• UTRGV granted accreditation from National Association of Schools of Dance for dance program

    Monday, October 02, 2023 — UTRGV has been granted accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD) for its dance program – which means the UTRGV Dance Department has met the highest standards in providing dance students educational services.

• UTRGV launches new Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering

    Tuesday, September 26, 2023 — The UTRGV College of Engineering and Computer Science launched its first Ph.D. program in Materials Science and Engineering at an inaugural reception held Sept. 17 at the Ballroom on the Edinburg Campus.

• UTRGV raises minimum wage to $16.25 for full-time employees

    Friday, September 22, 2023 — For the 8th consecutive academic year, UTRGV is investing in its employees, either through merit or market equity. Starting December 2023, the university will implement two initiatives: the raising of minimum wage for full-time employees, and ...

• UTRGV’s Villalobos featured in NCS journal about upbringing, STEM influence

    Thursday, September 21, 2023 — Dr. Cristina Villalobos – a Myles and Sylvia Aaronson endowed professor in the UTRGV School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, director of the UTRGV Center of Excellence in STEM Education and fellow of the American Mathematical ...

• UTRGV ranked 1st among Texas public schools for value

    Wednesday, September 20, 2023 — Degreechoices.com has ranked UTRGV highly in several categories, including first among Texas public universities for best relative economic value.

• UTRGV climbs 72 positions in latest U.S. News and World Report college rankings

    Monday, September 18, 2023 — UTRGV’s reputation as one of the top value schools in the country just got another boost, jumping up 72 positions on the U.S. News and World Report 2023-2024 Best Colleges list, released Monday.

• UTRGV Harlingen Collegiate High grads start Fall 2023 semester with two years of college credit

    Monday, September 11, 2023 — Two UTRGV Harlingen Collegiate High (HCH) graduates joined more than 32,000 students during the first week of the Fall 2023 semester last month.

• UTRGV introduces its new School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences

    Thursday, September 07, 2023 — Starting this fall, the UTRGV College of Sciences is home to the newly created School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences. Dr. Robert Dearth, founding director of the school, said this will combine the former departments of Biology ...

• Anonymous $250,000 gift to UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine honors Lawrence Harkless, interim dean

    Wednesday, September 06, 2023 — The UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine recently received its first financial donation to advance student education and research in the field. The gift of $250,000 was donated anonymously on behalf of Dr. Lawrence Harkless, who came out of ...

• Economic mobility report ranks UTRGV 6th nationally and 2nd in state

    Tuesday, August 29, 2023 — UTRGV was recently ranked sixth in the United States among all public and private universities in offering students high economic opportunity and mobility. Third Way, a national nonprofit think tank, announced the ranking in its 2023 Economic ...

• UTRGV ranked as No. 1 university in Texas by Washington Monthly

    Monday, August 28, 2023 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday started the 2023-24 academic year as the No. 1 university in Texas, based on Washington Monthly magazine’s annual college guide and rankings. Also, on Monday – and for the fourth ...

• UTRGV’s Fall 2023 semester underway

    Monday, August 28, 2023 — UTRGV this week welcomes back returning students and faculty for the Fall 2023 semester, as well as first-time college students just beginning their journey at UTRGV.

• UTRGV Harlingen Collegiate High juniors are now, officially, Vaqueros

    Monday, August 28, 2023 — It’s hard to imagine completing your first two years of college before you even graduate high school. But high school juniors from UTRGV Harlingen Collegiate High (HCH) know all about it, as they move now from being Harlingen Owls (freshmen ...

• UTRGV to freeze tuition, mandatory academic fees for next two years

    Friday, August 25, 2023 — UTRGV’s reputation as one of the most affordable universities in the state received a boost Thursday when The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a plan to freeze tuition and mandatory academic fees for the next two years ...

• UTRGV gets green light to buy Majestic Theatre in downtown Brownsville

    Thursday, August 24, 2023 — The University of Texas System Board of Regents (BOR) on Thursday authorized UTRGV to purchase the Majestic Theatre and an adjacent building in downtown Brownsville. UTRGV President Guy Bailey said the potential undertaking is a win-win ...

• UTRGV welcomes 24 new Luminary Scholars

    Wednesday, August 23, 2023 — Twenty-four students soon will join the exclusive group known as the UTRGV Luminary Scholars. The new cohort and their families were welcomed to UTRGV at a banquet Monday, Aug. 21, on the Edinburg Campus. The students are all from Texas, from the ...

• STUDY ABROAD 2023: Italy

    Tuesday, August 15, 2023 — Ten UTRGV students learned about art restoration and preservation while under the Tuscan sun this summer, during a Study Abroad minimester to Italy from May 15 to June 1.

• Hispanic Outlook ranks UTRGV #2 in biomedical degrees awarded to Latinos

    Tuesday, August 01, 2023 — UTRGV is second in the nation in awarding biological and biomedical degrees for the 2020-2021 academic year, according to Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine. The findings were released this month by the magazine using data collected by the ...

• UTRGV School of Medicine Class of ’27 celebrates annual White Coat Ceremony

    Saturday, July 29, 2023 — Excited medical students walked the stage at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg Campus on Saturday to receive their white coats, in a special White Coat Ceremony that serves as a rite of passage and marks the start of their medical ...

• THECB approves first doctoral degree program for UTRGV College of Engineering and Computer Science

    Thursday, July 27, 2023 — Today, THECB approved the first Ph.D. program for the UTRGV College of Engineering and Computer Science. The new Doctor of Philosophy degree program in Materials Science and Engineering is the ninth doctoral program to be approved for the ...

• Education leaders name THECB one of the top agencies in the country

    Friday, July 21, 2023 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley congratulates the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for its recent recognition as one of the top higher ed agencies in the nation.

• UTRGV demonstrates public leadership by supporting Excelencia in Education’s national research on Latino college completion

    Wednesday, July 19, 2023 — Excelencia in Education, the nation’s premier authority in efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education, announced today that University of Texas Rio Grande Valley President Guy Bailey has chosen to be a partner to bring ...

• UTRGV’s Karen Lozano named ‘Great Immigrant, Great American’ by Carnegie Corp. of New York

    Wednesday, June 28, 2023 — The Carnegie Corporation of New York has named UTRGV’s Dr. Karen Lozano, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor, a “Great Immigrant, Great American.”

• UTRGV School of Medicine awarded final stage of accreditation

    Friday, June 16, 2023 — The UTRGV School of Medicine (SOM) was notified Thursday that it has completed the final stage of accreditation required by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).

• UTRGV Mariachi student winning soloist in national contest

    Thursday, June 15, 2023 — The loudest grito heard at the 34th annual Mariachi USA concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California was belted by Jenika Montes, UTRGV junior and national winner of the Jarritos Mariachi USA Talent Search Competition.

• DR. DAD: How a UTRGV School of Medicine student and father balances both roles

    Monday, June 12, 2023 — For Hector Trejo, a third-year UTRGV School of Medicine student and a father, the hours are long and the responsibilities great. This Father's Day, Trejo reflects on his dual role as a man of medicine and as a dad to 3-year-old Gabriel ...

• UTRGV B2BMED program paved road to success, first cohort grads say

    Thursday, June 08, 2023 — Five scholars in the first cohort of the Rio Grande Valley Bridge to Baccalaureate in Biomedical Sciences program graduated from UTRGV this spring semester, three years after its inception in 2020.

• UTRGV concludes Spring 2023 commencement on Brownsville Campus

    Saturday, May 20, 2023 — Nearly 900 graduates were able to walk the stage to celebrate their accomplishments today at UTRGV’s belated commencement celebration on the Brownsville Campus.

• The UTRGV School of Medicine celebrates fourth commencement – reaches 200 medical graduates

    Saturday, May 13, 2023 — This is the fourth group of medical graduates from the School of Medicine, with 45 medical graduates in the Class of '23. Nearly 200 medical students have graduated to date and joined residencies in the Rio Grande Valley, and across Texas ...

• UTRGV Spring 2023 commencement kicks off celebration with 3,000 grads

    Friday, May 12, 2023 — More than 3,000 UTRGV students crossed the stage on Friday to accept their diplomas, on the first day of UTRGV’s Spring 2023 Commencement.

• UT System Board of Regents approves UTRGV PhD in Computer Science with Interdisciplinary Applications

    Tuesday, May 09, 2023 — The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Thursday approved a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science with Interdisciplinary Applications degree program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

• 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.

• $5M UTRGV mental health program expands to two Laredo school districts

    Thursday, May 04, 2023 — A UTRGV project that addresses the shortage of mental health service professionals in Texas schools has expanded to serve the Laredo and United independent school districts.

• UTRGV, Harmony Public Schools sign MOU establishing new partnership

    Thursday, April 27, 2023 — UTRGV and Harmony Public Schools signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to commemorate a new partnership between the two institutions.

• Hawaiian grad student at UTRGV passionate about sustainability

    Monday, April 24, 2023 — Mackenzie Feldman, a graduate student in the UTRGV School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, come to the Valley all the way from Oahu, Hawai’i. She obviously likes to stay busy, and it’s all for a good cause: sustainable ...

• UTRGV Mathematics and Science Academy helps students get a head start on college

    Thursday, April 20, 2023 — For Rio Grande Valley high school students looking to get a jumpstart on college life, UTRGV’s award-winning early college program, the Mathematics and Science Academy (MSA), will host information sessions in May.

• UTRGV communication professor recalls paths to personal success

    Friday, March 31, 2023 — No matter which roads you choose in life, a guiding force might be leading you where you are meant to be.

• UTRGV’s Guerra draws strength from peers, family – and mariachi!

    Thursday, March 30, 2023 — When Dr. Dahlia Guerra, special assistant to the dean of the UTRGV College of Fine Arts, sets her mind to something, she doesn’t let much get in her way.

• Laredo College and UTRGV partnership to create limitless opportunities for students

    Thursday, March 30, 2023 — With more than 150 miles separating Laredo College and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, distance is still no barrier to collaborating and providing Laredo students with expanded higher education opportunities.

• UTRGV Luminary Scholars prepare to welcome new cohort to one-of-a-kind program

    Wednesday, March 29, 2023 — Last year, 24 UTRGV students made campus history when they became the first members of a unique breed of Vaqueros known as the Luminary Scholars.

• UTRGV’s Alvarez reflects on the power, compassion of women

    Tuesday, March 28, 2023 — Dr. Stephanie Alvarez, associate professor of Mexican American Studies (MAS) at UTRGV and director of the university’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS), didn’t buy clothes from a retail store until she was 13 years old.

• UTRGV president announces new provost / senior VP

    Monday, March 20, 2023 — Dr. Luis H. Zayas, who for 10 years (2012-2022) served as dean of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named UTRGV’s new provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs, President Guy ...

• UTRGV fourth-year medical students ‘feeling lucky’ this Match Day

    Friday, March 17, 2023 — The UTRGV School of Medicine's fourth-year medical students celebrated their hard work this annual Match Day, on Friday, March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day. Forty-five members of the Class of 2023 and four from the Class of 2022 ...

• Guy Bailey to join Excelencia in Education’s Presidents for Latino Student Success network

    Thursday, March 09, 2023 — UTRGV President Guy Bailey is one of the newest members of the Excelencia in Education Presidents for Latino Success network.

• Dr. Karen Lozano first UTRGV inductee to National Academy of Engineering

    Monday, February 20, 2023 — Dr. Karen Lozano, UTRGV professor of Mechanical Engineering and Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor, has been elected into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

• New rankings list UTRGV as 7th best public university in nation

    Thursday, February 16, 2023 — A new college ratings system that highlights the economic impact of institutions, as well as the return of investment they provide students, recently ranked UTRGV as the seventh Best Public University in the nation.