• Ten faculty named recipients of 2022-2023 UTRGV Faculty Excellence Awards

    Wednesday, May 24, 2023
  Ten faculty members have been named recipients of the 2022-2023 UTRGV Faculty Excellence Awards.

• UT Health RGV, Hidalgo County Precinct 4 celebrate new Primary Care Annex in San Carlos

    Wednesday, May 24, 2023
  The community partnership between the UTRGV School of Medicine, UT Health RGV and Hidalgo County Precinct 4 hosted a ribbon-cutting Tuesday morning for the new UT Health RGV AHEC Primary Care Annex Building.

• UTRGV Sustainability Ambassador reception showcases students’ impact

    Monday, May 22, 2023
  UTRGV students and faculty were part of an afternoon of exchange at the Sustainability Ambassador reception, held May 5 at the Ballroom on the Edinburg Campus.

• UTRGV concludes Spring 2023 commencement on Brownsville Campus

    Saturday, May 20, 2023
  Nearly 900 graduates were able to walk the stage to celebrate their accomplishments today at UTRGV’s belated commencement celebration on the Brownsville Campus.

• UTRGV awarded $1.4M to spearhead Climate-Smart Initiative in Valley

    Friday, May 19, 2023
  Researchers from the UTRGV College of Sciences have joined forces with lead partner Texas A&M AgriLife Research and other major agriculture entities on a $65 million grant to assess greenhouse gas fluxes and conduct soil analyses.

• UTRGV creates partnerships across region to expand economic development footprint

    Thursday, May 18, 2023
  With a mission to advance regional economic, workforce and business development, UTRGV’s Office of Workforce and Economic Development is expanding its network and reach to cities across the Rio Grande Valley through satellite offices.

• UTRGV CMAS awarded $2.9M for HSI Program

    Thursday, May 18, 2023
  The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the UTRGV Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) a $2.9 million grant to help fund the ongoing Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program. The program helps expand educational ...

• UTRGV RCVCOBE professor helps design curriculum for Amazon Small Business Academy

    Wednesday, May 17, 2023
  In March 2023, UTRGV business professor Derek Abrams was recruited by the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) to help design a new curriculum for the Amazon Small Business Academy (ASBA).

• UTRGV linguist awarded NEH grant for continued research on bilingual voices

    Wednesday, May 17, 2023
  The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded a $349,931 grant to Dr. Katherine Christoffersen, a UTRGV assistant professor in Applied Linguistics, Department of Writing and Language Studies, for her research project entitled ...

• UTRGV awarded $17M to train mental health professionals for Valley schools

    Tuesday, May 16, 2023
  On Tuesday, May 16, UTRGV held a joint press conference with partnering education agencies to announce the launch of two $5M expansions to a grant that provides direct intervention to K-12 students, ¬and fortifies the infrastructure for ...

• The UTRGV School of Medicine celebrates fourth commencement – reaches 200 medical graduates

    Saturday, May 13, 2023
  This is the fourth group of medical graduates from the School of Medicine, with 45 medical graduates in the Class of '23. Nearly 200 medical students have graduated to date and joined residencies in the Rio Grande Valley, and across Texas ...

• UTRGV Spring 2023 commencement kicks off celebration with 3,000 grads

    Friday, May 12, 2023
  More than 3,000 UTRGV students crossed the stage on Friday to accept their diplomas, on the first day of UTRGV’s Spring 2023 Commencement.

• UTRGV hosts 3rd Annual Latina THRIVE Summit

    Thursday, May 11, 2023
  UTRGV will host the “Latina THRIVE Summit” for college faculty and administrators, May 18-19 on South Padre Island. This year’s summit will focus on the THRIVE (The Healthy DepaRtment Initiative for InclusiVe Excellence) ...

• UTRGV Chess Team’s Beradze fulfills lifelong dream of computer science degree

    Thursday, May 11, 2023
  A key member of the UTRGV national champion chess team, Irakli Beradze will graduate May 13 with a second bachelor’s degree, this one in computer science, after having earned a degree in law in his home country of Georgia.

• From UTRGV Theatre stage to commencement stage, graduating senior says ‘It’s all worth it’

    Thursday, May 11, 2023
  UTRGV graduating senior and mother of two Dalia Emanuel this weekend will walk the stage to accept her degree in Theater with a concentration in Design.

• First-gen college grad finds joy in the UTRGV journey to commencement

    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
  UTRGV student Omar Zapata knows well enough that the path to a college degree is full of unexpected twists and turns.

• UTRGV Biomedical Science major reflects, grateful for family support

    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
  Alexa Posas, a native of Rio Grande City, will be trading in her mariachi chaquetilla (waist jacket) for scrubs this spring when she earns her Biomedical Sciences degree from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Saturday, May 13 in ...

• UTRGV Centering Parenting Clinic supporting mothers this Mother's Day

    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
  Motherhood can be challenging, especially for new mothers. To address this, UT Health RGV has created a new care group model clinic in the Rio Grande Valley – the UTRGV Centering Parenting Clinic – offering professional and medical ...

• UT System Board of Regents approves UTRGV PhD in Computer Science with Interdisciplinary Applications

    Tuesday, May 09, 2023
  The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Thursday approved a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science with Interdisciplinary Applications degree program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

• UTRGV’s Feria named to UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers

    Monday, May 08, 2023
  UTRGV’s Dr. Teresa Patricia (Paty) Feria-Arroyo is one of four new inductees into the esteemed UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers for 2023.

• $5M UTRGV mental health program expands to two Laredo school districts

    Thursday, May 04, 2023
  A UTRGV project that addresses the shortage of mental health service professionals in Texas schools has expanded to serve the Laredo and United independent school districts.

• UTRGV part of statewide research on childhood depression, trauma

    Thursday, May 04, 2023
  UTRGV School of Medicine researchers have joined psychologists and psychiatrists at learning institutions across Texas to hear what young people have to say about their experiences with depression or trauma. Their analysis of what the youths say ...