend.com/the-secret-tunnels-under-ut.htm#more-115 |archive-date=February 14, 2006}}</ref> The tunnel system is used for communications and utility service. It is closed to the public and guarded by [[Security alarm|silent alarms]]. Since the late 1940s, the university has generated its own electricity. Today its natural gas [[cogeneration]] plant has a capacity of 123 MW. The university also operates a [[TRIGA]] nuclear reactor at the [[J. J. Pickle Research Campus]].<ref name="Nuclear">[http://www.me.utexas.edu/~nuclear/about.htm Nuclear Engineering Teaching Lab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050901081054/http://www.me.utexas.edu/~nuclear/about.htm |date=September 1, 2005 }} ''Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program.'' Retrieved February 10, 2006.</ref><ref>Collier, Bill. Reactor draws safety questions. ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''. December 15, 1989.</ref>

The university continues to expand its facilities on campus. In 2010, the university opened the state-of-the-art Norman Hackerman building (on the site of the former Experimental Sciences Building) housing chemistry and biology research and teaching laboratories. In 2010, the university broke ground on the $120&nbsp;million Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall and the $51&nbsp;million Belo Center for New Media, both of which are now complete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web5.cns.utexas.edu/news/2013/03/gdc-opens/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310034921/http://web5.cns.utexas.edu/news/2013/03/gdc-opens/|archive-date=March 10, 2013|title=Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Hall Open|publisher=Department of Computer Science at UT Austin|date=March 4, 2013|access-date=March 22, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://communication.utexas.edu/features/extraordinary-investment|title=Belo Center for New Media Opens|publisher=College of Communication|date=October 20, 2012|access-date=March 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222055052/http://communication.utexas.edu/features/extraordinary-investment|archive-date=February 22, 2013 }}</ref> The new [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] gold-certified, {{convert|110000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Student Activity Center (SAC) opened in January 2011, housing study rooms, lounges and food vendors. The SAC was constructed as a result of a student referendum passed in 2006 which raised student fees by $65 per semester.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content/student-activity-center-opens-business|title=Student Activity Center Opens for Business|newspaper=The Daily Texan|date=January 18, 2011|access-date=January 25, 2011}}</ref> In 2012, the Moody Foundation awarded the College of Communication $50&nbsp;million, the largest endowment any communication college has received, so naming it the Moody College of Communication.

The university operates two public radio stations, [[KUT]] with news and information, and [[KUTX]] with music, via local [[FM broadcasting|FM broadcasts]] as well as live streaming audio over the Internet. The university uses [[CapMetro]] to provide bus transportation for students around the campus on the [[CapMetro Bus#UT Shuttle|UT Shuttle]] system and throughout Austin, and UT students, faculty, and staff with an active UT ID card are able to ride public transportation without paying a fare.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capmetro.org/ut-shuttles|title=UT Shuttles|access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref>