89R10911 AMB-D
By: Menéndez, et al. S.R. No. 32
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Representatives of The University of Texas at San
Antonio and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio are gathering at the State Capitol on February 4, 2025,
providing a fitting opportunity to congratulate the institutions on
their merger; and
WHEREAS, Categorized as an R1 institution by the Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, UTSA boasts a
rapidly growing portfolio of research in cybersecurity, artificial
intelligence, space exploration, and biomedical fields; at the
center of one of the largest cybersecurity ecosystems in the
nation, the university is home to the National Security
Collaboration Center, the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation
Institute, and the School of Data Science, the first of its kind in
Texas; demonstrating a commitment to high-impact research and
applied technology development, the university is launching the
College of AI, Cyber, and Computing in fall 2025; and
WHEREAS, UT Health San Antonio is a nationally ranked
academic health center with six professional health education
schools; it is also a global leader for clinical medicine research,
including in such specialties as cancer, aging, Alzheimer's and
dementia, infectious diseases, and mental and behavioral health;
and
WHEREAS, In summer 2025, UTSA and UT Health San Antonio will
combine to become the third-largest public research university in
the state; the new entity will encompass more than 40,000 students,
nearly 16,000 employees, $467 million in research expenditures, a
$2.2 billion budget, and a $1.1 billion endowment; its direct
economic impact to Texas is estimated to be over $6 billion; and
WHEREAS, UTSA and UT Health San Antonio partnered to create
the UT School of Public Health San Antonio, which educates
professionals who identify health trends, develop prevention
strategies, and implement programs to address health issues across
populations; another collaboration of UTSA and UT Health, the San
Antonio Life Sciences Institute has expanded the state's health
sciences workforce in the areas of neuroscience, cancer prevention,
infectious disease, and regenerative medicine; and
WHEREAS, The University of Texas at San Antonio and The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have
provided countless students with a strong foundation for
achievement, and the merger of these outstanding institutions will
enable them to make an even greater impact in the local community
and beyond; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature
hereby recognize February 4, 2025, as UTSA and UT Health San Antonio
Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the visiting
delegation.