• UTRGV School of Medicine welcomes back potential students

    Monday, April 30, 2018
  For McAllen natives Gilbert “Trey” Silva III and Gina Milano, there’s no place like home – to attend medical school.

• UTRGV documentary theatre project continues work on video version of ‘Crawling with Monsters,’ play about border violence

    Friday, April 27, 2018
  UTRGV’s Latino Theatre Initiatives (LTI) and the Department of Theatre are producing a video version of “Crawling with Monsters,” an award-winning documentary theatre project.

• Shining Bright: H-E-B UTRGV Planetarium celebrates 55 years of educational star-gazing

    Friday, April 27, 2018
  We’ve all heard the song. “The stars at night, are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.” For Rio Grande Valley students visiting the H-E-B UTRGV Planetarium on the university’s Edinburg Campus, the stars shine big ...

• UTRGV School of Medicine celebrates opening of UT Health RGV Pediatric Specialty

    Thursday, April 26, 2018
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine hosted a grand opening of its UT Health RGV Pediatric Specialty office, Wednesday, April 25, at 4150 Crosspoint Blvd. in Edinburg.

• UTRGV’s Learning Center offers more than just tutoring

    Wednesday, April 25, 2018
  The Learning Center at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has a bit of an image problem: Some people don’t even know it exists.

• UTRGV physicist named 2018 Outstanding Young Researcher at international conference

    Wednesday, April 25, 2018
  Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim, UTRGV assistant professor of physics, was named the 2018 Outstanding Young Researcher by the Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA), during the annual meeting of the American Physical Society in March in Los Angeles.

• UTRGV CHAPS program to showcase updated Fort Brown trail guide

    Friday, April 20, 2018
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, in collaboration with Texas Southmost College and the National Parks Service, is set to launch a series of new additions to the trail guide and webpage on Fort Brown.

• UTRGV earns fourth designation as a Tree Campus USA by Arbor Day Foundation

    Friday, April 20, 2018
  The Arbor Day Foundation has named The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as a 2017 Tree Campus USA university for the fourth consecutive year, in recognition of its commitment to urban forest management and sustainability.

• UTRGV is building a strong commitment to sustainability

    Friday, April 20, 2018
  While Earth Day brings attention to many environmental issues, meeting environmental and other sustainability goals is a constant focus at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

• Help with speech and presentation just a click away for UTRGV students, faculty, staff

    Wednesday, April 18, 2018
  When students at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley visit Adam Steele, he admits teasing them a bit.

• Two UTRGV staffers honored with first Regents Outstanding Employee Award

    Wednesday, April 18, 2018
  Two staff members of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley have been named recipients of the UT System Regents Outstanding Employee Award (ROEA) – Dalyn Ruiz, campus affairs coordinator, University Events, and Barbara J. Garza, director ...

• Hernandez, UTRGV program coordinator, given top honor from Texas MATHCOUNTS

    Wednesday, April 18, 2018
  Dedication and hard work to the MATHCOUNTS state program has garnered a top award for Milton Hernandez, program coordinator in the UTRGV Office of Community Relations.

• Two students honored at UTRGV Student Employee of the Year banquets

    Wednesday, April 18, 2018
  UTRGV has named two Student Employees of the Year and two Supervisors of the Year in recognition of National Student Employment Appreciation Week, which was held April 9-13.

• UTRGV P.D. offers active shooter trainings to promote campus safety

    Monday, April 16, 2018
  Forty-five seconds. That’s the average reaction time when you find out there’s an active shooter near you.

• UTRGV receives $249,992 grant from NSF to promote ‘Latinas in STEM’

    Thursday, April 12, 2018
  The National Science Foundation has awarded a $249,992 grant to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for support of their project, “NSF INCLUDES Symposium for ADVANCING STEM Latinas in Academic Careers.”

• UTRGV Robotics team ranked first in Texas at annual Region 5 IEEE competition

    Thursday, April 12, 2018
  The UTRGV Robotics team ranked first among all Texas university teams, during the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region Five Robotics Competition, held April 7 in Austin.

• UTRGV takes CHAPS to Rio Grande City – Fort Ringgold

    Thursday, April 12, 2018
  If you’re looking for history – why not try looking in your own backyard?

• Students receive UTRGV rings at annual ceremony

    Wednesday, April 11, 2018
  About 87 students from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley gathered to demonstrate school pride and receive their official UTRGV rings at the annual Ring Ceremony held Tuesday, April 10 at the UTRGV Performing Arts Center in Edinburg.

• UTRGV opens Center for Vector-Borne Disease to address illnesses spread by insects

    Tuesday, April 10, 2018
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is now home to the UTRGV Center for Vector-Borne Disease (CVBD), a collaborative effort to develop a self-sustaining, research-focused center in South Texas.

• UTRGV hosts 31 middle, high school teams for first GreenPowerUSA South Texas electric car competition

    Tuesday, April 10, 2018
  UTRGV hosted the first HESTEC GreenPowerUSA South Texas Electric Car Competition, held at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport on April 6-7.

• UTRGV holds first International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security

    Tuesday, April 10, 2018
  Computer science faculty from around the world gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn on South Padre Island on Monday for UTRGV’s first International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security.

• UTRGV School of Medicine:

    Monday, April 09, 2018
  Two UTRGV medical professors were honored by the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) during the 22nd annual NHMA Conference this month in Washington, D.C.

• UTRGV junior’s research revealing centuries of RGV pre-history

    Monday, April 09, 2018
  Many people think life in the Rio Grande Valley started when Spain began handing out land grants. But the work of one junior at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley could help change that impression.

• Embracing Change

    Friday, April 06, 2018
  Most people find it difficult to adjust to change. But not Dr. Lino Garcia Jr., Ph.D.

• UTRGV scholarship donors meet recipients at annual luncheons

    Friday, April 06, 2018
  UTRGV scholarship recipients recently had the chance to meet the donors who are investing in their education.

• Checkmate! UTRGV community celebrates its first national chess championship

    Friday, April 06, 2018
  The UTRGV Chess Team is still riding high from its first national championship win, and to keep the momentum going, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley held a celebration in their honor Friday, April 6.

• UTRGV’s Model United Nations Club earns two awards at national conference

    Friday, April 06, 2018
  Eight UTRGV students attended the annual conference of the National Model United Nations in New York City in March, and brought home two awards.

• UTRGV business students take first place in international CME Group Trading Competition

    Tuesday, April 03, 2018
  A group of undergraduate business students from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in March beat out more than 500 teams from 37 countries to capture their first ever championship win in the 15th annual CME Group Trading Challenge.

• UTRGV Student Media wins more than 50 recognitions at state conference

    Monday, April 02, 2018
  The UTRGV Student Media Department took home more than 50 recognitions from the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) state conference, held recently in Dallas.

• New National Champions!

    Sunday, April 01, 2018
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Chess Team pulled off a stunning win over five-year reigning national champs Webster University this weekend in the annual President’s Cup, the Final Four of College Chess competition, at the ...