• Uncovered Spaces, exhibition centered on female and LGBTQIA+ artists

    Thursday, June 30, 2022
  Uncovered Spaces communicates a welcoming message that the UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts (CLAA) supports the LGBTQIA+ community and the inclusion of all voices.

• UTRGV names senior vice president for Research and dean of the Graduate College

    Wednesday, June 29, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced today the appointment of Dr. Can (pronounced John) Saygin as the new senior vice president for Research and dean of the Graduate College, effective Aug. 1, 2022.

• UTRGV names inaugural dean of School of Podiatric Medicine

    Tuesday, June 28, 2022
  Dr. Javier La Fontaine has been appointed the inaugural dean of the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine (SOPM), effective July 1, 2022.

• Drs. Subram and Elizabeth Krishnan establish scholarship for outstanding fourth-year medical students

    Monday, June 27, 2022
  For 40 years, Drs. Subram and Elizabeth Krishnan have provided compassionate patient care and community service to the Rio Grande Valley.

• Ingredients for Memorias Culinarias: Love for the Spanish language and food memories

    Thursday, June 23, 2022
  You know how, when you take a bite of a sabroso pork tamal or smell garlic and onion sizzling on the stove, you close your eyes and remember your mom and tías gathered in the kitchen, cooking up a storm?

• UTRGV Center for Innovation & Commercialization announces second annual Startup Resource Expo

    Wednesday, June 22, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Center for Innovation & Commercialization will hold its second annual Startup Resource Expo Thursday, June 23, in Weslaco.

• UTRGV nursing student selected as student rep to ApplyTexas Advisory Committee

    Tuesday, June 21, 2022
  Priscilla Garza, a UTRGV junior and School of Nursing major, was selected as the new ApplyTexas Advisory Committee student representative. She is the first UTRGV student selected for the position.

• Juneteenth resources readily available at UTRGV Library

    Thursday, June 16, 2022
  On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston, Texas with news the Civil War had ended, also marking the end of slavery in the country.

• UTRGV ‘ALL IN’ for College Student Voting

    Thursday, June 16, 2022
  UTRGV recently accomplished an All IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a national initiative committed to engaging higher education institutions in the democratic process by encouraging students to vote.

• UTRGV granted candidacy for state’s first School of Podiatric Medicine

    Wednesday, June 15, 2022
  UTRGV is now the first university in the Texas – and one of only 10 in the nation – ready to prepare and graduate Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPM).

• UTRGV medical student advocates for LGBTQIA+ Health

    Monday, June 13, 2022
  Third-year UTRGV med student Isha Mittal is the most recent recipient of the U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award.

• UTRGV hosts summer camps for all ages

    Wednesday, June 08, 2022
  Looking for the perfect camps this summer for your kiddos? UTRGV, has you covered.

• UTRGV researchers awarded grant to study motor recovery in stroke survivors

    Thursday, June 02, 2022
  Dr. Michael R. Dobbs, professor and chair of the Department of Neurology in the UTRGV School of Medicine, has been awarded a $443,963 grant to research the motor recovery, along with the brain and spine degeneration, of 30 stroke survivors over ...

• Experiential learning remains at heart of UTRGV Campus Food Security Initiative

    Wednesday, June 01, 2022
  UTRGV launched its Campus Food Security Initiative (CFSI) in April 2020, during the height of COVID-19 lockdowns. The main goal was to address systemic issues, like food insecurity, on college campuses. And, in addition to helping feed the ...