• 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).

• 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,”

• 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.

• 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 ...

• 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) ...

• 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 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.

• 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, 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’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 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 ...

• 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.

• 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 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.”

• 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 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).

• 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 ...

• 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 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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 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 ...

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• Two UTRGV freshmen take top spots at Mariachi Vargas competition

    Tuesday, December 21, 2021 — Just like an arpeggio, two UTRGV freshman singers scored the top two highest spots at the 27th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza.

• UT System names UTRGV math professor ROTA 2021 winner

    Thursday, November 18, 2021 — Math can be fun. Those two concepts – math, and fun – might seem like a dichotomy. But one professor at UTRGV has found their harmony, even during a pandemic and the teaching challenges it presented.

• UTRGV biology assistant professor receives Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation 2021 Field Biology Award

    Friday, October 08, 2021 — Dr. Karl Berg, assistant professor of biology in the UTRGV College of Sciences, has been awarded international recognition for his innovative parrot vocalization research.

• UTRGV SOM awarded federal grant to train behavioral health consultants

    Friday, September 24, 2021 — Dr. John Ronnau, PhD, senior associate dean for Community Health Partnerships with the UTRGV School of Medicine, has been awarded a grant for an education and training program focused on increasing the number of behavioral health professionals in ...

• Dahlia Guerra honored with Ohtli Award by Mexican Consulate of McAllen

    Wednesday, September 22, 2021 — Dr. Dahlia Guerra, UTRGV assistant vice president for Public Art and Special Projects, has been honored with the Ohtli Award, one of the highest honors given to citizens living outside of Mexico.

• UT System Police selects UTRGV’s Sgt. Lopez as Officer of the Month

    Friday, September 17, 2021 — UTRGV Police Sgt. Francisco Lopez admits he’s a man of few words. One favorite motto – “Work hard in silence, let success make the noise” – pretty much sums things up for him.

• UTRGV researchers awarded NSF grant to enhance undergraduate STEM education

    Monday, September 13, 2021 — UTRGV has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant for research focused on enhancing the success of undergraduate Hispanic students in STEM disciplines.

• UTRGV Patron of the Arts brings fine arts at the click of a button

    Tuesday, September 07, 2021 — Last year, the UTRGV School of Music’s hefty schedule of live events on the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses came to an abrupt halt, silenced by the pandemic and the need for safety.

• Professor and doctoral student honored with national awards by NCRE

    Tuesday, August 31, 2021 — Nancy Riddick met UTRGV’s Dr. Bruce J. Reed in 2017, where they were both attending the National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) conference in California.

• CPRIT awards $2.5 million to UTRGV to help support cancer research

    Friday, August 27, 2021 — UTRGV has received its first CPRIT grant – $2.5 million in funding for an Integrated Cancer Research Core facility that will serve as a foundation for building the Rio Grande Valley’s growing cancer research network.

• UTRGV’S Talent Search Program grant proposals awarded $5.7M from U.S. Department of Education

    Thursday, August 26, 2021 — More than 2,000 Rio Grande Valley students from disadvantaged backgrounds will have a better chance to go on to college with assistance from UTRGV’S Talent Search Program.