June | The Newsroom

National Society of Collegiate Scholars designates UTRGV chapter a Silver Star

Wednesday, June 27, 2018
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s chapter of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) has earned designation as a Silver Star Chapter for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Those Who Can, Teach!

Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Diana Anaid Salas’ childhood dream was to become an educator, a dream sparked by watching her mother in the classroom.

For UTRGV ROTA recipient Wimberly, the act of teaching is key

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Dr. Cory Wimberly, associate professor of philosophy at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, views his teaching style as performance, in the theoretical sense.

UTRGV ROTA recipient Ramirez focuses on learner-centered classrooms

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Dr. Dagoberto Ramirez starts out his UNIV 1301 classes by asking his students three simple questions: Who are you? Where are you from? On whose shoulders did you stand on to get here?

Rabbi Kogan named director, UTRGV School of Medicine Institute for Bioethics and Social Justice

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Rabbi Claudio Kogan, M.D., M.B.E., M.Ed., has been named director of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s new Institute for Bioethics and Social Justice.

Team Mario summer camp ‘blasts off’ at UTRGV

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
“Three, two, one – blast off!” Those exciting words kicked off Space Explorers Day at the Team Mario Fun Fridays Summer Camp on the UTRGV Edinburg Campus.

Harlingen, Los Fresnos students back from International Sea Perch Competition

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
The Harlingen High School SeaPerch team placed 18th overall out of 75 teams at the International Sea Perch Competition, June 1-3 at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The five-member team also placed 14th in the engineering notebook ...

Two UTRGV faculty honored with UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has honored two UTRGV faculty members with the 2018 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (ROTA).

UTeach RGV awarded NSF grant for Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Friday, June 15, 2018
The National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program has awarded UTRGV a grant that will recruit science and mathematics undergraduates and prepare them to become secondary school teachers in their respective majors.

UTRGV alum receives Fulbright to study female micro-entrepreneurship in Nicaragua

Thursday, June 14, 2018
Dr. Michael Pisani, an alumnus of UTRGV legacy institution UT Pan American, has received the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and study international business and entrepreneurship in Nicaragua.

Team of UTRGV professors researching the Valley’s hurricane preparedness

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Hurricane season is underway, and professors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are researching ways to help the community deal with potential storms.

UTRGV UREC listed in Top 50 Best Campus Recreation Centers by College Consensus

Monday, June 11, 2018
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley University Recreation (UREC) made the list of the Top 50 Best Campus Recreation Centers by CollegeConsensus.com.

U.S. Chess Federation names UTRGV ‘Chess College of the Year’ for 2018

Friday, June 08, 2018
The University at Texas Rio Grande Valley Chess Team is continuing its 2018 year of victories, this time being recognized by the U.S. Chess Federation as the Chess College of the Year.

UTRGV lecturer spearheads butterfly garden to attract, preserve winged beauties

Thursday, June 07, 2018
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is home to nearly 40 percent of the 700 species of butterflies found in the United States. Now, the UTRGV biology department is hoping to attract as many of those as it can with its new butterfly garden on the ...

UTRGV student to co-lead Girlstart Summer Camp in Valley and North Texas

Thursday, June 07, 2018
This summer, UTRGV biology major Gabriela Rodriguez will be inspiring young girls to transform the world through STEM.

UTRGV awarded ‘Child Care Access Means Parents in School’ grant for student-parent services

Wednesday, June 06, 2018
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has been awarded a grant to help parents from low-income backgrounds attain a postsecondary education with assistance from campus-based child care services, such as the UTRGV Child Development Center.