Editing University of Texas System (section)

==Administration==
[[File:University of Texas System Headquarters.jpg|thumb|Headquarters]]
The administrative offices are in [[Downtown Austin]].<ref>"[https://www.utsystem.edu/contact-us Contact Us]." University of Texas System. Retrieved on November 19, 2017. "Address The University of Texas System 210 West 7th Street Austin, TX 78701-2982"</ref> The UT system approved moving the system headquarters in November 2012.<ref name=newHQ>{{cite web|url=https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2017/02/02/redevelopment-ut-system-downtown-property-will-generate-millions-revenue-city|title=Redevelopment of UT System downtown property will generate millions in revenue for city |publisher=University of Texas System|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> Bonds from the UT System's endowment funded the construction of the new 19-story, {{convert|330000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} headquarters, which had a price tag of $102 million. The UT System planned to lease a portion of the facility for shops and other offices, with the approximately {{convert|200000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} remaining portion used for its own employees.<ref name=Haurwitz>{{cite news|author=Haurwitz, Ralph K.M.|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2014/02/27/university-of-texas-system-to-build-102-million-headquarters-downtown/10117736007/|title=University of Texas System to build $102 million headquarters downtown|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|date=2014-02-27|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> The system headquarters opened on August 1, 2017.<ref name=HermanK>{{cite news|author=Herman, Ken|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2017/07/04/herman-move-in-day-nears-for-ut-system-replacement-office-building/10131728007/|title=Herman: Move-in day nears for UT System Replacement Office Building|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|date=2017-07-04|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref>

In July 2018, the Pentagon announced it had selected the UT System administrative building as the headquarters for the Army Futures Command, a new organization committed to coordinating modernization efforts and integrating innovation across the Army.

The University of Texas System was previously headquartered in [[O. Henry Hall]] in Downtown Austin.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20091006141508/https://www.utsystem.edu/contact/ UT System Contact Information]." University of Texas System. October 6, 2009. Retrieved on November 19, 2017. "UT System Contact Information General Contact Information 601 Colorado Street Austin TX 78701-2982 "</ref> The system headquarters complex previously included multiple buildings, which had 550 employees in 2014.<ref name=Haurwitz/> These facilities included O. Henry Hall, Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall (named after [[Lady Bird Johnson]]), [[Ashbel Smith]] Hall, the Colorado Building, and the Lavaca Building,

In 2013 the UT system approved the demolitions of the Colorado Building and the Lavaca Building,<ref name=newHQ/> and the new UT System headquarters was built where these buildings previously stood.<ref name=Haurwitz/> The [[Texas State University System]] purchased O. Henry Hall in 2015 for $8.2 million;<ref name=newHQ/> the UT System leased it and continued using it as its administrative headquarters prior to the 2017 completion of the UT System's current headquarters.<ref>{{cite press release|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Regents Approve Purchase of O. Henry Hall from UT System|url=http://www.tsus.edu/news/news-releases/release-052115.html<!--Old URL: http://www.tsus.edu/offices/marketing-communications/news/news-releases/release-052115.html-->|location=Austin, Texas|publisher=Texas State University System|date=2015-05-21|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> The UT System leased the land containing Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall and Ashbel Smith Hall to [[Trammell Crow]]<ref name=newHQ/> which is constructing a commercial property on the site that uses the facade of Johnson Hall. Ashbel Smith Hall was imploded on March 25, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keprtv.com/news/nation-world/watch-live-former-ut-building-downtown-set-for-implosion|title=WATCH: Former UT building in downtown Austin brought down by implosion|access-date=March 25, 2018|work=[[KEPR-TV]]|date=2018-03-25}}</ref>