• UTRGV virtual career expo for health and nursing professionals set for April 20

    Wednesday, April 14, 2021
  The UTRGV Career Center will host the Spring 2021 Virtual Health Professionals & Nursing Career Expo on Tuesday, April 20, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., for interested students and alumni.

• UTRGV hosts annual HESTEC in virtual format for GEAR UP students

    Wednesday, April 14, 2021
  This month more than 700 UTRGV and Region One ESC GEAR UP students will take part in the university's annual HESTEC (Hispanic, Engineering, Science and Technology) program, which is being held online this spring.

• UT Health RGV reaches milestone, testing more than 100,000 for COVID-19

    Tuesday, April 13, 2021
  After a year of COVID-19 testing operations, UT Health RGV has administered more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests.

• UTRGV’s Dr. Michael Dobbs publishes book on understudied field of neurotoxicology

    Friday, April 09, 2021
  Dr. Michael Dobbs, chair of the Department of Neurology in the UTRGV School of Medicine and a pioneering neurologist, recently published his fifth book, this one on an understudied field in healthcare – neurotoxicology.

• National Three-peat!

    Monday, April 05, 2021
  The reigning chess champs have done it again.

• UTRGV offers students up to $500 under Summer Liftoff program

    Thursday, April 01, 2021
  All eligible UTRGV students who enroll in at least six credit hours or more for Summer 2021 may receive up to $500 for tuition and mandatory fees, as part of the university’s Summer Liftoff program.

• UTRGV to host virtual NSF INCLUDES - Advancing Latinas in STEM symposium

    Thursday, April 01, 2021
  UTRGV will host a virtual NSF INCLUDES Symposium, Advancing Latinas in STEM Academic Careers on April 8 and 9, focused on gender and racial equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.

• UTRGV to host Spring 2021 Virtual Teachers Job Expo

    Thursday, March 25, 2021
  The UTRGV Career Center will host the Spring 2021 Virtual Teachers Job Expo on Friday, March 26, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., for interested students and alumni.

• UTRGV online nursing degrees recognized by The Princeton Review

    Thursday, March 25, 2021
  UTRGV’s accelerated online graduate nursing programs have been recognized by The Princeton Review in its Best Online Nursing School Master’s Program listings.

• UTRGV professor appointed to national social work Program Directors Academy

    Wednesday, March 24, 2021
  Dr. John Gonzalez, UTRGV associate professor and associate dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Social Work, has been appointed to the advisory committee of the Council on Social Work Education’s Program Directors Academy.

• UTRGV fourth-year medical students celebrate Match Day 2021

    Tuesday, March 23, 2021
  The UTRGV School of Medicine’s Class of 2021 celebrated a memorable Match Day on Friday, with 50 medical students matching to residency programs around the country.

• ‘Out of the Canon’

    Tuesday, March 23, 2021
  Despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UTRGV Theatre Department is still determined that the show must go on.

• Nine finalists compete in UTRGV’s Big Idea Competition

    Wednesday, March 17, 2021
  The inaugural Big Idea Competition hosted by the UTRGV Center for Innovation and Commercialization (CIC) brought together students, faculty, alumni, and community members to pitch innovative startup ideas to a panel of judges.

• Passing the Torch: UTRGV’s Teacher Prep program helps connect student teachers with area schools

    Monday, March 15, 2021
  Before teacher Michelle Milligan retired in December, she wanted to make sure her seventh-grade students would be able to have a smooth transition.

• COVID-19 statistics expert from Harvard to speak at UTRGV during virtual event

    Friday, March 12, 2021
  A Harvard University expert on COVID-19 statistics and data will be the distinguished speaker March 19 at a UTRGV virtual colloquium. The UTRGV School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SMSS), which hosts the annual colloquium, is ...

• UTRGV extends Tuition Advantage deadline to March 15

    Tuesday, March 09, 2021
  The UTRGV Tuition Advantage deadline has been extended through March 15 for undergraduate students attending classes in Fall 2021.

• Virtual Competitors: UTRGV Chess Team and FIDE cohosting online global tournament

    Tuesday, March 09, 2021
  The World Chess Federation (FIDE) and two-time national chess champion UTRGV will cohost the first FIDE World University Online Chess Championship, beginning March 13 and concluding March 21.

• UTRGV commemorates International Women’s Day with virtual event

    Monday, March 08, 2021
  International Women’s Day has been celebrated across the globe today in celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

• UTRGV Chess Team wins international tournament and opportunity to train with chess legend Kasparov

    Wednesday, March 03, 2021
  Victors once again, the UTRGV Chess Team adds the international Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup to its list of triumphs. The KCF University Cup, held in February this year, is an international online event open to teams from ...

• New UTRGV chair of surgery Albo looks to training next generation of surgeons

    Wednesday, March 03, 2021
  The UTRGV School of Medicine on June 1 welcomes Dr. Daniel Albo, MD, PhD, FACS, as its new chair of surgery.

• ‘Energy & U’ virtual show debuts with more than 9,000 guests during UTRGV Engineers Week

    Thursday, February 25, 2021
  As part of Engineers Week 2021, a special “Energy and U” show will be available to the community on Saturday, Feb. 27, at various times throughout the day. 

• First Blackstone Launchpad event at UTRGV is The Big Idea Competition

    Thursday, February 25, 2021
  UTRGV is one of several campuses in the University of Texas System to receive a substantial gift from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to expand its signature Blackstone LaunchPad student entrepreneurship programming.

• UTRGV ranks among highest in Texas for teacher production, retention

    Tuesday, February 23, 2021
  UTRGV is among the top universities to produce the largest number of teachers in Texas, and has among the highest retention rates, according to the 2020 Performance Analysis for Colleges of Education (PACE) study.

• Multiple UTRGV degree programs receive high national rankings from Intelligent.com

    Tuesday, February 23, 2021
  A number of UTRGV degree programs have received top rankings by Intelligent.com.

• FESTIBA at UTRGV to run through March 13 with virtual events, book distribution

    Monday, February 22, 2021
  UTRGV’s annual Festival of International Books & Arts (FESTIBA), an educational and entertaining event that promotes literacy and appreciation of reading for all ages, started on Feb. 20 and will run through March 13 this year.

• Engineers Week: ‘Imagining Tomorrow’

    Monday, February 22, 2021
  Today marks the first day of Engineers Week 2021 – a week full of virtual events led by the UTRGV College of Engineering & Computer Science faculty geared toward students throughout the community ranging in ages from Kindergarten ...

• UT Health RGV Clinical Lab expands testing services to increase capabilities, decrease wait time for results

    Thursday, February 11, 2021
  The UT Health RGV Clinical Laboratory this month is expanding as a comprehensive diagnostics lab with a range of testing capabilities well beyond COVID-19 samples.

• THECB approves amendments to VCOBE degree plan at UTRGV

    Wednesday, February 10, 2021
  A degree plan in UTRGV’s Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship has some modifications this semester, including a name change.

• Terry Crews shares advice and laughs with UTRGV community

    Tuesday, February 09, 2021
  Actor, artist and activist Terry Crews was all smiles when he spoke to a virtual audience of UTRGV students, staff and faculty during the university’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Monday night.

• UTRGV campus community shocked, saddened by death of Coach Lew Hill

    Sunday, February 07, 2021
  The UTRGV Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced that men’s basketball Head Coach Lew Hill died Sunday at the age of 55.

• UTRGV’s CHAPS program receives Texas Historical Commission’s 2020 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation

    Friday, February 05, 2021
  UTRGV’s Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools program continues to make a lasting mark in preserving Rio Grande Valley history with its recent 2020 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation, presented by the Texas ...

• UTRGV scientist selected for national advisory board for minority aging research

    Friday, January 29, 2021
  Dr. Romeo Escobar, UTRGV assistant professor of social work, has been appointed to the newly formed Scientific Advisory Board of the Resource Center for Minority Aging Research Coordinating Center (RCMAR).

• UTRGV and Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium partner to address added challenges of the pandemic

    Tuesday, January 26, 2021
  UTRGV and the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) are partnering to help area adolescents address the mental health challenges they may be facing, especially amid the challenges of the pandemic.

• UTRGV students cross disciplines to help build local superfood business

    Wednesday, January 20, 2021
  The Rio Grande Valley is abundant with a superfood that can be used as a natural sweetener – important in an area with high rates of obesity and diabetes.

• UTRGV, two-time national chess champions, qualifies for college Final Four

    Tuesday, January 12, 2021
  The new year is off to a winning start for the UTRGV Chess Team. Two-time national champions, UTRGV is again one of the four universities who have qualified to compete in the President’s Cup – informally known as the Final Four ...

• UTRGV Hospitality and Tourism Management students participate in second national competition

    Monday, January 11, 2021
  The UTRGV Hospitality and Tourism Management program is a little more than a year old, yet it continues to gain national attention.

• UTRGV medical providers receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

    Wednesday, January 06, 2021
  UTRGV’s Dr. Michelle Lopez, the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the Rio Grande Valley back in December, today received her second dose and is among the first group of fully vaccinated people in the region.