AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Monday, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio announced both institutions merged and are now known as The University of Texas at San Antonio, according to a news release from UTSA.

The merged institution "now ranks as the third-largest public research university in Texas according to annual research expenditures, behind only Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin."

“We intentionally grounded UT San Antonio in excellence — excellence in education, healthcare, transdisciplinary research and discovery — to form a model public research university that is nimble, creative and unlike any other,” said UTSA President Taylor Eighmy in the release. “With that spirit of excellence, we’ve combin

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