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UTRGV awarded $5M grant to help revolutionize defense manufacturing
Friday, November 03, 2023 UTRGV hosted the inaugural meeting of its America's Additive Foundry (AAF) Consortium, an initiative funded by a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) program.
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UTRGV receives $1.2M NASA award to boost STEM education and research
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 UTRGV has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant from NASA's Office of STEM Engagement, to enhance focus on earth and planetary sciences. Funded by the Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), the initiative aims ...
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Gov. Abbott’s office gives UTRGV the Lex Frieden Employment Award
Thursday, October 26, 2023 The Office of the Texas Governor has awarded UTRGV the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities’ annual Lex Frieden Employment Award, for work performed within the UTRGV Office of Human Resources, the UTRGV Enactus Group ...
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UTRGV CMAS awarded grant for museum internships, fellowships
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 UTRGV’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) and the B3 Institute recently received a $741,469 grant for the UTRGV CMAS Latinx Museum Internship and Fellowship Program.
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UTRGV hometowns – Edinburg and Brownsville – make Top 10 list of most wallet-friendly college towns in the U.S.
Monday, October 23, 2023 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in not one, but two of the most wallet-friendly college towns in the country according to WalletHub’s “Best College Towns & Cities in America.”
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UTRGV’s Yznaga honored with prestigious Young Center award for her work with immigrant children’s rights
Friday, October 20, 2023 Dr. Selma Yznaga, a UTRGV professor in the Department of Counseling, is the 2023 recipient of the esteemed Maria Woltjen Waymaker Award from the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.
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UTRGV named inaugural ‘Academic Institution of the Year’ by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Friday, September 15, 2023 The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), has named UTRGV its inaugural Academic Institution of the Year for 2023.
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UTRGV receives NSF grant for state-of-the-art electron microscope
Thursday, September 14, 2023 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UTRGV a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award to acquire a special, cutting-edge microscope that will expand the possibilities for interdisciplinary molecular research at UTRGV and increase ...
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NSF funds UTRGV - TSC partnership in multi-messenger astronomy
Thursday, September 14, 2023 A new research and education partnership in astronomy, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has developed between UTRGV and Texas Southmost College (TSC) to conduct research in multi-messenger and time domain astronomy.
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‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ lists UTRGV as third-fastest growing public doctoral institution
Thursday, August 24, 2023 The Chronicle of Higher Education recently released the Fall 2023 issue of the Almanac of Higher Education 2023, where for the sixth year in a row, UTRGV is ranked as one of the top 10 fastest-growing public doctoral institutions in the United ...
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UTRGV’s Dr. Leticia Villarreal Sosa receives 2023 Gary Lee Shaffer Award
Wednesday, July 05, 2023 Dr. Leticia Villarreal Sosa, LCSW, UTRGV associate dean of Research and Faculty Development and professor in the School of Social Work, recently was honored with the 2023 Gary Lee Shaffer Award presented by the School Social Work Association of ...
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Vackars gift $1 million to the UTRGV Department of Communication
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Robert C. and Janet Vackar have gifted $1 million to the UTRGV College of Liberal Arts to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in mass communication.
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UTRGV earns second gold rating for campus sustainability practices
Friday, June 23, 2023 UTRGV has received another distinction for collegiate sustainability, this time with a gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainable Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (AASHE ...
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UTRGV Center for Teaching Excellence awarded NSF grant for SaLT program
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 The National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) has awarded a $199,838 grant to the UTRGV Center for Teaching Excellence’s Students as Learners and Teachers program ...
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UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration awarded $1M grant to develop teacher residency program
Thursday, June 08, 2023 Dr. Alma Rodriguez, dean of the UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration (CEP) and Dr. Zulmaris Diaz, professor and director of Field Experiences in the CEP, recently were awarded a $1million grant to launch a sustainable, affordable ...
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UTRGV awarded two USDA grants to advance local ag production
Wednesday, June 07, 2023 Before collaborating with UTRGV’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement (SARA), Jose Aguirre’s specialty mushroom production was the definition of small-scale. He and his two partners hand-created small batches of ...
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Sylvia Robles receives VentureWell’s 2023 Sustainable Practice Impact award
Wednesday, June 07, 2023 Dr. Sylvia Robles, assistant professor of practice in UTRGV’s Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship (RCVCOBE), was recognized by VentureWell. She received its 2023 Sustainable Practice Impact Award.
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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RCVCoBE’s Maria Leonard named Woman of Distinction by RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Maria Leonard, an assistant professor of practice of Management with the UTRGV Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has been selected by the Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for its annual Women of Distinction ...
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UTRGV celebrates International Women’s Day by #EmbracingEquity
Friday, March 10, 2023 Positive, impactful messages of equity uplifted women and supporters on International Women’s Day, during an event March 8 at the UTRGV Ballroom in Edinburg.
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UTRGV piano student named winning soloist for New York Golden Classical Music Awards
Thursday, February 23, 2023 This summer, Jingyue Ren, a grad student at UTRGV, will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as one of the winners of the New York Golden Classical Music Awards.
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UTRGV Honors College part of consortium developing FANH innovation
Thursday, February 16, 2023 The UTRGV Honors College is part of a multi-institution consortium, called the Grand Challenge Scholars Institute, tasked with developing the future workforce in the fields of food, agriculture, and natural and human sciences (FANH) by leveraging ...
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UTRGV’s Alvarez granted NEH Faculty Awards Fellowship for research on Chicana feminism
Wednesday, February 01, 2023 Dr. Stephanie Alvarez, UTRGV associate professor of Mexican American Studies and director of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS), has been awarded a research fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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UTRGV’s Karen Lozano and team bring home Lone Star Emmy for ‘Energía Y TÚ’
Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Dr. Karen Lozano, UTRGV professor of Mechanical Engineering and a Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor, and her team brought home a Lone Star Emmy for the Spanish adaption of “Energy & U,”
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UTRGV’s Yoo recognized with AmeriCorps national service award
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 When Dr. Soojin Yoo first started volunteering, she didn’t do it for the recognition. The activity simply spoke to her, both professionally and on a human level.
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UTRGV AmeriCorps gets additional funding to continue college readiness services to area high school students
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 The OneStar Foundation, the Texas-based non-profit that administers AmeriCorps funding in the state and advances national services to combat social challenges, has allocated more than $900,000 for the 2022-2023 academic year of AmeriCorps ...
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Dr. Cristina Villalobos becomes UTRGV’S first AMS Fellow
Monday, December 26, 2022 Dr. Cristina Villalobos, Myles and Sylvia Aaronson endowed professor in the UTRGV School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and associate dean for the College of Sciences, has been elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.”
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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.
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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, ...
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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).
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...