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Professor and doctoral student honored with national awards by NCRE

Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Nancy Riddick met UTRGV’s Dr. Bruce J. Reed in 2017, where they were both attending the National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) conference in California.

CPRIT awards $2.5 million to UTRGV to help support cancer research

Friday, August 27, 2021
UTRGV has received its first CPRIT grant – $2.5 million in funding for an Integrated Cancer Research Core facility that will serve as a foundation for building the Rio Grande Valley’s growing cancer research network.

UTRGV TOROS Telescope makes ‘First Light’

Thursday, August 26, 2021
To the untrained eye, a glittering orange firework from space may not have much significance. But for astronomers, the image can provide significant information in the understanding of the cosmos.

UTRGV’S Talent Search Program grant proposals awarded $5.7M from U.S. Department of Education

Thursday, August 26, 2021
More than 2,000 Rio Grande Valley students from disadvantaged backgrounds will have a better chance to go on to college with assistance from UTRGV’S Talent Search Program.

UTRGV awarded national PREM grant to broaden cutting-edge materials research

Wednesday, August 25, 2021
UTRGV engineering students and faculty will be one of eight collaborative research teams around the United States dedicated to developing cutting-edge nanomaterials – materials manufactured and used on a very small scale and developed to ...

UTRGV celebrates largest online fundraising event, Day of Giving

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
UTRGV this year will host its annual Day of Giving – the university’s largest online annual fundraising event – on Wednesday, Aug. 25.

Federal industrial engineering grant awarded to UTRGV’s ST-IAC

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
A new federal grant will help UTRGV recruit up to 150 engineering students over the next five years.

UTRGV ready for fall semester with mix of traditional and online course offerings

Friday, August 20, 2021
As part of its ongoing commitment to the safety and success of its campus community, UTRGV once again is providing students several course-delivery options this fall semester.

TAKE THE CHALLENGE:

Friday, August 20, 2021
As UTRGV prepares for the start of the Fall 2021 semester on Aug. 23, now more than ever the university is encouraging its Vaqueros to get vaccinated.

UTRGV’s diabetes institute awarded $2M to study risk in Hispanic families

Thursday, August 19, 2021
Dr. Joanne Curran, a professor at the UTRGV School of Medicine’s South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI), has been awarded a $2 million, four-year federal grant to identify rare gene mutations in large families in South Texas, ...

UT Health RGV to build Cancer and Surgery Center

Thursday, August 19, 2021
UT Health RGV is expanding its healthcare offerings in South Texas with a new Cancer and Surgery Center, with oncology advisory services provided by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — a world leader in cancer care and research.

UTRGV’s Maestre selected to participate in peer review Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review

Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Dr. Gladys Maestre, UTRGV professor and director of The UTRGV Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD-RCMAR), has been selected to serve on the Neurological, Aging and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology (NAME) Study ...

UTRGV names School of Nursing Skills Laboratory in recognition of gift from South Texas Health System

Monday, August 16, 2021
UTRGV has received a gift from South Texas Health System to name the School of Nursing Skills Laboratory.

UTRGV graduate student wins big at national boxing match

Thursday, August 12, 2021
Jab. Cross. Hook. Uppercut. The bell rings: the match is over. The referee steps into the ring and raises the arm of the declared winner.