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Campus Operations
is dedicated to creating a world-class experience for our community to ensure The University of Texas at Austin succeeds in its vision to be the highest-impact public university.
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Who We Are
Campus Operations consists of nearly 1,300 team members across Facilities Services, Operations Safety and Compliance, Operations Support, Planning, Design and Construction, Sustainability, and Utilities and Energy Management. Together, we build, maintain, renovate, and revive the University, and keep safe the spaces and infrastructure where students, faculty, and staff learn, teach, conduct research, and work.
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Meet Our Leadership Team
Meet the leaders who direct the departments within Campus Operations.
Featured News
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Powering Curiosity: UT's CHP Plant Empowers Student Learning
June 13, 2024
The energy at The University of Texas at Austin is electric with a thriving academic community. Beneath the surface, another energy is at work — the University's microgrid, a self-sufficient system that powers UT, ensuring reliable electricity, heating, and cooling. This microgrid also offers a unique opportunity: a living-learning laboratory for students across various majors.
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Teamwork and technical prowess: UT Austin sets the standard for water conservation in the heart of Texas
Nov. 15, 2023
Calsense — The Moody Center is a new Austin landmark and an impressive building. And in the heart of hot, dry Texas, what’s equally impressive is the way the building and its surroundings are irrigated: using 100% reclaimed water. This is recycled, treated wastewater, and its use significantly eases the burden on the supply of municipal potable water required from the City of Austin. Calsense showcases UT Austin's landscaping crew's holistic, out-of-the-box approach to water management as part of their recognition of Champions of Irrigation.
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UT Surplus REUse Store auctioning Frank Erwin Center items online
Oct. 2, 2023
KXAN—UT Surplus REuse Store is doing an online auction for items from Frank Erwin Center, according to a social media post from the store.
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The Texas Memorial Museum reopens with new name
Sept. 22, 2023
Axios—The UT museum previously known as the Texas Memorial Museum is reopening Saturday as the Texas Science & Natural History Museum.