• UTRGV wins in Clash of the Collegiate Chess Titans

    Thursday, June 25, 2020 — The UTRGV Chess Team won a five-hour virtual chess tournament against Kozminski University, the National Collegiate Champions of Poland.

• First for UTRGV

    Friday, June 12, 2020 — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced his intention to appoint Patrick Ojeaga, a third-year medical student at the UTRGV School of Medicine, to serve as a student regent for the UT System Board of Regents.

• UTRGV student-athletes achieve record-breaking academic success

    Thursday, June 04, 2020 — UTRGV student-athletes achieve record-breaking academic success

• UTRGV offering new graduate certificate in Disaster Management and Sustainability

    Monday, June 01, 2020 — Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, hurricane season is starting. No one told the storms, though.

• UTRGV celebrates Class of 2020 with one-of-a-kind ceremony

    Saturday, May 30, 2020 — COVID-19 may have crashed the in-person graduation ceremonies for UTRGV, but that did not stop the university from celebrating Saturday morning with its more than 3,000 Spring 2020 graduates, during its first ever Virtual Commencement event.

• Family has double reason to celebrate: Father and son graduate together Saturday from UTRGV

    Friday, May 29, 2020 — There is to be no graduation regalia or commencement walk this semester for 24-year-old UTRGV graduate Jeremy Schmatz, of McAllen. But the pride his father has for him needs neither crowds nor gowns.

• ‘Education is Everything’ UTRGV Spring 2020 graduate recognized for strength, perseverance

    Thursday, May 28, 2020 — For many students attending college, the balance between work, school and personal life can be overwhelming – making sure to be in class on time, get the bills paid and still make time for friends and family. To all that, we now add the ...

• ‘She’s my favorite person’ Mother and daughter celebrate graduating together from UTRGV

    Wednesday, May 27, 2020 — Lilly Elliott, a Pharr native, since high school has been envisioning graduating at the same time as her mother.

• Curbside Celebration for UTRGV Military Graduates

    Wednesday, May 27, 2020 — A long-standing tradition during UTRGV’s Commencement Week has been the Veteran- and Military-Affiliated Graduation.

• Vaqueros grad Draik Banks goes from middle blocker to U.S. Army officer

    Tuesday, May 26, 2020 — From the court to the battlefield. Following a successful collegiate volleyball career, Draik Banks graduates from UTRGV with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.

• Nursing graduates ready to help patients from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Tuesday, May 26, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing has placed UTRGV’s commencement ceremonies online, so 3,559 graduates will earn their degrees virtually at 10 a.m. Sat., May 30.

• UTRGV to hold Spring 2020 Virtual Commencement on May 30

    Monday, May 25, 2020 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will celebrate more than 3,000 prospective graduates with the first-ever Virtual Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m.

• ‘It’s never too late’

    Wednesday, May 20, 2020 — It’s never too late to accomplish your goals – Lupita Moreno is living proof of that. The 75-year-old grandmother and great-grandmother graduated this semester with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

• STEP UP uses mixed-reality simulations to help teach future educators about school culture

    Tuesday, May 19, 2020 — “I think you misplaced my child’s homework.”

• UTRGV announces fall and spring relief efforts

    Monday, May 11, 2020 — UTRGV has announced an innovative Fall/Spring Relief Package, which through a combination of CARES Act funds and university funds, will provide eligible students with up to $1,500 in financial assistance during the 2020-21 academic year.

• UTRGV School of Medicine Class of 2020 celebrates with virtual commencement

    Saturday, May 09, 2020 — Four intense years of medical school have flown by for McAllen native Veronica Treviño.

• Virtual veterans or newbies, UTRGV faculty’s shift to online coursework has some positive results

    Thursday, May 07, 2020 — Music courses may not seem easy to transition fully online. But with a DSLR camera and speakers mounted on the wall next to his computer, multiple screens surrounding him, and an iPad sharing annotations to students in real-time, UTRGV School of ...

• 2020 Texas State Poet Laureate and UTRGV professor Emmy Pérez begins appointment in midst of pandemic

    Thursday, May 07, 2020 — Emmy Pérez, the 2020 Texas Poet Laureate, said everyone needs a diversion from the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine, so why not put pen to paper and chronicle your journey?

• 15 UTRGV STEM faculty complete ADVANCE Leadership Workshop online

    Tuesday, May 05, 2020 — During a time when most people are still working from home and scheduling more Zoom meetings, 15 UTRGV STEM female faculty managed to complete UTRGV’s 2020 ADVANCE Leadership Workshop series that transitioned from in-person to online.

• UTRGV offers students incentives as summer semester goes fully online

    Monday, April 20, 2020 — This summer, UTRGV is helping students earn a degree while social distancing at home by offering all summer courses fully online and announcing a big Summer Relief Package for new and current undergraduate and graduate students.

• UTRGV implements pass/no pass grading option for spring semester

    Friday, April 17, 2020 — In an effort to help students maintain their academic goals through the COVID-19 pandemic – and ease their minds during this unprecedented time – UTRGV President Guy Bailey has announced implementation of a pass/no pass grading option.

• UTRGV increases Tuition Advantage to $95,000 to help ease time of economic hardship

    Monday, March 23, 2020 — COVID-19 (coronavirus) has created an environment of unprecedented uncertainty for all of us.

• UTRGV medical students celebrate Match Day 2020

    Friday, March 20, 2020 — This year marked a special Match Day for UTRGV’s fourth-year medical students, as 100 percent of them successfully matched to a residency program within the United States.

• City of Harlingen deeds land to UTRGV and Harlingen CISD for Early College High School

    Wednesday, March 11, 2020 — The new UTRGV/Early College High School took another step forward Tuesday when the City of Harlingen officially deeded the land where the new facility will be built to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the Harlingen Consolidated ...

• UTRGV student overwhelmed by the kindness of a donor

    Wednesday, March 11, 2020 — José Naveja remembers how quickly it happened. He was wrapping up a presentation he had given, and a few minutes later, he had a job offer.

• UTRGV civil engineering team places second in national competition

    Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — When the UTRGV civil engineering GeoWall Team arrived in Minneapolis for a national competition, others at the event weren’t sure who they were.

• UTRGV and STC update articulation agreements for continued student transitions between institutions

    Monday, March 02, 2020 — In an effort to advance its commitment to student success and expanding educational opportunities, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) announced Monday the renewal of 22 articulation agreements with South Texas College (STC) that ...

• UT System Board of Regents approves proposal for UTRGV School of Podiatry

    Thursday, February 27, 2020 — The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Thursday approved UTRGV’s proposal to establish the first School of Podiatry and first Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) degree program in Texas.

• UTRGV earns Carnegie Foundation’s coveted Community Engagement Classification for 2020

    Friday, January 31, 2020 — UTRGV is one of just 119 colleges and universities in the United States to receive the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for 2020.

• UTRGV ranks first among nation’s public institutions for least student debt

    Thursday, January 30, 2020 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is first in the nation among public institutions for least student debt, according to recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

• Lozano earns distinguished National Academy of Inventors Fellow status

    Tuesday, January 14, 2020 — The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) honored UTRGV Professor Karen Lozano as one of 168 prolific academic innovators from across the world with the esteemed distinction of NAI Fellow status.

• UTRGV celebrates 2019 with another year of successes

    Monday, December 30, 2019 — This year was jam-packed with activities and significant changes for the UTRGV community, to include defining accomplishments like:

• Graduate overcomes own struggles to be first UTRGV graduate to earn a BS in Addiction Studies

    Thursday, December 19, 2019 — Four years ago, Quincie Gomez did not recognize the girl standing in front of the mirror as she struggled with a substance use disorder.

• Well done, Vaqueros!

    Saturday, December 14, 2019 — Graduation day finally arrived for more than 2,000 graduates who were the center of attention at UTRGV’s fall commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 14.

• UTRGV Athletics graduates 13 after fall semester

    Saturday, December 14, 2019 — Thirteen student-athletes graduated Dec. 13 and 14 in UTRGV’s Fall Commencement ceremonies, held at the Harlingen Convention Center and Bert Ogden Arena, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics said.

• Class of 2019, you did it!

    Friday, December 13, 2019 — Proud families and friends helped celebrate a major milestone for more than 580 graduates who walked on the first day, Dec. 13, of UTRGV’s fall commencement ceremonies at the Harlingen Convention Center.

• Graduating UTRGV student reflects on his journey to get an education from across the border

    Thursday, December 12, 2019 — It was more than a year ago when Brandon Ramirez, a UTRGV manufacturing engineering student, shared his personal and relatable story about getting an education in the United States while living in Mexico.

• UTRGV bell ringer says her younger sisters provided motivation to set a strong academic example

    Thursday, December 12, 2019 — Viviana Garza, a mass communications major from San Benito, is graduating Dec. 13 after only two years at UTRGV.

• UTRGV Mariachi Juvenil Aztlán wins at Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza

    Tuesday, December 10, 2019 — UTRGV’s Mariachi Juvenil Aztlán took top honors at the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza, the largest and longest-running mariachi music festival in Texas.

• Family pursues UTRGV degrees together, overcomes obstacles

    Tuesday, December 10, 2019 — The hardest thing for Gabriel Carrizales, then a sailor in the U.S. Navy, wasn’t the time he spent overseas. It was a Red Cross message he received in 2009 while he was thousands of miles from home, deployed in the mountains of Afghanistan.

• ‘Born This Way’: Graduating UTRGV student uses class project to help teach acceptance

    Monday, December 09, 2019 — Gabriel Islas, a graduating UTRGV student and Interdisciplinary EC-6 ESL major, said becoming comfortable with his own identity wasn’t easy.

• Three UTRGV art students complete residency program at Chautauqua School of Art in New York

    Monday, December 02, 2019 — A giant lump of clay sat in the center of a circle of student artists.

• UTRGV recognized for 6 top degree programs in the U.S.

    Friday, November 22, 2019 — Multiple online degree programs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley have been awarded top ranking status by Intelligent.com.

• UTRGV COBE honors RGV Business Leaders

    Thursday, November 07, 2019 — UTRGV’s Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship has recognized three area business leaders for their contributions to business and commerce.

• Sweet Repeat!

    Friday, October 25, 2019 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Chess Team dominated their opponents this past weekend to walk away as the 2019 Texas Collegiate Super Finals champions for a second year in a row.

• UTRGV School of Medicine announces Vaqueros MD, early-assurance pre-med program

    Monday, October 21, 2019 — The UTRGV School of Medicine, in partnership with the Honors College, has announced a new early-assurance, pre-med program for high school students throughout the Rio Grande Valley.