• UTRGV alumna dances into the future with world-famous Ballet Folklórico de México

    Thursday, January 03, 2019 — The coming New Year will mark the start of an exciting chapter in Jennifer Lozano’s life, when the UTRGV alumna joins one of the premier dance companies in the world – the Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández.

• Is 2019 the year for your new business?

    Sunday, December 30, 2018 — Losing weight and spending less money aren’t the only popular New Year resolutions. Starting a new business tops the list for many people.

• 2018: UTRGV salutes the past, embraces the future, with full year of successes

    Friday, December 28, 2018 — UTRGV has had an outstanding 2018, highlighted by exciting accomplishments, new programs and distinguished awards.

• UTRGV announces 11 Valley legislative internships for 2019

    Friday, December 21, 2018 — Eleven UTRGV students are about to embark on an experience that will change their lives, with a spring internship at the State Capital during the 86th Texas Legislative Session.

• OVAVP receives funding to continue advocacy services to UTRGV community

    Thursday, December 20, 2018 — The Office of Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention (OVAVP) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has received a two-year grant to fund the expansion of the department to better provide immediate assistance to those in need.

• UTRGV graduates celebrate milestone on second day of Commencement ceremonies

    Saturday, December 15, 2018 — Mission accomplished for close to 2,000 graduates who participated in The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s three Fall 2018 Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 15.

• Steps across graduation stage leave footprints to follow

    Friday, December 14, 2018 — All three of Yanelly Palomo’s siblings will be in the audience Friday, Dec. 15, to watch their eldest sister graduate from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a degree in biology.

• UTRGV business grad walks knowing she has a job with Ernst & Young come August

    Friday, December 14, 2018 — When Paola Alaniz, of Pharr, graduates Saturday, Dec. 15, from UTRGV with a Master of Accountancy (MACC), her dream job is already waiting for her at one of the world’s largest accounting firms – Ernst & Young.

• UTRGV graduates First Class of Vaqueros

    Friday, December 14, 2018 — Fall commencement kicked off on a windy Friday on the Student Union Lawn in Brownsville, as 560 graduates received their diplomas from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

• Master’s student graduates with support from family

    Thursday, December 13, 2018 — Francisco Rafael Torres Diaz is no stranger to facing challenges.

• Family thanks UTRGV mass communication graduate for not giving up

    Wednesday, December 12, 2018 — Families almost universally dream of seeing their college student walk across the stage in a cap and gown, big, bright smiles in place. That’s when they know – the ups and downs of getting there were all worthwhile.

• UTRGV joins three other minority-serving institutions in BranchEd initiative to help train teachers

    Monday, December 03, 2018 — The UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration was one of four minority-serving institutions awarded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to join the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity (BranchED), recently recognized as a national ...

• Get out and go running: UTRGV’s South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute working to bring attention to diabetes

    Thursday, November 29, 2018 — Diabetes is one of the most common and complex diseases in the United States, and according to the International Diabetes Federation, the number of people with diabetes is expected to rise to 522 million by 2030.

• Two UTRGV School of Medicine faculty appointed to UT System’s Shine Academy

    Thursday, November 29, 2018 — Dr. Arden Dingle and Dr. Andrew Dentino from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine have been selected to serve on The University of Texas System Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., Academy of Health Science Education.

• Vaqueros Men’s Soccer Club earns bid to national tournament

    Wednesday, November 28, 2018 — The Vaqueros Men’s Soccer Club at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will compete at the NIRSA National Soccer Championships Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, in a bid to make history and bring home a national title.

• WEEK OF THANKS: Sharing

    Thursday, November 22, 2018 — Thanksgiving Day means eating lots of food and spending time with friends and family in most American households. For students studying abroad, however, the holiday may bring a sense of loneliness or displacement.

• UTRGV junior elected Texas Civic Ambassador for 2018-2019

    Wednesday, November 21, 2018 — Mission native and UTRGV junior Alyssa Guajardo has been elected a Texas Civic Ambassador for the 2018-2019 academic school year.

• A WEEK OF THANKS: Traditions

    Wednesday, November 21, 2018 — Every fourth Thursday in November, families and friends gather to reflect on what makes them grateful. And sometimes, they eat way too much and fall asleep on the sofa.

• A WEEK OF THANKS: Professional Support

    Tuesday, November 20, 2018 — First impressions matter, especially in the hiring process.

• UTRGV Opera Theater presents ‘Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena’ this weekend

    Friday, November 16, 2018 — Expressive gestures and pure emotion are two of the major components in opera theater. Cast members are responsible for portraying a story through music, using their bodies as tools and their powerful voices to tell the tale.

• A WEEK OF THANKS: Good Health

    Friday, November 16, 2018 — “At one time, there was nothing here, there was nothing but land,” said Yolanda Chapa, chief administrator of Hidalgo County. “But now you see a Boys and Girls Club. You see a WIC office. And now, a clinic.”

• A WEEK OF THANKS: Camaraderie

    Thursday, November 15, 2018 — Maimonides, Blackwell, Osler or Galen … which house would choose you?

• UTRGV graduate students reflect on summer fellowships at Archer Center

    Wednesday, November 14, 2018 — Two graduate students from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley served as summer Fellows in Washington, D.C., at The Archer Center, living and working as interns in the nation’s capital.

• 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.

• Veterans join forces with UTRGV Theatre Department

    Friday, November 09, 2018 — Jonathan Romero, a student veteran and theater major at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is part of a project that delves into the difficult lives of veterans and their families.

• UTRGV partners with university in Reynosa to train faculty for the Bilingual International Sustainability Education model

    Thursday, November 08, 2018 — The Universidad Tecnológica de Tamaulipas Norte (UTTN), in Reynosa, Tamps., Mexico, successfully completed a 10-week training in Pedagogical Foundations at UTRGV.

• Legislative internships available for UTRGV’s spring 2019 semester

    Monday, November 05, 2018 — Students at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are encouraged to apply for the Rio Grande Valley Legislative Internship Program (VLIP).

• China Students’ summer trip to China provided indelible experiences

    Thursday, November 01, 2018 — Imagine a summer adventure that includes hiking the Great Wall of China, observing giant pandas at the Shanghai Zoo, and interning at global advertising agencies.

• UTRGV notes growth in its number of dual enrollment high school students

    Tuesday, October 30, 2018 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Dual Enrollment Program is reporting a bump in the number of students earning college credit.

• UTRGV awarded NSF grant to enhance STEM instruction

    Monday, October 29, 2018 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will participate in a cooperative grant, along with the University of Colorado and Front Range Community College, designed to enhance undergraduate teaching in STEM fields.

• UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration initiates discussion:

    Friday, October 26, 2018 — The UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration’s Hispanic-Serving College of Education Convening, held recently at the Cambria Hotel in McAllen, opened an important national dialogue about the university’s status and goals as a ...

• UTRGV Chess Team wins Texas Collegiate Super Finals

    Wednesday, October 24, 2018 — They’ve done it again.

• UTRGV Superhero Project reveals superpowers, wins national award

    Tuesday, October 16, 2018 — A University of Texas Rio Grande Valley project aimed at creating a safer campus has been given a national recognition from the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association’s Best Practices/Institutional Impact Award.

• Shell honored with 2018 CIENCIA Award for focus on STEM education

    Monday, October 15, 2018 — Shell has been a longtime supporter of the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and this year, the company has been honored with the HESTEC CIENCIA award, bestowed for the ...

• SeaPerch Challenge tests the STEM minds of students through underwater robot challenge

    Friday, October 05, 2018 — More than 30 middle school and high school teams from across the Rio Grande Valley participated in the annual U.S. Navy SeaPerch Challenge, a staple of Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) Week at The University of Texas Rio ...

• UTRGV School of Medicine hosts opening for second Area Health Education Center

    Friday, October 05, 2018 — The UTRGV School of Medicine celebrated the opening of its second Area Health Education Center (AHEC) on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Bob Clark Social Service Center in Cameron County.

• England: Students study children’s literature, celebrate royal wedding in England

    Thursday, October 04, 2018 — In 1926, a children’s story was published about a little boy and his stuffed bear.

• Middle and high school students learn about health professions during HESTEC Week 2018

    Wednesday, October 03, 2018 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine and Division of Health Affairs welcomed more than 1,000 middle and high school students during UTRGV HESTEC Week 2018.

• ‘Go after your dream’

    Wednesday, October 03, 2018 — More than 500 young women from middle schools in Brownsville, La Joya and Edinburg filled the Fieldhouse on the UTRGV Edinburg Campus for Latina Day, part of UTRGV’s 17th annual Hispanic, Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) Week.

• HESTEC: Fifth graders have wild time at STEM+Me Expo at Brownsville Campus

    Tuesday, October 02, 2018 — UTRGV’s Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) Week introduced a new interactive feature this year, the STEM+ME Expo, to more than 300 fifth-grade students from Brownsville ISD and San Benito CISD.

• UTRGV business doctoral student selected for prestigious Jess Hay Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship

    Tuesday, October 02, 2018 — Hazel H. Dadanlar, a fourth-year management doctoral candidate in the UTRGV Business Administration PhD Program at the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship, has been selected for the prestigious Jess Hay Endowment for ...

• Invasion of the Robots HESTEC kicks off at Pharr Events Center

    Monday, October 01, 2018 — More than 40 energy-filled middle and high school robotics teams from across the Rio Grande Valley competed in a quadrathon challenge at the Pharr Events Center to start off UTRGV’s annual Hispanic, Engineering, Science and Technology ...

• UTRGV legacy alum’s film career led him to ‘Westworld’

    Friday, September 28, 2018 — Ali Naqvi is a name you might not recognize. Not yet, anyway. Naqvi, a UTRGV legacy alumnus from Mission, has worked on movies and TV shows you’re probably familiar with. And he’s been in front of the camera a few times, ...

• Spain: Students become immersed in the culture and language of Spain

    Friday, September 28, 2018 — From day trips spent perusing the shops and villas in Barcelona, to examining world-renowned art at the Salvador Dali art museum, UTRGV’s Study Abroad in Spain groups had a full and busy summer.

• UTRGV mechanical engineering professor named one of the 2018 ‘Mexicanos Distinguidos’

    Thursday, September 27, 2018 — Dr. Karen Lozano, a Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor in mechanical engineering, and director of Nanotechnology Center of Excellence at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, added another accolade to her list of achievements.

• UTRGV School of Medicine hosts first grand opening for Area Health Education Centers

    Monday, September 24, 2018 — The UTRGV School of Medicine continues its mission to close gaps in access to healthcare and expand educational opportunities for its students with its three Area Health Education Centers (AHEC).