• UTRGV RCVCoBE professor recognized at Global Entrepreneurship Conference

    Wednesday, December 21, 2022
  This fall semester, Derek Abrams, a UTRGV associate professor of Practice with the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship, earned notable recognition at the 39th Annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) Global ...

• UTRGV to gain new graduate program in biomedical engineering in Fall 2023

    Wednesday, December 21, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley plans to offer a new graduate program – a master of science degree in Biomedical Engineering – starting Fall 2023, as part of the UTRGV College of Engineering and Computer Science.

• UTRGV School of Medicine physician creates scholarship for Valley med students

    Wednesday, December 21, 2022
  It's no surprise that medical education is expensive, even in one of the nation's most affordable medical schools like the UTRGV School of Medicine, where the annual tuition and fees are $19,639 for in-state residents, compared to the ...

• UTRGV RCVCOBE names six new Kemper Scholars

    Monday, December 19, 2022
  Six UTRGV students recently were awarded scholarships from the Kemper Corporation’s philanthropic arm, the Kemper Foundation, and are now identified as Kemper Scholars.

• Jubilee in the Air: UTRGV hosts second day of Fall 2022 commencement

    Saturday, December 17, 2022
  UTRGV continued its Fall 2022 commencement with an outdoor ceremony on the Brownsville Campus.

• Club Esports commentator Lanoue completes Vaqueros MD Early Assurance Program

    Friday, December 16, 2022
  Some students sacrifice hobbies to focus on their college classes, but 18-year-old Jake Lanoue says it’s important to balance academics with fun. That’s how he avoids burnout.

• More than 2,000 Vaqueros earn degrees on Friday

    Friday, December 16, 2022
  This holiday season, more than 2,000 UTRGV graduates received early gifts – their degrees and the start of a new life chapter – during the first day of Fall 2022 Commencement. 

• UTRGV Civil Engineering graduate student thankful for mentor, Rocket Launchers, mom’s advice

    Thursday, December 15, 2022
  “Taking a leap of faith is better than taking a leap of doubt.” (Matshona Dhliwayo, author, philosopher and entrepreneur)

• Army veteran, UTRGV PA student gears up for next journey - graduation

    Wednesday, December 14, 2022
  They say pictures are worth a thousand words, and Estela Garcia’s photos can tell you stories.

• Two UTeach students graduate UTRGV with jobs already secured

    Tuesday, December 13, 2022
  UTRGV was the key to success for two biology students in Brownsville who are graduating this month.

• UTRGV Educator Prep Program recognized for national excellence

    Monday, December 12, 2022
  The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation announced that the UTRGV Educator Preparation Program is one of 55 providers from 28 states and the United Arab Emirates to receive accreditation for its educator preparation programs.

• UTRGV receives $2.2M grant for ‘Climate-Smart’ Commodities project

    Monday, December 12, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was awarded a $2.2 million grant from the second funding pool of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities.

• UTRGV SOM signs MOU with Valley Grande Institute

    Monday, December 12, 2022
  The UTRGV School of Medicine signed a memorandum of understanding today, Dec. 12, with Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies, at the VGI Campus in Weslaco, to strengthen the pipeline between the two institutions in training allied health ...

• UTRGV hosts FIESTA Symposium in Brownsville

    Thursday, December 08, 2022
  This past November, UTRGV hosted the FIESTA Symposium in Brownsville.

• Expansion of UTRGV Spirit Program hits the ground cheering

    Wednesday, December 07, 2022
  UTRGV is expanding its Spirit Program. Two new coaches were recently hired to help the expansion.

• UTRGV lauded by Forbes for quality, affordable education

    Tuesday, December 06, 2022
  Continuing a landmark year highlighted by ranking accolades, UTRGV again has attracted the attention of Forbes magazine.

• UTRGV marks graduation of Fall 2022 cohort of Sustainability Fellows

    Monday, December 05, 2022
  The UTRGV Office for Sustainability held a reception Dec. 1 to recognize Sustainability Fellows completing their one-year program.

• UTRGV announces its annual Holiday Card student standouts

    Friday, December 02, 2022
  UTRGV is keeping it merry and bright with its eighth annual Holiday Card Contest, designed to showcase the Vaqueros’ artistic talents.

• The Wall that Heals exhibit to be on display April 20-23 at UTRGV

    Thursday, December 01, 2022
  A 375-foot-long replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall will be on display at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on April 20-23, 2023.

• UTRGV-Edinburg CISD partnership establishes permanent home

    Tuesday, November 29, 2022
  UTRGV and the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District broke ground today on a new collegiate high school to serve the students of Edinburg.

• UTRGV marks ninth Tree Campus designation with Arbor Day plantings

    Tuesday, November 22, 2022
  UTRGV Facilities Planning and Operations, in collaboration with the Office for Sustainability, held a Texas Arbor Day celebration Nov. 14-15 to mark the university’s ninth consecutive Tree Campus Higher Education designation.

• UTRGV, USMFS awarded federal grant to fund solar startups

    Tuesday, November 22, 2022
  UTRGV is part of a series of 18 projects the U. S. Department of Energy has funded to promote equity and diversity in clean energy innovation.

• UTRGV pipeline programs paving paths for the underrepresented in health professions

    Tuesday, November 22, 2022
  Through two pipeline programs – the Vaqueros MD Early Assurance Program formed by UTRGV and the Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) created by the Texas Legislature – the UTRGV School of Medicine increasingly is recruiting talented ...

• UTRGV’s Ramezani awarded NSF grant to advance quantum research

    Monday, November 21, 2022
  Dr. Hamidreza Ramezani, associate professor in the UTRGV Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received a three-year (2022-2025), $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to perform research in quantum optics.

• UTRGV announces approval of football, women’s aquatics, band, spirit programs

    Friday, November 18, 2022
  The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved the expansion of spirit programs and authorized the creation of marching bands and football and women’s swimming and diving programs for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

• El Centro de Estudios Bilingües de UTRGV reúne a padres y distritos escolares en apoyo a los programas de instrucción en inglés y español

    Friday, November 18, 2022
  El Centro de Estudios Bilingües de UTRGV (CBS, por sus siglas en inglés), en colaboración con Padres Unidos para una Educación Dual de Excelencia (RGV PUEDE), organizó el 21 de octubre la 4.a Conferencia Anual para ...

• French playwright, Molière, inspires UTRGV Theatre’s next production

    Thursday, November 17, 2022
  The UTRGV Theatre Department is following up its three nights of horror with three nights of commedia dell'arte, love, trickery, mistaken identities, mayhem, farce and fun.

• UT Health RGV provides epilepsy care for an underserved region

    Thursday, November 17, 2022
  There are 3 million people with epilepsy in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts receives grant for Flamenco, art programs

    Wednesday, November 16, 2022
  The UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts (CLAA) has been awarded $20,000 by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation to host a new project titled “A La Música y Arte: A Series of Flamenco Concerts and Workshops and Student Art Exhibitions ...

• UTRGV student talks ‘firsts’

    Tuesday, November 15, 2022
  There are a lot of firsts for Marco Arriaga. He is proud to be a first-generation student at UTRGV and proud to be in the first cohort of the university’s Human Genetics Ph.D. program.

• UTRGV names assistant VP for research analytics

    Monday, November 14, 2022
  Arya Singh, UTRGV’s new assistant vice president for research analytics, marks his first day today at the university.

• UTRGV’s Hinojosa to serve as trustee for College Board for Southwestern Region

    Friday, November 11, 2022
  The College Board, a nationally recognized organization that prepares and administers tests used for college credit, admission and placement, has appointed UTRGV’s Dr. Maggie Hinojosa as a new board trustee.

• UTRGV’s Maestre to participate in conference on dementia in low- and middle-income countries

    Thursday, November 10, 2022
  Dr. Gladys E. Maestre, director of the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, will join some of the leading global dementia researchers at the Dementia and Brain Aging in Low- and ...

• UTRGV ranks in Top 10 nationally for awarding degrees to Hispanic students

    Wednesday, November 09, 2022
  Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education Magazine has ranked UTRGV second in the country for awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanic/Latino students, in its annual “Hispanic Outlook Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics” ...

• ‘Making an Investment’

    Tuesday, November 08, 2022
  A historic educational journey, which includes full tuition and fees covered by UTRGV, began this fall semester for more than 100 university employees selected to take part in the new Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration program.

• UTRGV student blazes trail in her family as first-generation doctoral student

    Tuesday, November 08, 2022
  San Antonio native Vanessa Cortez, 30, says being accepted as a member of the very first class of the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine was a milestone not just for herself, but for her family, as well.

• UTRGV signs agreement with U.S. Army Research Lab

    Thursday, November 03, 2022
  UTRGV has a new partnership with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to share research resources to benefit both groups.

• UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine holds first White Coat Ceremony

    Wednesday, November 02, 2022
  Students in the inaugural cohort of the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine donned their white coats for the first time last Friday, marking their official participation as student-doctors.

• “Handle With Care” initiative launched in Hidalgo County

    Wednesday, November 02, 2022
  A UTRGV faculty member sparked a cross-agency initiative called “Handle with Care” that was recently adopted by Hidalgo County to provide support for children with trauma.

• UTRGV hosts early voting sites, open to public

    Monday, October 31, 2022
  Do you have five minutes? Because that is how long it takes to early vote at UTRGV.

• UTRGV Center for Bilingual Studies brings together parents and school districts to support Dual Language Education

    Wednesday, October 26, 2022
  UTRGV’s Center for Bilingual Studies (CBS), in collaboration with RGV Parents United for Excellent Dual Education (RGV PUEDE), on Oct. 21 held the fourth annual parent conference, “El bilingüismo como identidad.”

• UTRGV College of Business and Entrepreneurship accepted into Internal Auditing Education Program

    Thursday, October 20, 2022
  UTRGV’s Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship has been accepted into the Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) Program as an IAEP Internal Audit Foundation Program.

• UTRGV awarded Kellogg social impact grant

    Thursday, October 20, 2022
  UTRGV’s Agroecology and Resilient Food Systems Program and UTRGV’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement have been awarded a social impact grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to expand and accelerate efforts to ...

• Grant to give student parents at UTRGV a boost with child care services

    Tuesday, October 18, 2022
  Student parents attending The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will have some much-needed help when it comes to child care services for their little ones thanks to a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

• UT Health RGV breaks ground on Cancer and Surgery Center in McAllen

    Friday, October 14, 2022
  UTRGV and community leaders on Friday morning broke ground on the much-anticipated UT Health RGV Cancer and Surgery Center, centrally located in the 495 Commerce Center complex in McAllen.

• UTRGV Theatre brings the ‘mad scientist’s monster’ to life with its ‘Frankenstein’ production

    Thursday, October 13, 2022
  The UTRGV Theatre Department has conjured a truly ghoulish production of “Frankenstein,” adapted by UTRGV graduate student Joshua Kennedy, also playing the titular doctor, and directed by UTRGV associate professor Dr. Brian Warren.

• UTRGV researcher seeking participants for Alzheimer’s study

    Wednesday, October 12, 2022
  A UTRGV researcher is seeking participants for a research study about a family situation common in the Rio Grande Valley: caring for an elder with Alzheimer’s Disease.

• UTRGV’s UTeach program celebrates 10-year anniversary

    Friday, October 07, 2022
  UTRGV celebrated UTeach’s 10-year anniversary of building future, professional teachers for the Rio Grande Valley and beyond with an honorary banquet.

• UTRGV music ed student garners gold at 2022 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium-Tuba Festival

    Wednesday, October 05, 2022
  Months of preparation and practicing the music all paid off this past August for UTRGV music education major Victor Cruz.

• Breaking down barriers UTRGV alum becomes ‘Blended Learning’ trailblazer for Harlingen school district

    Tuesday, October 04, 2022
  Educator’s often help change lives, push boundaries and create positive changes in the community. UTRGV alumna and Harlingen educator Dr. Jessica Hruska works to do all that, and more.

• UT Health RGV neuroscientist shares hope for substance abuse, mental disorder recovery

    Thursday, September 29, 2022
  September is National Recovery Month, which aims to educate the community on substance use treatment and the mental health services available to empower those with a mental disorder and substance dependency.

• Pianist Korevaar to perform and lead masterclass Oct. 6 at UTRGV

    Wednesday, September 28, 2022
  Award-winning pianist David Korevaar, hailed by the Washington Post for his "wonderfully warm, pliant, spontaneous playing," will perform in recital at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 for the UTRGV Patron of the Arts Series at the TSC Performing Arts ...

• UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine to open Regenerative Medicine research lab

    Thursday, September 22, 2022
  UTRGV researcher Dr. Claudia Biguetti, an assistant professor of medicine at the university, is establishing a new research lab in the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine focused on improving bone healing and regeneration.

• Family Affair UTRGV music professor performs at Carnegie Hall alongside her daughter

    Wednesday, September 21, 2022
  Music has always been the heartbeat creating rhythm within the Seitz household.

• UT Health RGV board-certified psychiatrist shares importance of suicide prevention

    Tuesday, September 20, 2022
  Since 2003, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month has been a somber reminder of the need for an annual mental health check. Every Sept., world health organizations mark their collaboration to raise awareness that suicide can be averted. ...

• UTRGV welcomes activist Dolores Huerta for symposium

    Tuesday, September 20, 2022
  Si, se puede! Yes, you can! It’s a powerful call to action, a rallying cry to forge ahead, to try, and to succeed.

• UTRGV, STISD expand dual enrollment college credit program for high school students

    Monday, September 19, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and South Texas Independent School District have agreed to improve dual credit offerings for high school students who would like to attend UTRGV.

• UTRGV celebrates Dr. Juliet García’s Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Friday, September 16, 2022
  On Sept. 15, the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month, a large crowd gathered at UTRGV’s Brownsville Campus to celebrate the life and career of Dr. Juliet García, former longtime president of UT Brownsville and the first Hispanic woman to ...

• UTRGV admits the largest cohort of the PACT program

    Thursday, September 15, 2022
  The most recent – and largest –group of the Physician Assistant Career Track (PACT) Early Assurance Program for high school students is now enrolled at UTRGV.

• UTRGV ranks first among Texas public universities for Least Student Debt

    Wednesday, September 14, 2022
  U.S. News and World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Colleges rankings has placed UTRGV first among Texas Public Universities and third among National Public Universities for Least Student Debt.

• UTRGV, STC sign joint admissions agreement

    Wednesday, September 14, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and South Texas College have signed a joint admissions agreement – called “STC 2 UTRGV” – which will create an easy pathway for STC students to transition to UTRGV.

• UTRGV awarded $1.25M NSF grant to increase the representation of Latina faculty in STEM

    Monday, September 12, 2022
  UTRGV has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) titled "ADVANCE Partnership: Transforming HSI STEM Departmental Climate for Faculty Success.”

• “I Can Hear Now”

    Friday, September 02, 2022
  Jose Suarez Jr. is 19 now, but he has had trouble hearing since at least kindergarten, when his teacher first noticed he wasn’t responding to his name during roll call.

• UTRGV named second among Texas public universities in latest Washington Monthly rankings

    Thursday, September 01, 2022
  University also listed first in social mobility, net price of attendance, performance of Pell grant students

• 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.

• UTRGV MSA alum participating in two-year National Institutes of Health fellowship

    Thursday, July 28, 2022
  An alum from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is making the most of a gap year.

• UTRGV Lecturer awarded NIH grant

    Thursday, July 28, 2022
  Jia researching interaction between animal toxins and human nervous system cell receptors

• Civil engineering team wins national GeoWall competition

    Wednesday, July 27, 2022
  Sacrificing weekends and holiday breaks paid off for UTRGV’s Civil Engineering GeoWall Team, which brought home a national win this spring from the American Society of Civil Engineers Geo-Institute GeoChallenge competition.

• UTRGV researcher developing AI to identify brain tumors

    Tuesday, July 26, 2022
  The likelihood of developing a cancerous brain tumor in your lifetime is less than one percent, but if you did, you would rely heavily on your doctor’s ability to identify the mass from MRI scans.

• UTRGV and RGV Partnership Foundation to provide local businesses with free digital literacy trainings

    Monday, July 25, 2022
  UTRGV is teaming up with the RGV Partnership Foundation to conduct free digital literacy trainings for regional businesses, starting in mid-August.

• UT Health RGV dermatologist urges protection from sun, harmful UV rays

    Friday, July 22, 2022
  As the sun shines down on us, so do its ultraviolet rays. This month, Ultraviolet (UV) Safety Month, highlights the importance of keeping safe from UV exposure and reminds the community to stay protected from the sun’s potentially ...

• Deadline looms for application to UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine

    Wednesday, July 20, 2022
  The extended deadline to apply to the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine closes on July 27, 2022, for admission to the inaugural, 2022 cohort.

• UTRGV awarded $2.3 million federal grant to continue College Assistance Migrant Program

    Tuesday, July 19, 2022
  UTRGV’s College Assistance Migrant Program has been awarded $2.3 million in federal funding to recruit and enroll 45 eligible migrant seasonal farmworker (MSFW) students who are engaged, or whose parents are engaged, in migrant and other ...

• USDA selects UTRGV’s Pereira as 2022 E. Kika De La Garza Science Fellow

    Monday, July 18, 2022
  Dr. Engil Isadora Pereira, assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, has been selected to participate in the 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship program.

• UTRGV named top college by Money Magazine

    Wednesday, July 13, 2022
  Another reputable national publication has singled out UTRGV for the value it provides students.

• UTRGV’s School of Accountancy director receives TXCPA Outstanding Accounting Educator Award

    Wednesday, July 13, 2022
  Dr. Giorgio Gotti, UTRGV accounting professor and director of the UTRGV Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship School of Accountancy, recently received the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Accounting ...

• UTRGV senior mass comm major directs music video for local pop-punk band

    Tuesday, July 12, 2022
  Most people probably cram for exams or focus on putting the finishing touches on projects. But not everyone can work with a pop-punk band to direct their first official music video.

• UTRGV, UMN professors create digital database for Mexican American art

    Tuesday, July 12, 2022
  If you were to search for “piñatas” within some of the largest museum search engines, such as The Getty Museum, you’d be lucky to find a handful of images. In fact, the piñata is categorized simply as a vessel, found ...

• Pell Grant turns 50

    Monday, July 11, 2022
  It has been 50 years since the Pell Grant program was created to help expand college access to students who otherwise may not have been able to afford pursuing a higher education.

• Heroes-in-training take over Team Mario’s summer camp at UTRGV

    Monday, July 11, 2022
  “You wanna save the world, then you’re gonna save the world.”

• WHITE HOUSE: Dr. Juliet V. García presented with The Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Thursday, July 07, 2022
  Dr. Juliet V. García, former longtime president of The University of Texas at Brownsville, was one of 17 distinguished Americans presented with the nation’s highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Thursday, July ...

• Honored to Serve: U.S. Airman receives white coat on Fourth of July weekend

    Saturday, July 02, 2022
  For Jose Victor Delgado, a Rio Grande Valley native and Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, the Fourth of July has special meaning this year as he and 117 UTRGV School of Medicine students received their white coats on Saturday.

• 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 ...

• ASLI program graduates ready to contribute to deaf community

    Wednesday, May 25, 2022
  Seven students comprising the first cohort to graduate from UTRGV’s American Sign Language Interpretation (ASLI) Bachelor of Science degree program are poised to join a limited, in-demand group of interpreters in the Rio Grande Valley.

• UT Health RGV urges women to get annual health and wellness check-ups

    Friday, May 20, 2022
  Every year during May, for Women's Health Month, reminders go out to women to prioritize their health and well-being.

• First-year UTRGV med student aims to make a difference in mental health

    Thursday, May 19, 2022
  Valley native Lesley Chapa didn’t always want to be a doctor – until she had a chance to shadow an internal medicine physician from McAllen during her undergrad studies.

• UTRGV Engineering Technology Program signs MOU with Catholic Diocese for solar panel project

    Wednesday, May 18, 2022
  Glinting in the sun across South Texas, solar panels have made a push into the region touting cleaner and more affordable energy.

• Former UTRGV medical school graduate, Valley native, reflects on learning experiences

    Tuesday, May 17, 2022
  Just one year ago, Dr. Patrick Ojeaga was a medical student at the UTRGV School of Medicine, anxiously waiting to know what residency program he would match.

• UTRGV and STC gain new grant to enhance visibility of agriculture careers

    Tuesday, May 17, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, in partnership with South Texas College, has received a $750,000 grant to train students in agriculture careers and to create a pathway between the two institutions.

• GRADUATION DAY Spring graduates earn degrees at UTRGV 2022 Commencement ceremonies

    Saturday, May 14, 2022
  The big day finally arrived for more than 2,400 UTRGV graduates, who celebrated earning their degrees on the second day of the university’s Spring 2022 Commencement.

• UTRGV faculty offering training in deaf culture for first-responders

    Friday, May 13, 2022
  Starting May 16, 2022, UTRGV faculty will be providing a free, six-week training in American Sign Language (ASL) to first-responders from Brownsville, Edinburg and McAllen at the municipal police departments.

• UTRGV mass comm grad, boxing champ, ready to graduate

    Friday, May 13, 2022
  Noe Mendoza Jr., a UTRGV Master of Arts in Communication student, said that once he completed his final presentation and spoke with faculty, one phrase was playing in the back of his mind: “This is it for me as a student. I’m going to ...

• Unstoppable: Grad student by day, rockin’ DJ by night

    Friday, May 13, 2022
  When 26-year-old Alvaro Ayala walks across the UTRGV commencement stage May 14, he’ll be using a cane – a device that in no way limited his educational achievements, as doctors had predicted early in his life.

• UTRGV hosts Brownsville outdoor commencement at University Library

    Friday, May 13, 2022
  UTRGV hosted two commencement ceremonies on the Brownsville Campus, for the first time on the lawn outside the University Library with spring greenery as a backdrop.

• First-gen college student, former UTRGV Bell Ringer, celebrates earning her master's degree graduation weekend

    Thursday, May 12, 2022
  Donna native Olga Campos does not regret any of the decisions she has made to get to where she is today. Everything has led to this: first-generation college student, wife, and mother to a 10-year-old boy.

• On the Right Track: UTRGV professor, students, license patent for innovative railcar inventions

    Thursday, May 12, 2022
  UTRGV professor Dr. Constantine M. Tarawneh and several generations of student collaborators have invented and licensed the patent for a railroad industry improvement with the potential to become the global safety standard.

• Ten faculty named recipients of UTRGV Faculty Excellence Awards

    Thursday, May 12, 2022
  Ten faculty members have been named recipients of the 2021-2022 UTRGV Faculty Excellence Awards.

• PUZZLE SOLVED UTRGV BMED student’s journey traverses winding path from soccer to medical school

    Wednesday, May 11, 2022
  Sometimes, the pieces just fall into place.

• UTRGV ranks among nation’s top 10 schools for Hispanics in STEM careers

    Wednesday, May 11, 2022
  UTRGV has been included in The Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine’s first-ever list of the top 10 schools in the country for Hispanics/Latinos in STEM careers.

• ‘I finally made it to the end’ Former UTRGV SGA president Tori Lozano set to graduate Friday

    Tuesday, May 10, 2022
  Overcoming a traumatic life event can sometimes change people for the worse.

• Nursing professor to earn her fifth college degree … at 87

    Monday, May 09, 2022
  Dr. Eloisa G.Tamez proves you are never too old to learn.

• UTRGV School of Medicine’s Class of 2022 celebrates commencement

    Saturday, May 07, 2022
  Shortly after midday Saturday, May 7, the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Class of 2022 celebrated commencement at the Region One Education Service Center in Edinburg.

• Alum shares how UTRGV helped shape his career path

    Thursday, May 05, 2022
  Carlos Cantu, a UTRGV engineering alum and native of Rio Bravo, Tamps., Mexico, who grew up in McAllen, said the UTRGV College of Engineering and Computer Science influenced his career and helped shape the person he is today.

• UTRGV Theatre visits local schools with touring show

    Thursday, May 05, 2022
  Trolls, caves and jackalopes – oh, my!

• UTRGV Student Media, Gallery Magazine bring home 53 TIPA awards

    Tuesday, May 03, 2022
  UTRGV Student Media and UTRGV’s Gallery Magazine brought home a total of 53 wins at the 2022 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention.

• UTRGV students garner 90 awards at local, regional advertising competitions

    Tuesday, May 03, 2022
  UTRGV students logged big wins in American Advertising Federation competitions this year at both the local and regional levels, with 90 awards.

• UTRGV inaugurates 2022-2023 Student Government Association officers and senators

    Thursday, April 28, 2022
  A new administration has taken office at UTRGV as the newest Student Government Association (SGA) leadership.

• UTRGV establishes MOU with UT System Center in Laredo

    Thursday, April 28, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and The University of Texas System Education and Research Center at Laredo (UT Center at Laredo) have announced an expansion of a collaboration to offer degrees in social work.

• UTRGV Theatre Department presents ‘Red’ on April 29

    Monday, April 25, 2022
  The UTRGV Theatre Department is going from Shakespearean tragedy to contemporary tragedy, following up their production of “Coriolanus” in March with Tony award-winning play “Red” by John Logan.

• Graduate student encourages fellow Vaqueros to make the most of internship opportunities

    Friday, April 22, 2022
  Can you imagine having not one, but five – yes, five – internship opportunities?

• UTRGV SEEMS get Brownsville Campus buzzing about pollinators

    Friday, April 22, 2022
  Have you ever looked in your yard and wondered, what purpose does this tree have?

• Parwinder Grewal named inaugural president of Vermont State University

    Monday, April 18, 2022
  The Board of Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges System announced Monday that Dr. Parwinder Grewal has accepted the position of inaugural president at Vermont State University (VSU), effective July 1, 2022.

• UTRGV’s Linda Nelson one of seven national ‘Nexstar Woman of the Year’ finalists

    Friday, April 15, 2022
  KVEO-TV, a Nexstar Media Inc. television station airing in the Valley on Channel 23, has chosen UTRGV’s Dr. Linda Nelson as its top “Remarkable Woman of the Year 2022.”

• UTRGV named Institutional Catalyst of the Year by Teach for America Rio Grande Valley

    Thursday, April 14, 2022
  UTRGV was honored as the region’s Institutional Catalyst of the Year during the Teach for America Rio Grande Valley Honor Roll Gala on Friday, April 8, at Quinta Mazatlán in McAllen.

• UTRGV Enactus and faculty advisor earn national SBAA Societal Impact Award

    Wednesday, April 13, 2022
  The mission of UTRGV’s Enactus chapter is to help make lasting, positive impacts in the community – a mission that has been heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• UTRGV’s House of Fashion student club hosts its first style event

    Wednesday, April 13, 2022
  Ready to talk fashion? Members of UTRGV House of Fashion, the university’s student club for fellow enthusiasts, are more than happy to talk style -- and sustainable fashion choices.

• UTRGV I-DREAM4D hosts national manufacturing expo for middle, high school students

    Friday, April 08, 2022
  Dozens of students filled the UTRGV Performing Arts Center on the Edinburg Campus this week to learn about the endless possibilities of manufacturing engineering.

• AACSB’s Innovations That Inspire initiative recognizes UTRGV Enactus Chapter

    Wednesday, April 06, 2022
  AACSB International (AACSB) announced UTRGV’s Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship among 24 business schools highlighted in its Innovations That Inspire member spotlight program.

• UTRGV Center for Mexican American Studies hosts Literary Landmark unveiling in honor of Gloria Anzaldúa

    Monday, April 04, 2022
  El Retorno Al Valle: Literary Landmark Unveiling and Symposium honoring Gloria Anzaldúa was held at her alma mater, UTRGV, on Monday, March 28, on the Edinburg Campus.

• UTRGV Chess Team hosts first women-only collegiate chess tournament to support women in the sport

    Friday, April 01, 2022
  The UTRGV Chess Team wants to elevate women in the chess world, so on Sunday, March 27, it hosted the second annual Shining Chess Jewels Top Four Tournament.

• UTRGV professors awarded NSF grant to offer Research Experiences for Undergraduates program

    Friday, April 01, 2022
  Two professors in the UTRGV School of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences have been awarded a $324,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science designed to help ...

• Third Way: UTRGV ranks fourth in country for students’ economic mobility

    Wednesday, March 30, 2022
  UTRGV was recently ranked fourth nationally among the Top 10 schools that offer the most economic mobility for their students.

• UTRGV medical student headed to Harvard Med

    Tuesday, March 29, 2022
  In honor of National Doctors’ Day 2022 – marked on March 30 this year – a UTRGV School of Medicine fourth-year med student, Adriana Saavedra-Simmons, shared her own journey to becoming a doctor and her plans for giving back to ...

• UT Health RGV's Gomez talks about neurology for Multiple Sclerosis Month

    Monday, March 28, 2022
  March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, so to bring awareness to the neuroinflammatory disorder, UT Health RGV neurologist Dr. Francisco Pascual Gomez will discuss MS and efforts to provide services for the Valley and beyond.

• UTRGV I-DREAM4D to host National Manufacturing Exhibition

    Monday, March 28, 2022
  UTRGV I-DREAM4D Consortium is hosting its first National Manufacturing Exhibition in Edinburg on April 7 and 8.

• UTRGV Distinguished Speaker Series hosts ‘An Evening with Eduardo Chavez’

    Friday, March 25, 2022
  Eduardo Chavez, director, speaker, podcast host and grandson of legendary civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, will be on the UTRGV Brownsville Campus on Tuesday, March 29, as part of the university’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

• UTRGV announces ION’s Salloum as the Sujata G. Krishnan Endowed Chair in Neuroscience

    Friday, March 25, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has announced the appointment of Dr. Ihsan Salloum as the endowed chair in the Institute of Neuroscience benefiting the UTRGV School of Medicine.

• UTRGV Center for Mexican American Studies invites community to honor Gloria Anzaldua on March 28

    Thursday, March 24, 2022
  El Retorno Al Valle: Literary Landmark Unveiling and Symposium honoring Gloria Anzaldua will be held at her alma mater, UTRGV, on the Edinburg Campus, on Monday, March 28.

• UTRGV Theatre presents ‘Coriolanus’ set to open Friday

    Thursday, March 24, 2022
  Politics, violence, ambition, revenge – just part of a normal day for Shakespeare.

• UTRGV partners with two area school districts to establish Collegiate High Schools

    Wednesday, March 23, 2022
  Two Rio Grande Valley school districts today signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with UTRGV in support of the development and implementation of Collegiate High Schools.

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

    Tuesday, March 22, 2022
  Uncovered Spaces, an exhibition and event series centered on female artists and LGBTQIA+ artists exploring the social structures that mediate everyday experiences, will be hosted by the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) from March ...

• UTRGV RCVCOBE partners with Kemper Foundation, introduces new Kemper Scholars Program

    Monday, March 21, 2022
  UTRGV is one of 10 universities in the country selected by the Kemper Foundation as a partner in the Kemper Scholars Program, which helps support potential, diverse students who demonstrate financial need and interest in a career in business.

• UTRGV fourth-year medical students celebrate Match Day 2022

    Saturday, March 19, 2022
  The UTRGV School of Medicine's Class of 2022 celebrated its annual Match Day on Friday, March 18, with 51 medical students who applied to residency programs across the United States.

• IMAS and UTRGV CLAA collaborate for exhibition, workshops centered on female and LGBTQIA+ artists

    Thursday, March 17, 2022
  Uncovered Spaces, an exhibition and event series centered on female artists and LGBTQIA+ artists exploring the social structures that mediate everyday experiences, will be hosted by the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) from March ...

• UTRGV researcher investigating Alzheimer’s in Valley’s elders

    Friday, March 11, 2022
  In deep South Texas, where two counties have the highest rate of Alzheimer’s Disease in the country, Dr. Gladys Maestre’s research on the brain is motivated by the Hispanic population’s focus on its elders – and their ...

• UT System Regents, Chancellor deliver on ‘Promise’ to provide tuition relief to UTRGV students

    Thursday, March 10, 2022
  As part of its continued commitment to support The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and its remarkable rise as a major Hispanic-serving University, the UT System Board of Regents recently created a new $300 million endowment to reduce the ...

• UTRGV School of Music, Quinta Mazatlán partner for free music series

    Wednesday, March 09, 2022
  The public is invited to enjoy great music and the great outdoors at “Music in the Park: A Festival of Music and Nature in the Rio Grande Valley,” a free concert series established through a collaboration between the UTRGV School of ...

• UTRGV commemorates International Women’s Day with luncheon in Brownsville

    Wednesday, March 09, 2022
  March is Women’s History Month, and UTRGV on Tuesday celebrated International Women’s Day on the Brownsville Campus with a special luncheon.

• UTRGV School of Medicine awarded grant to address mental health in physicians

    Monday, March 07, 2022
  You go to the doctor to get your check-up, but have you ever thought, “Who checks up on my doctor?”

• UTRGV conference to address COVID-19 and Latino behavioral health challenges

    Friday, March 04, 2022
  The UTRGV School of Social Work is cohosting a special conference – “Latino Behavioral Health Disparities in the COVID-19 Era: Strengthening Our Communities as We Move Forward” – from March 7-8.

• High schoolers test knowledge, learn about neurology, at second UTRGV Brain Bee

    Thursday, March 03, 2022
  It wasn’t your average Saturday morning. Destiny Salinas, a junior from La Joya Juarez Lincoln High School in Mission, was busy cramming her own brain with information about the brain – not for an exam, but for a competition.

• UTRGV recognized for 40 top-ranking online degree programs for 2022

    Wednesday, March 02, 2022
  UTRGV has been recognized for 40 top-ranked online degree programs for 2022 by online magazine Intelligent.com.

• UTRGV student wins $25,000 college grant from Bimbo USA

    Friday, February 25, 2022
  Listen to your mother, because that could win you $25,000. Just ask UTRGV student Mario Valadez, who took his mother’s advice and now is one of four Bimbo USA College Grant Sweepstakes grand prize winners

• UTRGV to host webinar on importance of creating Special Needs Shelters

    Friday, February 25, 2022
  The Disaster Studies program at UTRGV is hosting a webinar advocating for Special Needs Shelters in the area’s disaster preparedness planning.

• UTRGV film student wins two awards for documentary short

    Friday, February 25, 2022
  UTRGV student Brenda Patricia Garza has garnered two awards for a documentary short film based on her husband’s experiences as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

• Federal EDA official visits eBridge Center and Brownsville Campus

    Thursday, February 24, 2022
  The collaborative eBridge Center for Business and Commercialization at UTRGV had a special visit from Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo, U.S. Economic Development Administration.

• UTRGV home to doctoral program in Occupational Therapy

    Wednesday, February 23, 2022
  The UTRGV Department of Occupational Therapy has transitioned its master’s program into a doctoral program.

• UTRGV SEEMS faculty member published in high-impact journal, Science

    Wednesday, February 23, 2022
  Dr. Rafael Almeida, a new assistant professor in the School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences at UTRGV, has research interests that hit close to home in the Rio Grande Valley – specifically, sustainability and freshwater ecology.

• ‘Energy & U’ movie premiere garners 100 invitees, will stream during UTRGV’s E-Week

    Tuesday, February 22, 2022
  A red-carpet premiere of “Energy & U,” a collaborative film that includes chemical demonstrations and natural connections between energy and STEM education, was held Thursday night in the Student Union Theatre on the Edinburg campus.

• UTRGV welcomes first students working toward doctorate in Physics

    Monday, February 21, 2022
  Eight UTRGV students are making history as the first to be accepted to the new Ph.D. program in physics at UTRGV.

• UTRGV receives $1 million to help enhance campus life

    Friday, February 18, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Friday that the UTRGV Foundation is allocating $1 million to the university to help support campus life initiatives that were approved last year by a student referendum.

• UTRGV educational technologists, grads, rise to quarantine’s challenges

    Thursday, February 17, 2022
  Nearly two years ago, when COVID-19 made its way to the United States, we had to put our everyday lives on pause – including education.

• UTRGV awarded $1 million to enhance Physician Assistant training for mental health, substance abuse resources to Webb County

    Monday, February 14, 2022
  Frank Ambriz and his students in the UTRGV physician assistant program know that, in medically underserved regions like the Rio Grande Valley, being prepared for some patients’ needs can be a challenge.

• UTRGV participating in Grow with Google to enhance digital training skills for students

    Monday, February 14, 2022
  UTRGV is one of more than 20 institutions of higher education to participate in the Grow with Google Career Readiness Program’s new expansion to better reach Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

• “Recuérdame / Remember Me” UTRGV RCVCOBE hosts event in remembrance of assistant professor Dr. Elena Quercioli

    Monday, February 14, 2022
  A poignant smile blossoms across Martha Lovett’s face as she remembers her colleague, Dr. Elena Quercioli.

• UTRGV wins international chess tournament, earns training session with world champion Garry Kasparov

    Friday, February 11, 2022
  The UTRGV Chess Team has won the Second Annual Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup for the second year in a row.

• UTRGV Racelis sole Texan appointed to national USDA subcommittee

    Thursday, February 10, 2022
  Dr. Alexis Racelis, associate professor in the UTRGV School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences and director of Agroecology and Resilient Food Systems Program, has been appointed to the inaugural Agriculture Subcommittee of the U.S. ...

• UTRGV Ballet Folklórico presents Alegría 2022

    Thursday, February 10, 2022
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's Ballet Folklórico presents its annual concert series, Alegría 2022, with six shows at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex in Edinburg.

• MTNA names UTRGV Collegiate Chapter of the Year

    Monday, February 07, 2022
  The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) has named four UTRGV piano students co-recipients for their project, “Creating Your Own Method Book: A Blueprint for Aspiring Young Pedagogues.”

• UTRGV’s Jamal one of just 7 women in country heading ENT department

    Thursday, February 03, 2022
  Dr. Nausheen Jamal, chair of the UTRGV School of Medicine’s department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, admits she wasn’t always a leader.

• UTRGV legacy alumna receives Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award

    Wednesday, February 02, 2022
  UTRGV legacy alumna Cynthia Rios, who has taught English Language Arts at Faulk Middle School in Brownsville since 2018, has been named a 2021 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Awardee.

• UTRGV School of Medicine receives grant to meet healthcare needs of border residents

    Tuesday, February 01, 2022
  The UTRGV School of Medicine has been awarded a grant to help meet the healthcare needs of Hispanic communities on the South Texas border.

• UTRGV, City of Pharr, PSJA celebrate ribbon-cutting of new Natatorium in Pharr

    Monday, January 31, 2022
  UTRGV, in partnership with the City of Pharr and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, on Jan. 29 celebrated the opening of a natatorium designed to benefit the entire community with its state-of-the-art facilities.

• UTRGV’s Big Idea Competition supports local entrepreneurial spirit

    Friday, January 28, 2022
  The second annual Big Idea Competition, hosted by the UTRGV Center for Innovation and Commercialization (CIC), brought together students, staff, faculty, alumni and the Valley community to pitch innovative startup ideas to a panel of judges in a ...

• ‘It felt like I was coming home’ UTRGV legacy alumna joins RCVCOBE’s marketing faculty

    Friday, January 28, 2022
  While she was teaching from coast-to-coast, Sunaina Chugani Marquez, Ph.D., now an assistant professor of marketing in UTRGV’s Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship, picked up a range of lessons to integrate into her ...

• UTRGV offers new vaccine incentive for employees

    Friday, January 28, 2022
  UTRGV employees who have received the COVID-19 vaccine booster/third dose are eligible to receive $100 or a UTRGV swag pack (valued at $100) through a new employee vaccine incentive.

• Rapper and actor Common to headline UTRGV’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Feb. 1

    Thursday, January 27, 2022
  Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and Grammy-winning artist, actor and activist, Common, will be the next speaker for the UTRGV Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS) on Tuesday, Feb. 1.

• UT Health RGV doctors urging awareness, check-ups

    Thursday, January 27, 2022
  Research and data show that early detection of conditions caused by the thyroid gland can be imperative, as those conditions can worsen slowly over time.

• UTRGV gives students another boost

    Friday, January 21, 2022
  UTRGV Spring 2022 students who have received the COVID-19 vaccine booster/third dose are eligible to receive $100 through a new vaccine incentive.

• UT Health RGV drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites closed through weekend due to weather

    Thursday, January 20, 2022
  Due to the predicted severe weather, all of UT Health RGV’s COVID drive-thru testing sites will be closed tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 21, through the weekend, and will reopen on Monday as scheduled.

• UTRGV campus and off-campus facilities to delay opening tomorrow

    Thursday, January 20, 2022
  Due to inclement winter weather forecasted by the National Weather Service (NWS), all UTRGV campus and off-campus facilities will delay opening until 10 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, January 21).

• Researcher at UTRGV investigating connection between diabetes, COVID-19 and tuberculosis

    Wednesday, January 19, 2022
  At UTRGV, Dr. Blanca I. Restrepo, Ph.D., is researching how tuberculosis in South Texas and adjacent border communities – where the disease itself and underlying conditions like diabetes are endemic – are complicated by COVID-19.

• UT Health RGV’s drive-thru COVID-19 testing site open tomorrow in Brownsville

    Wednesday, January 19, 2022
  The UT Health RGV drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Brownsville will be open again Thursday, Jan. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UTRGV Brownsville Campus Parking Lot B4, next to the UTRGV Police Department.

• RGV x Art for Change 2022 exhibit showcases UTRGV student, community artwork

    Friday, January 14, 2022
  The UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts (CLAA) and the College of Fine Arts are inviting student and community artists to submit their artwork for the inaugural RGV x Art for Change 2022 Exhibition, which opens Feb. 1.

• UTRGV researcher investigating how pandemics spread

    Thursday, January 13, 2022
  What can an intestinal tissue sample of a Philadelphia sailor who died of cholera in 1848 teach us about the current COVID-19 pandemic?

• UT Health RGV expands COVID-19 testing sites to Harlingen and Brownsville

    Monday, January 10, 2022
  UT Health RGV, clinical arm of the UTRGV School of Medicine, will conduct two drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites in Cameron County.

• UTRGV to conduct temporary remote, online classes as Omicron precaution

    Friday, January 07, 2022
  The emergence and rapid spread of the Omicron variant is once again forcing many institutions to adjust operations.

• UT Health RGV expands COVID-19 testing sites, vaccine clinics

    Friday, January 07, 2022
  This Saturday, UT Health RGV, clinical arm of the UTRGV School of Medicine, will host a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic at the men’s basketball game against New Mexico State, from 5-7:30 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse on the Edinburg Campus.

• UTRGV awarded $625,000 mental health training grant

    Thursday, January 06, 2022
  A group of UTRGV professors have been awarded a five-year, $625,000 mental health awareness training grant to help with a project called Bridging the Way.

• UT Health RGV opening COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Edinburg

    Monday, January 03, 2022
  Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 4, UT Health RGV, clinical arm of the UTRGV School of Medicine, will have a drive-thru COVID-19 testing location in Edinburg.