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Vaqueros for Sustainability

Vaqueros, you can't spell sustainability without U and I. The Office for Sustainability invites you to join our UTRGV strategic mission to help achieve the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals intentionally through education, research, operations, and engagement.

UTRGV Vaqueros are Valuable, Vigilant, Versatile, and Visionary Sustainable Development Leaders who are Vocal and don't back down from challenges, with strong Values that help solve problems of any scale in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and throughout the world.

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Vaqueros connect to each other and connect to success, through innovation, resiliency, and sustainability by engaging in various projects with academic led relationships, striving to become Sustainable Development Leaders for our campus, our community, and the world.

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Small Steps Lead to Big Change

Vaqueros generate change through collaborative action in connecting the university with our campus community and partners in community engagement, research, and service-learning initiatives with the intention to build Sustainable Development.

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Serving our Communities

Vaqueros guide your interdisciplinary and innovative efforts in education and in advocacy to serve and contribute to the sustainable development and quality of life for the Rio Grande Valley and beyond the world.

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Latest News in Sustainability at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

UTRGV’s School of Podiatric Medicine – the first in Texas and one of only 10 in the country – welcomed its very first cohort of 27 students on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at a special reception at the Harlingen Convention Center.

Inaugural cohort seated for UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine

UTRGV’s School of Podiatric Medicine – the first in Texas and one of only 10 in the country – is welcoming its very first cohort of 27 students, five of them from the Rio Grande Valley. Orientation activities started Aug. 1, 2022, followed by a dean’s reception ceremony on Tuesday.... Read More

Dr. Tamara Al Rawwad, assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Social Work, earned the Abstract of Distinction Award for a collaborative research paper at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society of Prevention Research. The research paper investigated how community-clinic networks may help increase the preventive use of prophylaxis among men of color to help stem the spread HIV.

UTRGV social work professor wins award at Society for Prevention Research conference

Dr. Tamara Al Rawwad, an assistant professor in the UTRGV School of Social Work, recently earned the Abstract of Distinction Award for a collaborative research paper that investigated how community-clinic networks may help increase the preventive use of prophylaxis among men of color... Read More

UTRGV, the City of Brownsville and the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art collaborated to bring a special Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit, “DOLORES HUERTA: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos.” The exhibit will be on display at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts through Oct. 1.

UTRGV, City of Brownsville, Museum of Fine Arts hosting special Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit on farmworker Huerta

A special Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit, “DOLORES HUERTA: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos,” will be on display at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts through Oct. 1. UTRGV, the City of Brownsville and the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art collaborated... Read More

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