The Houston Chronicle, Oct. 11, 2008   This editorial in the Houston Chronicle, in a discussion about the future about UTMB, says that any suggestion of moving UTMB elsewhere should be squelched and that the state of Texas and the UT Board of Regents should carefully weigh how UTMB will look as it emerges from the storm. Making a case that UTMB should stay in Galveston, the editorial states: "UTMB is critical to Galveston and the Southeast Texas coast. Its $1.4 billion budget and stature as the region's seventh largest employer testify to its economic importance. Its medical, nursing and allied health sciences schools, along with its graduate school of biomedical sciences, serve more than 2,400 students, and it operates one of only two national biocontainment laboratories. Its researchers reported $156 million in research expenditures in 2007."  The editorial acknowledges that some people will lose their jobs at UTMB as the institution is reconfigured but also says:  "We hope the layoffs and other changes can be crafted in such a way that UTMB emerges healthy, if smaller, and positioned to survive."