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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 Sustainable Development Goals intentionally through education, research, operations, and engagement.

UTRGV Vaqueros are Valuable, Vigilant, Versatile, and Visionary Sustainable Development Leaders with strong Values that help solve problems of any scale in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and throughout the world.

Change begins with YOU and continues with US

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Vaqueros building a better Future Together and achieving Sustainable Development

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Better Together

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.

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

Dr. Nirakar Sahoo, associate professor, recently tenured, in the UTRGV School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences, has received an almost $1 million NSF CAREER award to study the body’s cellular defense mechanisms. (UTRGV Photo by Jesús Alfe´rez)

UTRGV’s Nirakar Sahoo receives NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Nirakar Sahoo, associate professor, recently tenured, in the UTRGV School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences (SIBCS), has received an Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation for $992,639, to study xenophagy, a defense mechanism... Read More

UTRGV Enactus is this year's Enactus USA's 2024 National Champions. The team will be competing in the Enactus World Cup in October against 33 countries held in in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Courtesy Photo: Stephen Spillman (Enactus USA))

From Victory to Venture: UTRGV Enactus champions set out for Kazakhstan

UTRGV Enactus student members will be travelling more than 7,000 miles across the world in October to compete in a global competition. In a symbolic triumph for the Texas border region, the UTRGV Enactus Chapter claimed the 2024 Enactus USA National Champion title at the annual... Read More

Dr. Subhash Chauhan, director of the UTRGV School of Medicine’s South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research, says that developing targeted drugs for pancreatic cancer is another area of research he and his team are investigating. Their work is part of a broader effort to advance cancer research in the Rio Grande Valley, aiming to bring innovative treatments and discoveries to the local community. (UTRGV Photo by Maria Gonzalez)

UTRGV researchers developing drugs to fight pancreatic and prostate cancer

Researchers at the UTRGV School of Medicine are at the forefront of developing novel drug therapies for two of the deadliest forms of cancer: pancreatic and prostate. While mortality rates for most cancers are improving, pancreatic cancer continues... Read More

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