| Burdine Hall | |
|---|---|
 The building's exterior in 2018 | |
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| 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
- ^ 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. 58 (7). Emmis Communications: 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)