• UTRGV researchers use TACC resources to uncover mechanisms behind chemical synthesis

    Monday, July 30, 2018
  Sometimes, when experimental scientists get their hands on a supercomputer, it can change the course of their research and open up new questions for exploration.

• UTRGV School of Medicine welcomes Class of 2022 with White Coat Ceremony

    Saturday, July 28, 2018
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine welcomed its newest students with a White Coat Ceremony on Saturday at the Performing Arts Center at Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District.

• Smithsonian traveling sports exhibit, ‘Hometown Teams,’ now open at UTRGV University Library, Edinburg

    Friday, July 27, 2018
  The UTRGV University Library on the Edinburg Campus held a reception July 26 for about 100 visitors to a new exhibition called Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America.

• UTRGV School of Medicine residents, medical students participate in Operation Lone Star at PSJA High

    Friday, July 27, 2018
  Family medicine residents and first-year medical students from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley participated recently in Operation Lone Star at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School.

• UTRGV H-E-B Planetarium draws close to 500 stargazers for planetary observations

    Thursday, July 26, 2018
  All eyes were on the skies as stargazers and space geeks alike gathered at the UTRGV H-E-B Planetarium on the Edinburg Campus on Wednesday to catch a glimpse of Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn.

• UTRGV School of Medicine, community celebrate opening of UT Health RGV Primary Care at Laguna Vista

    Thursday, July 26, 2018
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Valley dignitaries and the community on Wednesday celebrated the grand opening of its UT Health RGV Primary Care clinical site in Laguna Vista at 723 Santa Isabel Blvd.

• Three UTRGV music ensembles perform this summer in international music festivals

    Wednesday, July 25, 2018
  Three University of Texas Rio Grande Valley music ensembles wowed fellow musicians overseas this summer.

• Students find new, valuable perspective on theater and culture diversity

    Wednesday, July 25, 2018
  The flight to Dublin, Ireland, was a long one, but once the UTRGV students touched ground on the Emerald Isle they found the countryside breathtaking.

• UTRGV School of Music marks busy summer with performances around the country and the world

    Tuesday, July 24, 2018
  The UTRGV School of Music and a number of its award-winning musical ensembles this summer continued to extend the university’s reach with trips for performances and appearances around the world.

• UTRGV faculty and students at forefront of Zika research

    Thursday, July 19, 2018
  In the aftermath of recent flooding in South Texas, the Rio Grande Valley is facing major public health concerns with a growing mosquito population, which can lead to a potential outbreak of certain vector-borne diseases like the West Nile and ...

• UTRGV’s Fort Ringgold documentary accepted into indie film showcase

    Thursday, July 19, 2018
  Many Rio Grande Valley residents know the history of Rio Grande City’s Fort Ringgold. But the number will grow vastly now, thanks to a documentary produced by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley called “And Then The Soldiers ...

• All aboard the Ridley!

    Wednesday, July 18, 2018
  The loud rumbling of the Ridley’s boat motor could barely drown out the shouts of delight and awe as the high school students scrambled about the starboard rail to catch a glimpse of a creature some had never seen before.

• Former participant helping new generation learn at UTRGV Railway Safety Camp

    Tuesday, July 17, 2018
  Victoria Garza, a UTRGV mechanical engineering major from Pharr, said summer camps set her future career path.

• UTRGV gains new interdisciplinary major in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

    Tuesday, July 17, 2018
  Beginning this fall, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will offer a brand new Bachelor of Science major in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems.

• Students embrace living in the moment

    Monday, July 16, 2018
  Linda Torres, a graduate student at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, ziplined over the mountains of Brazil this May.

• UTRGV School of Medicine welcomes Class of 2022 with orientation

    Wednesday, July 11, 2018
  For Alejandro Aquino and Adriana Saavedra – both of them first-year UTRGV medical students and Rio Grande Valley natives – the first day of orientation for medical school was a dream come true.

• National Science Foundation awards grant to UTRGV’s Department of Computer Science

    Wednesday, July 11, 2018
  The National Science Foundation’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations has awarded UTRGV’s Department of Computer Science a grant for their project, “Unifying Self-Assembly through Tile Automata.”

• UTRGV School of Medicine awarded NIH grant for type 2 diabetes research

    Tuesday, July 10, 2018
  Dr. Sara M. Reyna, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, has received a three-year, $435,900 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research ...

• UTRGV professor recognized for human rights advocacy

    Tuesday, July 10, 2018
  Dr. Selma Yznaga, associate professor of counseling at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, has been awarded the 2018 Kitty Cole Human Rights Award by the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development.

• UTRGV School of Medicine ranked among the most affordable for out-of-state students

    Tuesday, July 10, 2018
  The U.S. News & World Report has listed The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine as one of the most affordable medical schools in the country for out-of-state students.

• UTRGV School of Medicine treats patients, unveils UTHealth RGV

    Tuesday, July 10, 2018
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine is launching UTHealth RGV, its much-anticipated clinical practice, which will provide patients throughout the Valley additional access to primary and specialty care.

• UTRGV program ranked third in nation for its online EdD in Curriculum & Instruction

    Monday, July 09, 2018
  Grad School Hub, a website that provides information for finding the best universities to pursue a higher education degree, has ranked UTRGV’s online EdD in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Educational Technology program ...

• UTRGV student theatre group reaching new heights… literally

    Tuesday, July 03, 2018
  It’s hard not to notice the latest additions to the UTRGV theater department: They’re 11 feet tall.

• UTRGV’s MUSE programs strive to help migrant students understand the potential of higher education

    Tuesday, July 03, 2018
  “We came in as strangers, we left as brothers.”

• UTRGV Information Systems professor selected for Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

    Tuesday, July 03, 2018
  Dr. Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, associate professor in the UTRGV Department of Information Systems, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) to travel to Ghana to work with the Kwame Nkrumah ...

• HOT DIGGITY … ! UTRGV student making third appearance at famous July 4 hot dog eating contest

    Tuesday, July 03, 2018
  UTRGV junior Kassie Zapata is just fine with the fact that it’s a dog eat dog world.