• UTRGV’s CHAPS program receives Texas Historical Commission’s 2020 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation

    Friday, February 05, 2021 — UTRGV’s Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools program continues to make a lasting mark in preserving Rio Grande Valley history with its recent 2020 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation, presented by the Texas ...

• UTRGV scientist selected for national advisory board for minority aging research

    Friday, January 29, 2021 — Dr. Romeo Escobar, UTRGV assistant professor of social work, has been appointed to the newly formed Scientific Advisory Board of the Resource Center for Minority Aging Research Coordinating Center (RCMAR).

• UTRGV First Year Writing Program recognized for excellence by top writing organization

    Tuesday, December 22, 2020 — UTRGV’s First Year Writing Program is one of four recipients of the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s 2020-2021 Writing Program Certificate of Excellence.

• More accolades for UTRGV professor of engineering and manufacturing

    Tuesday, December 22, 2020 — When not one, but two major organizations have recognized your achievements in the same year, your role as an expert in your field is cemented.

• UTRGV rehabilitation professor recognized as Emerging Scholar by higher education newsmagazine

    Monday, December 21, 2020 — Capping off 2020 with another merit, Dr. Eluterio Blanco Jr., clinical assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling, becomes one of just 15 Emerging Scholars named by the newsmagazine Diverse: Issues in Higher ...

• UTRGV wins Texas Social Media Award for its informative work during the pandemic

    Friday, December 18, 2020 — UTRGV recently won a Texas Social Media Award, highlighting its work on keeping the university community informed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• UTRGV design students take top honors at virtual Adobe Jam App competition

    Wednesday, December 09, 2020 — Three UTRGV design students within the College of Fine Arts School of Art took first and second places at the annual Adobe Jam Texas Design Competition, during a virtual event held mid-November.

• UTRGV rewards three creative digital entries in President’s Holiday Card Contest

    Friday, December 04, 2020 — ‘Tis the season for keeping traditions alive the best and safest way possible, so UTRGV will honor the artistic expressions of a unique holiday season by continuing the university’s annual President’s Holiday Card Contest.

• A Series of Windows

    Tuesday, December 01, 2020 — For Joann González, a 20-year-old UTRGV Theater and Film major, the COVID-19 pandemic affected her family in various ways – but one of the hardest was not being able to visit her grandfather.

• UTRGV one of 50 institutions to earn Google exploreCSR award

    Tuesday, November 24, 2020 — UTRGV is one of just 50 institutions from around the world to receive a 2020 Google exploreCSR grant, awarded to help grow interest in computing careers. Google awards funds to faculty to host workshops that encourage undergraduate students ...

• UTRGV’s Villagran named Boots to Business Instructor of the Year

    Friday, November 20, 2020 — Marcus Villagran recognizes the sheer determination in the veterans and active duty service members he helps every day as a UTRGV Economic Development Veterans Business Outreach Center specialist.

• UT Health RGV Clinical Lab receives Clinical and Translational Science grant for expanded COVID-19 testing in underserved South Texas communities

    Friday, October 30, 2020 — The UT Health RGV Clinical Lab has been awarded a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) partnership grant for expanded research in COVID-19 testing.

• UTRGV awarded grant to empower and support sexual assault survivors and victims

    Thursday, October 29, 2020 — UTRGV recently received a grant that will help support and empower sexual assault survivors and victims.

• Double stars: Villalobos receives second national award in 2020

    Saturday, October 24, 2020 — The accolades keep coming for one UTRGV professor. 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 ...

• UTRGV, TSC and STC partner to bridge students into biomedical research careers

    Friday, October 23, 2020 — UTRGV, South Texas College and Texas Southmost College have been awarded a more than $2 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a research training program in biomedical sciences.

• Saving the Soil: UTRGV awarded grant for regional cover crop research

    Tuesday, October 20, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded UTRGV a research grant to help determine how on-farm conservation can be applied to reduce impact on the environment and study the social and economic implications for area farmers.

• UTRGV computer science students attended largest conference for women in computing

    Tuesday, October 20, 2020 — A group of 16 UTRGV computer science students recently had an opportunity they never saw coming: They got scholarships to attend a prestigious gathering of women in computing.

• UTRGV receives $1.3 million commercialization grant from U.S. Department of Commerce

    Wednesday, October 14, 2020 — UTRGV’s Center for Innovation and Commercialization (CIC) has received a more than $1.3 million grant that will strengthen entrepreneurial services provided in the RGV community through collaboration.

• UTRGV mechanical engineering professor named ASME Fellow

    Wednesday, September 30, 2020 — Dr. Dumitru Caruntu has always been fascinated with engineering and mathematics.

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

    Monday, September 14, 2020 — Dr. Colin Charlton, UTRGV professor and chair of the Department of Writing & Language Studies, is one of four UT System faculty members inducted into The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers for 2020.

• Federal grant renews UTRGV’s TRiO Student Support Services program

    Friday, August 28, 2020 — The UTRGV Office of College Access and K-12 Partnerships has received a $348,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) at UTRGV for five additional years.

• Program tailors job pipeline for UTRGV ag science students and community partners

    Thursday, August 27, 2020 — More than $3 billion worth of produce was imported last year – at the Pharr International Bridge alone.

• UTRGV Disaster Studies Program coordinator receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award

    Friday, August 21, 2020 — In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country Burma, killing more than 100,000 people.

• UTRGV faculty honored with prestigious UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards

    Monday, August 17, 2020 — For their commitment to providing a quality and meaningful education to their students, two UTRGV faculty members have been honored with one of the highest and most prestigious awards in the nation that recognizes teaching excellence – the ...

• UTRGV’s Dr. Cristina Villalobos earns Presidential Award of Excellence

    Friday, August 07, 2020 — 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 receives federal grant to provide scholarships for students aspiring to become clinical laboratory scientists

    Monday, July 13, 2020 — UTRGV has been awarded a $1.15 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) to help provide scholarships to aspiring students from financially disadvantaged ...

• UTRGV UTeach adviser earns national award

    Wednesday, July 08, 2020 — Monica Yates, academic adviser for UTeach at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Staff Award by the UTeach STEM Educators Association (USEA.)

• UTRGV professor one of seven in nation named 2020 SME College of Fellows

    Wednesday, June 17, 2020 — SME, one of the nation's largest organizations for the manufacturing industry, recently named a UTRGV professor of manufacturing and industrial engineering as one of its 2020 College of Fellows.

• UTRGV’s commitment to helping pollinators renews Bee Campus USA designation

    Thursday, May 28, 2020 — UTRGV is making a big contribution to the Rio Grande Valley by targeting some of its smallest inhabitants.

• UTRGV linguists awarded federal grant to document the language of the RGV

    Thursday, May 21, 2020 — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded two UTRGV professors and their University of Arizona collaborator a grant for a project on bilingualism on the U.S. Mexico border.

• UTRGV physics undergrad takes Best Poster award at Women in Physics conference

    Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — UTRGV physics undergraduate student Brina Martinez took the “Best Poster” award at the 2020 regional Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP), hosted at Texas A&M University, College Station.

• UTRGV acquires special system for Quantum Computing Research

    Monday, February 24, 2020 — In a quiet, specially designed lab on UTRGV’s Brownsville Campus, researchers prepare for the arrival of Raith’s Pioneer-2.

• UTRGV professor earns medal for scientific work, support for Latin American researchers

    Thursday, February 20, 2020 — As part of the team that made possibly the most important astronomical discovery of the 21st century, Dr. Mario Diaz encouraged other Latin Americans to participate in the research.

• UTRGV’s Seligman elected president of national psychology organization

    Friday, February 07, 2020 — Dr. Laura Seligman, a professor in the UTRGV Department of Psychological Science, has been elected president of the national Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) for 2020-2021.

• UTRGV School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling awarded grant for student education

    Friday, January 24, 2020 — Dr. Elizabeth Palacios, UTRGV clinical professor in the School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling, is heading an initiative to boost the number of master’s-level students who can get training in vocational rehabilitation (VR) at the ...

• Lozano earns distinguished National Academy of Inventors Fellow status

    Tuesday, January 14, 2020 — The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) honored UTRGV Professor Karen Lozano as one of 168 prolific academic innovators from across the world with the esteemed distinction of NAI Fellow status.

• UTRGV professors receive grant to enhance agriculture

    Friday, January 03, 2020 — Research by two UTRGV professors is monitoring the critical honeybee population in South Texas via tiny cameras placed on their hives.

• UTRGV Learning Center places in national Innovation in Technology contest

    Friday, December 20, 2019 — The UTRGV Learning Center received second place at the 2019 National College Learning Center Association’s Innovative Use of Technology Award competition.

• UTRGV School of Medicine’s Professor Krouse conferred as fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

    Monday, December 16, 2019 — Dr. Helene Krouse, professor and associate dean for Interprofessional Education at the UTRGV School of Medicine, was conferred as a Fellow Ad Eundem in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Dec. 9, 2019 in ...

• UTRGV senior one of 15 students in the country to attend national Bunche political science program

    Friday, December 06, 2019 — UTRGV senior and political science major Erika Gonzalez spent part of her summer far from home. She wasn’t on vacation, though.

• UTRGV computer science major creates winning 2019 President’s Holiday Card

    Tuesday, December 03, 2019 — Lidia Franzelly Garcia said the holidays are usually a time for her to reflect and create goals for the next year.

• UTRGV MBA students place first nationally at Hotel ROI’s university competition

    Monday, November 25, 2019 — Imagine camping under the stars – but in a glamorous way. Roughing it, but in comfort. It’s called “glamping,” and it proved to be a winning hotel concept for the UTRGV MBA student team representing UTRGV Hospitality and ...

• UTRGV student veteran receives Help A Hero scholarship

    Friday, November 08, 2019 — As Veteran’s Day approaches, one UTRGV student can celebrate being the recipient of the Veteran of Foreign Wars’ Sports Clips Help A Hero scholarship.

• UTRGV’s Mercado named Psychologist of the Year by the Texas Psychological Association

    Friday, November 01, 2019 — Dr. Alfonso Mercado, UTRGV associate professor of clinical psychology, has been named Psychologist of the Year by the Texas Psychological Association. He also has been elected TPA president beginning Jan. 1, 2020.

• UTRGV’s Sigma Delta Pi chapter honored for outstanding activities in Spanish-language studies

    Tuesday, October 22, 2019 — The National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society has named UTRGV’s Alpha Alpha Iota Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi an “Honor Chapter” for its activities during the 2018-19 academic year.

• EPA awards grant to student water filtration project

    Tuesday, October 22, 2019 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded funding to UTRGV for its Biochar-Geomedia Water Filter project, which will create a low-cost prototype filter to clear out lead and other harmful chemicals in drinking water.