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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Representatives of The University of Texas at San |
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| 8 | 9 | | Antonio and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San |
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| 9 | 10 | | Antonio are gathering at the State Capitol on February 4, 2025, |
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| 10 | 11 | | providing a fitting opportunity to congratulate the institutions on |
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| 11 | 12 | | their merger; and |
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| 12 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Categorized as an R1 institution by the Carnegie |
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| 13 | 14 | | Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, UTSA boasts a |
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| 14 | 15 | | rapidly growing portfolio of research in cybersecurity, artificial |
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| 15 | 16 | | intelligence, space exploration, and biomedical fields; at the |
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| 16 | 17 | | center of one of the largest cybersecurity ecosystems in the |
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| 17 | 18 | | nation, the university is home to the National Security |
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| 18 | 19 | | Collaboration Center, the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation |
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| 19 | 20 | | Institute, and the School of Data Science, the first of its kind in |
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| 20 | 21 | | Texas; demonstrating a commitment to high-impact research and |
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| 21 | 22 | | applied technology development, the university is launching the |
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| 22 | 23 | | College of AI, Cyber, and Computing in fall 2025; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, UT Health San Antonio is a nationally ranked |
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| 24 | 25 | | academic health center with six professional health education |
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| 25 | 26 | | schools; it is also a global leader for clinical medicine research, |
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| 26 | 27 | | including in such specialties as cancer, aging, Alzheimer's and |
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| 27 | 28 | | dementia, infectious diseases, and mental and behavioral health; |
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| 28 | 29 | | and |
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| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, In summer 2025, UTSA and UT Health San Antonio will |
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| 30 | 31 | | combine to become the third-largest public research university in |
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| 31 | 32 | | the state; the new entity will encompass more than 40,000 students, |
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| 32 | 33 | | nearly 16,000 employees, $467 million in research expenditures, a |
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| 33 | 34 | | $2.2 billion budget, and a $1.1 billion endowment; its direct |
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| 34 | 35 | | economic impact to Texas is estimated to be over $6 billion; and |
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| 35 | 36 | | WHEREAS, UTSA and UT Health San Antonio partnered to create |
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| 36 | 37 | | the UT School of Public Health San Antonio, which educates |
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| 37 | 38 | | professionals who identify health trends, develop prevention |
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| 38 | 39 | | strategies, and implement programs to address health issues across |
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| 39 | 40 | | populations; another collaboration of UTSA and UT Health, the San |
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| 40 | 41 | | Antonio Life Sciences Institute has expanded the state's health |
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| 41 | 42 | | sciences workforce in the areas of neuroscience, cancer prevention, |
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| 42 | 43 | | infectious disease, and regenerative medicine; and |
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| 43 | 44 | | WHEREAS, The University of Texas at San Antonio and The |
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| 44 | 45 | | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have |
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| 45 | 46 | | provided countless students with a strong foundation for |
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| 46 | 47 | | achievement, and the merger of these outstanding institutions will |
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| 47 | 48 | | enable them to make an even greater impact in the local community |
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| 48 | 49 | | and beyond; now, therefore, be it |
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| 49 | 50 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 50 | 51 | | Legislature hereby recognize February 4, 2025, as UTSA and UT |
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| 51 | 52 | | Health San Antonio Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm |
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| 52 | 53 | | welcome to the visiting delegation. |
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