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J. J. Pickle Research Campus

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Despite all this, a significant amount of the campus remains undeveloped. While there are roads throughout the campus, many of them border empty plots of land. UT administrators have announced plans to eventually develop the PRC into a full-fledged campus, but they are only preliminary. Visitors will
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Due to the sensitive nature of some of the research being done at the PRC, it is also a closed campus. On a normal weekday, access to the campus is restricted to University students, faculty, and staff with parking permits, as well as expected guests. After hours or on weekends, access is
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Today, the campus houses approximately 100 buildings. Many of the campus's original 29 buildings, most of which were built in the early 1940s, are still in use today. The vast majority of the campus is contained on the original site. Additionally, part of the west tract between
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restricted to approved personnel only. A shuttle runs between the two campuses on weekdays. Many students and some faculty/staff, especially those living in north Austin, opt to park at PRC and ride the shuttle due to the limited parking on the main campus.
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reached a $ 130 million lease agreement under which Simon would build a shopping mall on 46 acres (186,000 m) of unused PRC land along Loop 1 and across from another Simon Property Group venture -
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sought to lease and eventually purchase the site for the University. The lease agreement was reached in 1946, and certain research projects began to be moved to the new campus.
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The Pickle Research Campus is not a full college campus: there are no dormitories, and most classes held there are for working professional programs (such as the
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Over the years, the University continued to develop the campus, whose tenants made significant contributions to research in the areas of defense,
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and was owned by the United States government. Following the conclusion of the war, the site was declared surplus, and UT engineering professors
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program). Other than normal campus operations and a cafeteria / conference center, it is strictly a research facility.
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The original site was only 402 acres (1.6 km) and only extended as far west as the railroad. It was originally a
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The University again renamed the campus in 1994, this time for former Congressman and UT alumnus
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began in 2005, with its first retail stores opening in October 2006.
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University of Texas Libraries: Pickle Research Campus Information
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Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
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Ayers/Saint/Gross: J.J. Pickle Research Campus Master Plan
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Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
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The William P. Clements Jr. Center for National Security
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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)
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Center for Energy and Environmental Resources (CEER)
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Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
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J.J. Pickle Research Campus

Austin
Texas
United States
University of Texas at Austin
main UT campus
Domain
magnesium
World War II
C. Read Granberry
J. Neils Thompson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Balcones Escarpment
nuclear physics
space flight
J. J. Pickle
Executive Masters
Loop 1
US 183
Office Depot
UT System
Simon Property Group
the Domain
Arbor Walk
bluebonnets
Applied Research Laboratories
Bureau of Economic Geology
geological survey
Texas Advanced Computing Center

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