• UTRGV now offering Doctor of Nursing Practice degree

    Wednesday, August 31, 2022
  UTRGV welcomed the first cohort of its new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) professional degree, which started online in Fall 2022.

• First cohort of Luminary Scholars start college life this fall at UTRGV

    Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  This fall semester, 24 UTRGV students will make campus history as the first members of an exclusive group known as the Luminary Scholars.

• UTRGV marks record enrollment

    Monday, August 29, 2022
  For the third straight year, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has recorded a first-day enrollment of more than 32,000 students.

• UT System Board of Regents approves $145M funding for UT Health RGV Cancer and Surgery Center

    Monday, August 29, 2022
  The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved more than $145 million in funding for the new UT Health RGV Cancer and Surgery Center that will provide imperative healthcare services to the Rio Grande Valley.

• UTRGV PAC art exhibit features Valley nature themes

    Friday, August 26, 2022
  "Sophia’s Song," showcasing artwork by Rio Grande Valley-based artist Jessica Monroe, is on exhibit at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex (PAC) on the Edinburg Campus.

• UTRGV and Texas Tribune host panel to discuss challenges in higher education for Hispanic Texans

    Tuesday, August 23, 2022
  UTRGV and the Texas Tribune came together Tuesday to create an open dialogue focused on diversity and student success in Texas.

• UT Health RGV pediatrician, board-certified lactation consultant, talks benefits of breastfeeding

    Thursday, August 18, 2022
  August is National Breastfeeding Month, an observance designed to spread awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding and how important it can be to a child's health.

• UT Health RGV Student Health accreditation renewed by AAAHC

    Wednesday, August 17, 2022
  UT Health RGV Student Health, which helps meet the medical needs of UTRGV students free of charge, has been for renewed for accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

• UTRGV Upward Bound Program receives more than $16M in federal grants

    Tuesday, August 16, 2022
  The UTRGV Upward Bound Program recently was awarded $16 million in grants to help more than 600 high school students from across the Rio Grande Valley earn a college degree.

• Villalobos recognized on UTRGV campus by Congressman Vicente Gonzalez for 2020 national award

    Friday, August 12, 2022
  Dr. Cristina Villalobos, a Myles and Sylvia Aaronson Endowed professor in the UTRGV School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, associate dean for the College of Sciences and founding director of the Center of Excellence in STEM Education, ...

• UTRGV SOM employee selected as first Johns Hopkins-Bloomberg Fellow from the Valley

    Wednesday, August 10, 2022
  UTRGV School of Medicine program coordinator Ivette Chavarria Torres has been selected as a Bloomberg Fellow, and will receive a grant to cover the costs of completing a Master of Public Health degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

• UT Health RGV encourages men to get annual checkups, be more physically active

    Wednesday, August 10, 2022
  UT Health RGV physicians encourage men in the community to become proactive in their health and schedule checkups.

• UTRGV establishes Center for Equity in Engineering for fall 2022

    Tuesday, August 09, 2022
  UTRGV has been awarded a $1,199,998 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Center for Equity in Engineering: Engage, Educate, Enrich (CEE-E3).

• MOVING FORWARD: UTRGV offers Graduate School incentives for Fall 2022

    Monday, August 08, 2022
  UTRGV is helping graduate students stay on track this fall with several special financial incentives.

• Inaugural cohort seated for UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine

    Wednesday, August 03, 2022
  UTRGV’s School of Podiatric Medicine – the first in Texas and one of only 10 in the country – is welcoming its very first cohort of 27 students, five of them from the Rio Grande Valley.

• UTRGV social work professor wins award at Society for Prevention Research conference

    Wednesday, August 03, 2022
  Dr. Tamara Al Rawwad, an assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Social Work, recently earned the Abstract of Distinction Award for a collaborative research paper that investigated how community-clinic networks may help increase the preventive ...

• UTRGV, City of Brownsville, Museum of Fine Arts hosting special Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit on farmworker Huerta

    Tuesday, August 02, 2022
  A special Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit, “DOLORES HUERTA: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos,” will be on display at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts through Oct. 1.