• UTRGV signs MOU with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to foster STEM education and research opportunities

    Friday, October 06, 2023 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Oct. 5 with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to establish a collaborative agreement aimed at enhancing undergraduate ...

• UTRGV CA2REERs Consortium helps prepare engineers for success

    Friday, September 29, 2023 — The second annual meeting of the UTRGV Consortium of Advanced Additive Manufacturing Research and Education for Energy Related Systems – known as the CA2REERs Consortium – was held Sept. 22 on the Edinburg Campus.

• UTRGV students study ag in Arkansas through USDA-funded collaboration

    Friday, September 15, 2023 — Six UTRGV agriculture and environmental studies students spent 10 weeks doing an agricultural research externship at the University of Arkansas.

• UTRGV med student conducting urological research aimed at helping underrepresented community

    Friday, September 08, 2023 — A fourth-year medical student at the UTRGV School of Medicine is conducting urological research that may translate to better understanding and treatment for an underrepresented community. Simita Gaglani has always known her career path was in ...

• UTRGV School of Medicine awarded $200,000 for pancreatic cancer research

    Friday, August 25, 2023 — The funding will help advance pancreatic cancer-related research and studies in South Texas. This recent CPRIT award – the "Role of transcription factor UBTF in pancreatic cancer" – to the university’s cancer research ...

• Nature Geoscience journal publishes article on river behavior by UTRGV SEEMS Professor Tian Dong

    Thursday, August 03, 2023 — Dr. Tian Y. Dong, assistant professor of Ocean, Coastal, and Earth Sciences at the UTRGV School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences (SEEMS), has been published as co-author of a research paper accepted for publication in the prestigious ...

• Los Alamos National Lab reps visit UTRGV to help build opportunities for students

    Friday, July 21, 2023 — A team of representatives from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) visited UTRGV July 13 in a goodwill mission designed to open up opportunities for students.

• UTRGV appoints new AVP for Research Enhancement

    Thursday, June 29, 2023 — The UTRGV Division of Research has announced the appointment of Abby Guillory as the new assistant vice president for Research Enhancement. The overarching goal for this new position is to expand, enhance and sustain research and scholarly ...

• DHS Science and Technology officials visit UTRGV to discuss student opportunities

    Thursday, June 01, 2023 — Funding opportunities, paid internships, and UTRGV-led project updates were among the topics of discussion during a recent university visit with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology officials.

• UTRGV Sustainability Fellows recognized for research efforts

    Thursday, May 25, 2023 — The UTRGV Office for Sustainability (OFS) held a reception May 4 to recognize students from its Graduate Sustainability Fellowship program, which engages students in research for sustainable development.

• 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 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 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) ...

• Research duo bringing breakthrough vector-borne disease research to UTRGV

    Monday, April 24, 2023 — A research project led by two UTRGV professors will develop coastal flood models that map how climate-related events increasingly affect the spread and emergence of infectious diseases. Dr. Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, a UTRGV professor of ...

• UTRGV’s Hay highlights woman-led activism against Agent Orange chemical

    Wednesday, March 22, 2023 — Environmental historian Dr. Amy Hay draws hope for the future from this country’s troubled past.

• UTRGV UTCRS awarded grant to promote railway transportation safety

    Thursday, March 09, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded UTRGV’s University Transportation Center for Railway Safety (UTCRS) a $10 million grant to focus on promoting safety in railway transportation systems.

• UTRGV research efforts and accolades continue to grow, break internal records

    Wednesday, March 01, 2023 — When UTRGV started in 2015, one of its founding priorities was to conduct research that would have an impact on the Rio Grande Valley, the state of Texas and beyond.

• UTRGV faculty receives Carnegie African Diaspora fellowship

    Tuesday, February 28, 2023 — Dr. Aje-Ori Agbese, an associate professor at UTRGV, has been awarded a fellowship under the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to Nigeria this summer, to work on a film project with Pan Atlantic University’s Nollywood ...

• UTRGV School of Medicine announces $6 million CPRIT award to expand cancer research

    Friday, February 24, 2023 — UTRGV and the prestigious Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) gathered in McAllen on Friday with community leaders and key legislators to celebrate a five-year, $6 million award from CPRIT to the university’s South ...

• CPRIT awards UTRGV School of Medicine $6 million to advance cancer research

    Tuesday, February 21, 2023 — The UTRGV School of Medicine's South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research (ST-CECR) has been awarded $6 million by the prestigious Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), funding that will help accelerate the ...

• UTRGV names assistant VP for research analytics

    Monday, November 14, 2022 — Arya Singh, UTRGV’s new assistant vice president for research analytics, marks his first day today at the university.

• UTRGV signs agreement with U.S. Army Research Lab

    Thursday, November 03, 2022 — UTRGV has a new partnership with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to share research resources to benefit both groups.

• UTRGV researcher seeking participants for Alzheimer’s study

    Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — A UTRGV researcher is seeking participants for a research study about a family situation common in the Rio Grande Valley: caring for an elder with Alzheimer’s Disease.

• UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine to open Regenerative Medicine research lab

    Thursday, September 22, 2022 — UTRGV researcher Dr. Claudia Biguetti, an assistant professor of medicine at the university, is establishing a new research lab in the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine focused on improving bone healing and regeneration.

• UTRGV Lecturer awarded NIH grant

    Thursday, July 28, 2022 — Jia researching interaction between animal toxins and human nervous system cell receptors

• UTRGV researcher developing AI to identify brain tumors

    Tuesday, July 26, 2022 — The likelihood of developing a cancerous brain tumor in your lifetime is less than one percent, but if you did, you would rely heavily on your doctor’s ability to identify the mass from MRI scans.

• USDA selects UTRGV’s Pereira as 2022 E. Kika De La Garza Science Fellow

    Monday, July 18, 2022 — Dr. Engil Isadora Pereira, assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, has been selected to participate in the 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship program.

• UTRGV names senior vice president for Research and dean of the Graduate College

    Wednesday, June 29, 2022 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced today the appointment of Dr. Can (pronounced John) Saygin as the new senior vice president for Research and dean of the Graduate College, effective Aug. 1, 2022.

• UTRGV researchers awarded grant to study motor recovery in stroke survivors

    Thursday, June 02, 2022 — Dr. Michael R. Dobbs, professor and chair of the Department of Neurology in the UTRGV School of Medicine, has been awarded a $443,963 grant to research the motor recovery, along with the brain and spine degeneration, of 30 stroke survivors over ...

• UTRGV and STC gain new grant to enhance visibility of agriculture careers

    Tuesday, May 17, 2022 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, in partnership with South Texas College, has received a $750,000 grant to train students in agriculture careers and to create a pathway between the two institutions.

• On the Right Track: UTRGV professor, students, license patent for innovative railcar inventions

    Thursday, May 12, 2022 — UTRGV professor Dr. Constantine M. Tarawneh and several generations of student collaborators have invented and licensed the patent for a railroad industry improvement with the potential to become the global safety standard.

• UTRGV I-DREAM4D to host National Manufacturing Exhibition

    Monday, March 28, 2022 — UTRGV I-DREAM4D Consortium is hosting its first National Manufacturing Exhibition in Edinburg on April 7 and 8.

• UTRGV researcher investigating Alzheimer’s in Valley’s elders

    Friday, March 11, 2022 — In deep South Texas, where two counties have the highest rate of Alzheimer’s Disease in the country, Dr. Gladys Maestre’s research on the brain is motivated by the Hispanic population’s focus on its elders – and their ...

• Researcher at UTRGV investigating connection between diabetes, COVID-19 and tuberculosis

    Wednesday, January 19, 2022 — At UTRGV, Dr. Blanca I. Restrepo, Ph.D., is researching how tuberculosis in South Texas and adjacent border communities – where the disease itself and underlying conditions like diabetes are endemic – are complicated by COVID-19.

• UTRGV researcher investigating how pandemics spread

    Thursday, January 13, 2022 — What can an intestinal tissue sample of a Philadelphia sailor who died of cholera in 1848 teach us about the current COVID-19 pandemic?

• UTRGV awarded collaborative federal grant for undergrad STEM education research

    Thursday, December 23, 2021 — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UTRGV $619,660 for collaborative research on inclusive instructional strategies designed to increase student success in undergraduate STEM programs.

• UTRGV part of historic educational partnership, Center for Urban Ecology

    Tuesday, December 21, 2021 — In a climate where sustainability practices and agricultural research are increasingly crucial, one of the best ways to teach younger generations about important ecological elements is by encouraging them to get their hands dirty.

• Two UTRGV psychology faculty acquire NIH grants to advance their research

    Wednesday, November 24, 2021 — Two UTRGV professors in the Department of Psychological Studies have attained new grants from the National Institutes of Health.

• UTRGV faculty studying role of pharmacists in opioid treatment

    Friday, November 19, 2021 — Two UTRGV faculty are researching why pharmacists haven’t played a much bigger role in federal efforts to combat nationwide misuse of opioids.

• UTRGV awarded $2.8 million grant to study obesity-reducing curriculum in elementary schools

    Monday, November 08, 2021 — UTRGV researchers have been awarded $2.8 million over four years by the Texas Department of Health and Human Services, for a study aimed at reducing childhood obesity in preschool children.

• Math lovers invited to talks at SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section meeting at SPI

    Thursday, November 04, 2021 — If you love math and want to take that knowledge to the next level, make some time to attend the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Texas-Louisiana Section, hosted by The University of Texas Rio Grande ...

• Lonestar6 Supercomputer expands Texas leadership in critical technology

    Monday, November 01, 2021 — A new supercomputer for Texas researchers will allow scholars across the state to compute, and compete, at the cutting edge of science and engineering.

• UTRGV and UT Health Science Center San Antonio selected as NIA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

    Thursday, September 09, 2021 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working in close collaboration, were announced today as a new National Institute on Aging (NIA)-designated Alzheimer’s Disease ...

• 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 TOROS Telescope makes ‘First Light’

    Thursday, August 26, 2021 — To the untrained eye, a glittering orange firework from space may not have much significance. But for astronomers, the image can provide significant information in the understanding of the cosmos.

• UTRGV awarded national PREM grant to broaden cutting-edge materials research

    Wednesday, August 25, 2021 — UTRGV engineering students and faculty will be one of eight collaborative research teams around the United States dedicated to developing cutting-edge nanomaterials – materials manufactured and used on a very small scale and developed to ...