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  • UTRGV offering innovative IRIS booth for professional headshots

      Tuesday, April 30, 2024
    UTRGV Career Center is helping prepare students for a successful future through a variety of resources.

  • UTRGV School of Medicine to celebrate Class of 2024 at commencement ceremony

      Tuesday, April 30, 2024
    The UTRGV School of Medicine will hold its annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, to celebrate the graduating Class of 2024. The ceremony marks the culmination of four years of hard work for graduates and their transition from students ...

  • UTRGV Dance Program to host annual concert this week

      Thursday, April 25, 2024
    UTRGV Dance Program to host annual concert this week

  • Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience

      Thursday, April 25, 2024
    Recent marine research expeditions provided UTRGV students with immeasurable opportunities

  • UTRGV to host annual business plan competition for student entrepreneurs

      Thursday, April 25, 2024
    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is hosting its annual UTRGV Business Plan Competition on Friday, April 26 in Weslaco, offering a platform for students to turn their innovative ideas into tangible business ventures.

  • UTRGV alum serves up tacos – and advice – for future Vaqueros

      Wednesday, April 24, 2024
    Jorge Medina, a UTRGV alumnus, starts his day at 6:30 a.m., teaching students about graphic design at the IDEA Public School in Mission. Once the bell rings, though, he makes his way to Alton to open his family-operated food truck, Tacos "El ...

  • UTRGV School of Medicine awarded $500,000 to develop chronic pain, depression comorbidity treatments

      Tuesday, April 23, 2024
    Thanks to a $500,000 grant awarded by the Trauma Research and Combat Care Casualty Collective (TRC4), researchers at the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Institute of Neuroscience will examine the effectiveness and safety of novel strategies for ...

  • Looking Toward the Future: UTRGV grad student grateful for unique research experience on marine expedition off the coast of Chile

      Monday, April 22, 2024
    Elyssia Gonzalez, a grad student pursuing a master’s degree in Ocean, Coast and Earth Sciences, never thought she’d spend her Spring 2024 semester studying never-before-observed sea creatures off the coast of Chile. But through the ...

  • UTRGV students to host school supplies drive on Brownsville and Edinburg campuses

      Monday, April 22, 2024
    The School Supplies Drives will be held simultaneously on Thursday, April 25, at 2:00 p.m. in front of the Student Union on the Brownsville campus and in front of University Library on the Edinburg campus.

  • New dean of Student Affairs and Admissions joins the UTRGV School of Medicine

      Friday, April 19, 2024
    As the new senior associate dean of Student Affairs and Admissions for the UTRGV School of Medicine, Dr. Maurice Clifton will mentor and help educate future physicians who, like him, have a passion for science and helping others.

  • UTRGV, City of Brownsville partner to train middle managers

      Thursday, April 18, 2024
    UTRGV and the City of Brownsville (COB) are partnering to provide 35 COB middle managers the Professional Development for Middle Management Program conducted by UTRGV Professional Development and Workforce Development.

  • Twelfth time is a charm: Former NASA astronaut José Hernández shares motivational speech at UTRGV

      Wednesday, April 17, 2024
    More a thousand people – including UTRGV students, faculty and community members – filled the PAC, to hear Jose Hernández speak about his accomplishments, his STS-128 Discovery mission, all the challenges he faced and how it took ...

  • Fortune ranks UTRGV MSBA #4 in Texas

      Tuesday, April 16, 2024
    Fortune magazine recently ranked UTRGV’s Online MSBA program 4th in Texas for 2024 – and 17th in the broader national roster.

  • Boost Your Future: UTRGV introduces Summer 2024 Grad Incentive

      Monday, April 15, 2024
    The new Summer 2024 Grad Incentive will grant up to $2,000 toward the education of new students entering any academic program within the UTRGV Graduate College. This award, provided through grants or scholarships, is available on a first-come, ...

  • UTRGV marks facility enhancements with $2.4M EDA grant

      Friday, April 12, 2024
    UTRGV on Thursday marked the beginning of a transformative facility enhancement project, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the Community Engagement and Student Success Building (CESS) in Edinburg. Funded by a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. ...

  • UTRGV celebrates Florence Nightingale legacy with focus on statistics, data science and nursing

      Thursday, April 11, 2024
    Held in Edinburg, the event highlighted the importance of statistics and data science in various fields, including healthcare. Sponsored by UTRGV’s School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and the Canadian Statistical Sciences ...

  • From ‘A Million Miles Away’ to Edinburg

      Wednesday, April 10, 2024
    Former NASA astronaut and real-life inspiration behind the movie sensation, “A Million Miles Away,” Jose Hernandez will launch UTRGV’s Spring 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series.

  • A Classroom in the Ocean

      Wednesday, April 10, 2024
    A once-in-a-lifetime research experience for two UTRGV students help discover some interesting (and potentially new) deep-sea creatures off the coast of Chile. Two UTRGV students, Megan Francis and Elyssia Gonzalez, and Dr. Erin Easton, UTRGV ...

  • UTRGV to kick off facility improvements with $2.4M EDA grant

      Tuesday, April 09, 2024
    UTRGV will hold a groundbreaking ceremony and special announcement on Thursday, April 11, to highlight the start of new facility improvements. Supported by a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), the ...

  • UTRGV School of Nursing students to host community health fair in Brownsville

      Monday, April 08, 2024
    The nursing students, all UTRGV seniors, are coordinating the family-friendly fair as part of their service-learning community course. The fair offers free services, including screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar and body mass index (BMI), ...

  • UTRGV hosts “Science in Motion” viewing events for eclipse

      Saturday, April 06, 2024
    UTRGV will host “Science in Motion” viewing events Monday, April 8, to observe the total solar eclipse, which will reach approximately 92 percent totality in the Rio Grande Valley. A limited quantity of eclipse glasses will be available.

  • UTRGV astronomer to feature in Exploratorium Museum's Solar Eclipse broadcast

      Friday, April 05, 2024
    Dr. Liliana Rivera Sandoval, assistant professor of astronomy at UTRGV, has been invited by the Exploratorium Museum – a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer – to ...

  • UTRGV RCVCOBE names new Kemper Scholars cohort

      Friday, April 05, 2024
    Seven UTRGV students are now among the new cohort of Kemper Scholars, designated by the Kemper Corporation’s philanthropic arm, the Kemper Foundation, to continue its efforts to empower future business leaders.

  • UTRGV signs research agreement with UDLAP to improve regional competitiveness

      Wednesday, April 03, 2024
    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) have signed a collaborative research agreement to strengthen international research and academic collaborations. This initiative aims to ...

  • Valley native and UTRGV medical student earns national health recognition

      Tuesday, April 02, 2024
    Briana Gonzalez DiGrazia, UTRGV School of Medicine student, earned the prestigious U.S. Public Health Service 2024 Excellence in Public Health Award, recognizing medical students who demonstrate leadership in advancing initiatives to enhance ...

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