• Dr. Liliana Rivera Sandoval makes history as UTRGV’s first Cottrell Scholar

    Wednesday, March 12, 2025 — Dr. Liliana Rivera Sandoval, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, has made history as the first faculty member from UTRGV to be named a Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science ...

• UTRGV researchers turn aloe vera waste into natural insecticide

    Monday, February 24, 2025 — Researchers at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley have discovered a groundbreaking use for aloe vera peels, transforming this discarded agricultural waste into a natural insecticide that could benefit farmers worldwide.

• Chronicles of a Broken Heart: How the heart-brain connections impact health and well-being

    Friday, February 14, 2025 — Dr. Mario Gil, an associate professor of Neurosciences and Psychology at the UTRGV Department of Psychological Science and School of Medicine Institute of Neuroscience, and his team have identified a region in the midbrain called the Ventral ...

• UTRGV professor appointed to board of NASA’s Texas Space Grant Consortium

    Friday, February 14, 2025 — Dr. Eloi Camprubi, assistant professor of Astrobiology at UTRGV’s School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for NASA’s Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC). His two-year term ...

• ‘There’s so much more to discover’

    Wednesday, February 12, 2025 — When Dr. Erin Easton, an assistant professor with the UTRGV School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, first opened the email congratulating her on winning The Explorers Club Citation of Merit, she was aboard a Schmidt Ocean Institute ...

• The Language of Parrots: Professor Karl Berg’s groundbreaking research on vocal learning

    Monday, February 03, 2025 — Led by Dr. Karl Berg, associate professor in the UTRGV School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences, this research not only illuminates the complex vocal abilities of these parrots but also draws intriguing parallels to human language ...

• UTRGV and Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen forge $9.7 million partnership to transform rail safety and workforce development

    Friday, January 17, 2025 — Students at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will significantly impact the rail industry and help reduce train derailments, thanks to a groundbreaking $9.7 million research partnership with the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), ...

• 10 years of counting campus trees – and growing

    Friday, December 06, 2024 — Every five years, UTRGV students in hard hats and neon yellow vests hug trees for the sake of science. As they wrap their arms and measuring tapes around the trunks, they transform the campus grounds into their classroom and lab.

• FIESTA Symposium 2024 brings families, culture and science together at UTRGV

    Wednesday, November 27, 2024 — More than 800 attendees gathered at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for the Family Integrated Education: Serving & Transforming Academia (FIESTA) Symposium.

• UTRGV joins $9.7 million Rail Safety Research Initiative led by Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen

    Monday, November 04, 2024 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, through its University Transportation Center for Railway Safety (UTCRS), has joined a $9.7 million partnership led by the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS). This initiative, funded by the ...

• UTRGV marks record-breaking $86.9M for FY24 total research expenditures

    Monday, October 14, 2024 — – UTRGV is reporting a record-breaking $86.9 million in total research expenditures for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), a steady and significant increase from $28.68 million in FY2016 (UTRGV's first year). The amount nearly triples the ...

• UTRGV awarded $18.4M NIH grant to establish cancer research center

    Thursday, October 03, 2024 — UTRGV has received an $18.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rio Grande Valley Cancer Health Disparity Research Center (RGV-CHDRC).

• Invited to the FIESTA: The Family Centered Innovations collaboration between UTRGV and STC integrates families into STEM studies

    Tuesday, October 01, 2024 — The Family Centered Innovations announced collaboration between UTRGV and STC.

• UTRGV’s Nirakar Sahoo receives NSF CAREER Award

    Thursday, September 26, 2024 — Dr. Nirakar Sahoo, associate professor, recently tenured, in the UTRGV School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences (SIBCS), has received an Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation ...

• UTRGV researchers developing drugs to fight pancreatic and prostate cancer

    Wednesday, September 25, 2024 — Researchers at the UTRGV School of Medicine are at the forefront of developing novel drug therapies for two of the deadliest forms of cancer: pancreatic and prostate.

• Classroom in a Castle

    Tuesday, September 10, 2024 — For groups of about 20 UTRGV students, however, this idyllic Italian countryside setting is actually the classroom for an immersive art restoration curriculum lasting six to 13 weeks each semester. UTRGV and the Municipality of Monte Santa ...

• UTRGV, Los Alamos National Lab establish partnership for national security, workforce development

    Tuesday, September 03, 2024 — UTRGV recently hosted representatives from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), to announce a research collaboration focused on national security missions and workforce development.

• From Bottle to Beach: How Your Last Glass Drink Could Be Saving Coastlines

    Wednesday, August 21, 2024 — At The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, researchers are turning everyday glass waste into a possible innovative solution for coastal erosion and to be used in sustainable agriculture. The projects will not only transform recycled glass into ...

• UTRGV researchers investigating connection between cancer treatment and heart failure

    Wednesday, August 14, 2024 — Dr. Genaro Ramirez Correa, assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Department of Primary and Community Care (PCC-ISU), Division of Human Genetics, says existing cancer treatments can be a “double-edged sword.” ...

• UTRGV doctoral student named UT System’s Jess Hay Chancellor Fellow

    Friday, July 05, 2024 — Edinburg native Ashley Leal is the first UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration (CEP) student to receive the prestigious Jess Hay Endowment for the Chancellor’s Graduate Student Research Fellowship, awarded by The University of ...

• UTRGV joins IRIS consortium to highlight research in higher ed

    Thursday, June 27, 2024 — UTRGV has joined the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS), a national consortium of leading higher educational institutions committed to demonstrating the public value of sponsored scientific research. Membership in IRIS will ...

• UTRGV honors 22 doctoral candidates at hooding ceremony

    Thursday, May 09, 2024 — The UTRGV Graduate College recognized 22 doctoral candidates representing four academic colleges – the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship, College of Education and P-16 Integration, College of Health Professions, and ...

• UTRGV Graduate College doctoral hooding ceremony set for May 8

    Friday, May 03, 2024 — The ceremony recognizes the accomplishments of doctoral graduates. It will include the individual announcement of each candidate, display of their dissertation title, and a ceremonial hooding by their dissertation chair, co-chair, or a committee ...

• Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience

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

• 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 ...

• 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 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 ...

• NSF's Moore visits UTRGV, champions STEM progress

    Wednesday, March 06, 2024 — UTRGV recently welcomed Dr. James L. Moore III, assistant director of the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), for a landmark visit to the Rio Grande Valley. The visit underscored NSF's commitment to ...

• UTRGV awarded $5M for ‘Target Carnegie R1’ research destination

    Friday, March 01, 2024 — UTRGV has been awarded $5 million to develop and implement strategies that will help the university reach Carnegie “Very High Research Activity” status, also known as R1. UTRGV is one of only two Texas institutions to receive the ...

• Revolutionizing forensic science: UTRGV leads the way with AI-enhanced age estimation

    Friday, February 16, 2024 — UTRGV has been awarded a $467,325 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) for a forensic research project aimed at transforming age-at-death estimation in forensic science. This is the first prime NIJ ...

• UTRGV SOPM student’s research explores potential impact of AI on underserved communities

    Thursday, February 15, 2024 — Olivia Mackey, a UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine, student dives into researching the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.

• UTRGV’s Chakrabarti receives NSF grant to enhance climate-resilient crops

    Tuesday, February 06, 2024 — The funding will support his research in genetic and molecular mechanisms in plants to develop climate-smart crops that are resilient to abiotic stresses caused by extreme weather events such as droughts and heatwaves. The goal of his research, ...

• UTRGV School of Medicine granted multiple NIH awards for research

    Wednesday, January 31, 2024 — The UTRGV School of Medicine has received five awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research on various neurobiological studies, including chronic pain, neurodegenerative diseases, HIV and Alzheimer’s disease.

• UTRGV researcher warns against excessive smartphone use

    Wednesday, December 06, 2023 — Smartphones have evolved into all-in-one devices, replacing calendars, navigation systems, music players and entertainment consoles.

• NIH extends grant to UTRGV School of Medicine to continue diabetes study

    Monday, December 04, 2023 — The UTRGV School of Medicine received a supplemental grant from the prestigious National Institutes of Health to continue research investigations on diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

• UTRGV STDOI investigators receive $10M grant to establish an NIH Diversity Center for Genome Research

    Wednesday, November 29, 2023 — UTRGV recently was awarded $10.6M by the National Institutes of Health to support genetic research on depression and liver disease among Hispanics ¬– a majority demographic in the Rio Grande Valley with high rates of both disorders.

• UTRGV SOPM hosts inaugural Research Day

    Tuesday, November 14, 2023 — One year since its founding, the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine’s research arm is fully operational, and second-year students already are working on new avenues for treatment and prevention under the guidance of their university ...

• 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 ...

• UTRGV’s Spencer selected as NASA Solar System Ambassador

    Friday, October 27, 2023 — Dr. Thomas B. Spencer, UTRGV associate vice president for Research Operations, has been selected as a NASA Solar System Ambassador.

• UTRGV’s Rivera presents at Library of Congress Symposium, sheds light on Mexican American writer

    Wednesday, October 18, 2023 — Dr. Noreen Rivera, associate professor in the UTRGV Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies, was invited to present her work in Washington, D.C. at a Library of Congress Symposium titled "Rewriting America: Reconsidering the Federal ...

• 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 ...