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3,800 UTMB employees to be laid off
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by markmayhew | November 12, 2008 at 04:10 pm
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The governing board of the University of Texas voted this afternoon to lay off 3,800 employees at Galveston's University of Texas Medical Branch in the wake of devastating damage from Hurricane Ike.
But several regents reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the medical school on the island.
This is newsworth because the Mayor of Galveston said these layoffs will do more damage to Galveston Island than even Hurricane Ike did.
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at 18:55 on November 12th, 2008
This is a shame - I'm sorry to hear about this.
at 21:58 on November 12th, 2008
yeah, yesterday the ferry reopening was a high...this is quite the low. This is how these recoveries go I suppose, u take one step forward, take two steps back =(
at 21:35 on November 12th, 2008
I've worked in scientific research and I would agree that the Univ. of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston has been important within Texas and within the University of Texas educational system. These layoffs are not good news for the gulf coast area.