HM 49 — "UNM DAY"

HOUSE MEMORIAL 49 57TH LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEWMEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026 INTRODUCED BY Dayan Hochman-Vigil 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL DECLARING FEBRUARY 4, 2026 "UNM DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

145 WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico was founded in 1889 and is the state's flagship university;

and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico currently serves e t 17 more than twenty-eight thousand students across all of its w l n d 18 campuses and employs tens of thousands of New Mexico residents, = = 19 a l including employees of the university of New Mexico hospital;

i a e r 20 and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, in 2025, more than five thousand students d r e 22 received degrees from the university of New Mexico's main and c e s k 23 e a branch campuses, including approximately three thousand four n b 24 u [ hundred bachelor's degrees, more than nine hundred master's .233453.1 degrees, one hundred eight juris doctorates and ninety-seven medical doctorates;

and WHEREAS, since 1996, the university of New Mexico has disclosed two thousand six hundred sixty-one new inventions HM 49 Page 1 and filed one thousand nine hundred thirty-five patent applications, and in 2024, the last full year of reporting, the university of New Mexico filed for seventy patents, with 14 thirty-three patents issued;

and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico health sciences center is the state's largest integrated health care treatment, e t 17 research and educational organization, with national w l n d 18 recognition for primary care, rural medicine, family medicine, = = 19 nursing and midwifery, and is home to the state's only a l i a e r 20 national-cancer-institute-designated comprehensive cancer a t m m 21 center;

and d r e 22 WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico hospital is the only c e s k 23 level one trauma center for the state and sees approximately e a n b 24 one million patient visits per year;

and u [ WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico, as the state of New .233453.1 - 2 - Mexico's premier Carnegie-designated "Research 1" institution, provides a research-driven education where faculty members engage in investigation and scholarship that create new knowledge, which brings sustained wealth to New Mexico's economy;

and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico is the university HM 49 Page 2 for New Mexico;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 4, 14 2026 be declared "UNM Day" in the house of representatives in recognition of the university of New Mexico's service and dedication to the residents of New Mexico;

and e t 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be w l n d 18 transmitted to the president of the university of New Mexico.

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