2017 Archives - Press Releases
Cross-border trade, regional growth hot topics at 2017 BEDES seminar
McAllen, Tx | December 1, 2017— Current economic conditions and the implications of monetary policy were prime topics of the annual Border Economics, Development and Entrepreneurship Symposium (BEDES), held Dec. 1 at Embassy Suites Hotel in McAllen … Read more
UTRGV’s Mora receives NSF grant to increase number of minorities in economics
Rio Grande Valley, Tx | October 12, 2017— The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year NSF grant for $499,352 to Dr. Marie Mora, associate vice provost for Faculty Diversity and professor of Economics at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, … Read more
Hispanic Heritage Month: Economist Marie Mora Shares Perspective on Mentoring
National Science Foundation | October 13, 2017— "The economics mentoring program I lead is designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities who complete doctorates in economics and to diversify the racial and ethnic demographics of the profession." Dr. Marie Mora explains, … Read more
Art, science and technology meet in UTRGV’s newly founded “fab lab”
Edinburg, Tx | August 7, 2017— Two faculty members at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are teaming up to create a new place for people to design products using technology, science and art. … Read more
UTRGV ranked sixth in the nation for its online MBA in financial planning
Rio Grande Valley, Tx | August 11, 2017— The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has been ranked sixth among the 50 most affordable online Master of Business Administration in Financial Planning degrees in the country by master-of-finance.org.… Read more
UTRGV receives almost $500,000 from National Science Foundation to establish I-Corps Site
Rio Grande Valley, Tx | August 4, 2017— The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has been awarded $499,985 in federal funding by the National Science Foundation to establish an NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site in the Rio Grande Valley!… Read more
UTRGV’s Rodríguez, Lozano and Mora receive Leaders in STEM Award
McALLEN, TX | June 30, 2017— INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has named the UTRGV provost and two faculty members as 2017 Inspiring Leaders in STEM!… Read more
UTRGV Young entrepreneurs explore smart-farming at UTRGV’s TMAC camp
McALLEN, TX | June 30, 2017— The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s McAllen Teaching Site was crowded with eager IDEA high school students waiting to showcase their smart-farming robots, whose yield ultimately would determine the fate of their newly founded small businesses.!… Read more
UTRGV Undergraduate Students Ranked 18th at CME Group's 2017 Trading Challenge
Rio Grande Valley, TX | March 23, 2017— Congratulations to our UTRGV undergraduate team members who ranked 18th out of 595 participants at the CME Group's 2017 Trading Challenge!… Read more