• A little bird told me…

    Thursday, February 13, 2020 — The Twitterverse works in mysterious ways. In 2011, millions of new Twitter accounts were made. One of those was @Archaeo_Guy. Another was @Archaeo_Girl.

• UTRGV announces $38 million gift from Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation

    Tuesday, February 11, 2020 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) on Tuesday announced a $38 million gift from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation (VBLF), the largest single donation in the history of higher education in South Texas.

• UTRGV multidisciplinary collaboration hopes to help patients during post-op

    Tuesday, February 04, 2020 — UTRGV graduate student Ruben Garcia is focused on learning about the medical and business fields for a project. But he isn't earning a graduate degree in medicine or business; he’s a student in the UTRGV College of Engineering and ...

• 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 Department of Human Genetics part of international collaboration on genetics during organ development

    Thursday, December 26, 2019 — Dr. John VandeBerg, a professor of Human Genetics at UTRGV, is part of an international research collaboration that has produced the first detailed roadmap of how our DNA sends its information to the embryo’s cells to control the ...

• UTRGV professor highlights release of new book on the Amistad with scholarly week in Sierra Leone

    Wednesday, December 11, 2019 — Dr. Matthew Christensen, a professor of English in UTRGV’s Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies, spent the final week of November in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he delivered the keynote address at Amistad Week.

• City of McAllen presents $1M to help support UTRGV School of Medicine’s cancer immunology program

    Friday, November 15, 2019 — The City of McAllen continued its support of The UTRGV School of Medicine with the presentation of a check for $1 million, 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the UTRGV Biomedical Research Building, 5300 N. L Street at the corner of Jackson and Dove in ...

• UTRGV breaks ground on Institute for Neuroscience in Harlingen

    Wednesday, November 06, 2019 — UTRGV President Guy Bailey and Dr. John Krouse, executive vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine, on Nov. 6 led a groundbreaking ceremony for the new UTRGV Institute for Neuroscience, a $30 million, world-class ...

• Nature, the Original Haunted House

    Wednesday, October 30, 2019 — Looking for a good scare this Halloween?

• Destination Ecuador: UTRGV anthropology duo lead field school

    Friday, September 27, 2019 — Two UTRGV anthropology professors led a field school in South America this summer in a program that mentors students from around the world who are interested in practical field training and research in archaeology.

• NSF funds UTRGV professor’s TOROS telescope project to track cosmic gravitational wave events

    Thursday, August 08, 2019 — The National Science Foundation has awarded UTRGV’s Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (CGWA) $516,000 for the second phase of construction of a telescope dedicated to research on gravitational waves.

• UTRGV creates Agroecology Professional Development Institute

    Thursday, July 18, 2019 — Science teachers from 15 school districts in the Rio Grande Valley will head back to their classrooms this fall with new curriculum, courtesy of the UTRGV Agroecology Professional Development Institute.

• In UTRGV’s Kariyat Lab, catching bugs catches students’ interest

    Friday, June 28, 2019 — A bug-loving faculty member at UTRGV is sending his students out with nets.

• FAST FORWARD

    Thursday, April 18, 2019 — As the climate warms, the amount of rainfall likely will change. Although we have a good idea of how rainfall will change along the Gulf Coast, the models for South Texas are less clear. Who can say if there will be fewer or more intense storms? ...

• UTRGV receives grant for soil science initiatives

    Tuesday, April 02, 2019 — Dr. Engil Pereira, assistant professor of soil ecology in the UTRGV School of Earth, Environment, and Marine Sciences (SEEMS), has been awarded a grant to help students gain soil science research training and promote networking opportunities.

• Presidential Graduate Research Assistantship Program hosts reception for awardees

    Friday, March 15, 2019 — The UTRGV Graduate College hosted its first Presidential Graduate Research Assistantship (PGRA) reception March 7 in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg Campus, to honor recipients and their mentors and give participants updates on the program.

• STEM-Community Engagement grant takes shape at UTRGV

    Tuesday, March 05, 2019 — Congressional representatives and community leaders from ARISE and LUPE joined UTRGV faculty and students March 1, to kick off a $1.48M faculty-community partnership grant.

• UTRGV Strategic Initiatives Symposium highlights university achievements, successes

    Thursday, February 14, 2019 — From presentations on research involving sea turtle tumors, to transcending language boundaries, UTRGV Transforming Our World Strategic Initiatives Symposiums on both campuses showcased 10 projects spanning several disciplines of study.

• UTRGV project commits to helping Valley elementary school teachers expand on local history

    Monday, February 11, 2019 — Two University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professors have received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a project focused on how to implement Rio Grande Valley history into elementary classrooms.

• UTRGV researcher makes bold fruit selections for wine

    Thursday, January 24, 2019 — In a small winery near Raymondville, bottles without formal labels line the wall. The tops are marked simply, with numbers written on red, green and yellow stickers.

• UTRGV School of Medicine professor researching new treatment for endometriosis

    Wednesday, January 23, 2019 — A drug previously deemed clinically useless might have promise repurposed as a treatment for endometriosis, according to research being done at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine.

• UTRGV biomedical student conducting diabetes-related research recognized at conference

    Wednesday, November 14, 2018 — A University of Texas Rio Grande Valley biomedical sciences student’s diabetes-related research was recognized at the first Capital of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference held at UT Austin this month.

• Healthy eating at the forefront of UTRGV Community Garden Day

    Friday, October 12, 2018 — Trowels in hand, students and staff from organizations and departments across the UTRGV Edinburg Campus planted seeds for a raised garden bed on Community Garden Day in late September at the UTRGV Garden & Greenhouse.

• UTRGV School of Medicine Research Symposium addresses disparities in healthcare

    Thursday, October 04, 2018 — From advances in studying determinants of health, to public health initiatives to combat obesity and patient case studies, researchers from across the country and world gathered recently at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of ...

• NSF awards UTRGV College of Sciences grant for STEM-HSI project

    Wednesday, September 12, 2018 — UTRGV’S College of Sciences was recently awarded a grant for its project, “Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM Through Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Community Engagement,” from the National Science Foundation.

• UTRGV professor co-authors study showing Hispanic-white wage gap remains steady

    Monday, August 27, 2018 — Hispanic workers continue to receive less earnings than their white counterparts, according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute, an independent, nonprofit think tank that researches the impact of economic trends and policies on ...

• Parrot research a feather in UTRGV grad student’s cap

    Friday, August 24, 2018 — Caleb Arellano, a UTRGV graduate student from Illinois, enrolled at UTRGV to work specifically with Dr. Karl Berg, an assistant professor in the College of Sciences, Department of Biology.

• Bird’s the word: UTRGV researchers studying parrot vocalizations for insight into cognitive development

    Friday, August 24, 2018 — UTRGV graduate student Caleb Arellano is reviewing thousands of hours of videos to study sibling interaction. Except he can’t understand what they’re saying.

• UTRGV faculty and students at forefront of Zika research

    Thursday, July 19, 2018 — In the aftermath of recent flooding in South Texas, the Rio Grande Valley is facing major public health concerns with a growing mosquito population, which can lead to a potential outbreak of certain vector-borne diseases like the West Nile and ...

• National Science Foundation awards grant to UTRGV’s Department of Computer Science

    Wednesday, July 11, 2018 — The National Science Foundation’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations has awarded UTRGV’s Department of Computer Science a grant for their project, “Unifying Self-Assembly through Tile Automata.”

• UTRGV School of Medicine awarded NIH grant for type 2 diabetes research

    Tuesday, July 10, 2018 — Dr. Sara M. Reyna, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, has received a three-year, $435,900 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research ...

• Sixteen UTRGV students awarded Gilman Scholarships for study abroad

    Tuesday, May 22, 2018 — Sixteen UTRGV students have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships that will take them to diverse parts of the world for their Study Abroad courses this summer.

• Missing: Millions of years of RGV history

    Tuesday, May 22, 2018 — For geologist Dr. Juan González, time travel is a simple road trip along Expressway 83.

• UTRGV hosts undergrads from Mexico for engineering ‘hack-a-thon’

    Monday, May 21, 2018 — Eighteen engineering students from CETYS (Center for Technical and Higher Education) University in Mexico visited The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for a weeklong visit with the College of Engineering to learn about American higher ...

• STDOI receives $3.6 million from NIH for fatty liver research

    Monday, May 14, 2018 — The South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute for Minority ...

• UTRGV opens Center for Vector-Borne Disease to address illnesses spread by insects

    Tuesday, April 10, 2018 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is now home to the UTRGV Center for Vector-Borne Disease (CVBD), a collaborative effort to develop a self-sustaining, research-focused center in South Texas.

• UTRGV holds first International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security

    Tuesday, April 10, 2018 — Computer science faculty from around the world gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn on South Padre Island on Monday for UTRGV’s first International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security.

• UTRGV scholarship donors meet recipients at annual luncheons

    Friday, April 06, 2018 — UTRGV scholarship recipients recently had the chance to meet the donors who are investing in their education.

• Stellar UTRGV faculty member to be honored for research and teaching excellence

    Wednesday, February 28, 2018 — For pushing the boundaries of innovation and knowledge, Dr. Karen Lozano, the Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor in mechanical engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, will be presented with the Outstanding Latino/a Faculty in ...

• UTRGV’s Racelis named AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Fellow

    Thursday, February 15, 2018 — Dr. Alex Racelis. assistant professor in the School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences (SEEMS) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is one of 15 food and water security researchers in the world named as 2018-19 Public Engagement ...

• Environmental sciences more than just playing with dirt

    Monday, February 12, 2018 — When Rebekah Hernandez chose her major, her family was concerned. She remembers them asking, “Are you sure you want to do this? Do you even have job opportunities with this? What is going to happen with your life?”

• UTRGV marketing department expanding its consumer neuroscience research

    Tuesday, February 06, 2018 — Dr. Reto Felix is carefully reviewing a recording of his driving. Unlike a dash cam, this recording includes a red dot that shows exactly where his eyes have focused.

• UTRGV professor to participate in deep sea stewardship project

    Friday, February 02, 2018 — Dr. Diego Figueroa, assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Environmental and Marine Sciences (SEEMS) with a joint appointment in the Department of Biology, is taking part in a seed grant from the National Academies Keck Future Initiative and ...