Bill Text: TX SR32 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 4, 2025, as UTSA and UT Health San Antonio Day.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-02-04 - Reported enrolled [SR32 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SR32-Enrolled.html
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| 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 State of Texas, 89th | ||
| 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. | ||
| Menéndez, Campbell | ||
| Gutierrez, Zaffirini | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 4, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
