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UTRGV students to host school supplies drive on Brownsville and Edinburg campuses
Monday, April 22, 2024 The School Supplies Drives will be held simultaneously on Thursday, April 25, at 2:00 p.m. in front of the Student Union on the Brownsville campus and in front of University Library on the Edinburg campus.
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UTRGV, City of Brownsville partner to train middle managers
Thursday, April 18, 2024 UTRGV and the City of Brownsville (COB) are partnering to provide 35 COB middle managers the Professional Development for Middle Management Program conducted by UTRGV Professional Development and Workforce Development.
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Twelfth time is a charm: Former NASA astronaut José Hernández shares motivational speech at UTRGV
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 More a thousand people – including UTRGV students, faculty and community members – filled the PAC, to hear Jose Hernández speak about his accomplishments, his STS-128 Discovery mission, all the challenges he faced and how it took ...
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UTRGV marks facility enhancements with $2.4M EDA grant
Friday, April 12, 2024 UTRGV on Thursday marked the beginning of a transformative facility enhancement project, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the Community Engagement and Student Success Building (CESS) in Edinburg. Funded by a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. ...
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UTRGV celebrates Florence Nightingale legacy with focus on statistics, data science and nursing
Thursday, April 11, 2024 Held in Edinburg, the event highlighted the importance of statistics and data science in various fields, including healthcare. Sponsored by UTRGV’s School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and the Canadian Statistical Sciences ...
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From ‘A Million Miles Away’ to Edinburg
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Former NASA astronaut and real-life inspiration behind the movie sensation, “A Million Miles Away,” Jose Hernandez will launch UTRGV’s Spring 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series.
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UTRGV to kick off facility improvements with $2.4M EDA grant
Tuesday, April 09, 2024 UTRGV will hold a groundbreaking ceremony and special announcement on Thursday, April 11, to highlight the start of new facility improvements. Supported by a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), the ...
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UTRGV School of Nursing students to host community health fair in Brownsville
Monday, April 08, 2024 The nursing students, all UTRGV seniors, are coordinating the family-friendly fair as part of their service-learning community course. The fair offers free services, including screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar and body mass index (BMI), ...
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UTRGV hosts “Science in Motion” viewing events for eclipse
Saturday, April 06, 2024 UTRGV will host “Science in Motion” viewing events Monday, April 8, to observe the total solar eclipse, which will reach approximately 92 percent totality in the Rio Grande Valley. A limited quantity of eclipse glasses will be available.
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UTRGV astronomer to feature in Exploratorium Museum's Solar Eclipse broadcast
Friday, April 05, 2024 Dr. Liliana Rivera Sandoval, assistant professor of astronomy at UTRGV, has been invited by the Exploratorium Museum – a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer – to ...
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‘Food is Fundamental’
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Stephanie Kasper, program manager for the UTRGV Agroecology Program, oversees production of the Hub of Prosperity farm, a 5-acre research and education farm managed by the UTRGV Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement (SARA) and ...
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Enduring Legacy: UTRGV names stadium after Robert and Janet Vackar
Thursday, March 21, 2024 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) announced Thursday that it is naming its newly acquired stadium the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium.
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Planting seeds of knowledge
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 New UTRGV SARA mobile lab to venture into community helping spread information on sustainability, agriculture
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Honoring Nature’s Heroes: UTRGV and community partners come together to celebrate pollinators
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 UTRGV students, faculty, staff and community partners gathered at the UTRGV Brownsville campus on Mar. 6, 2024, to celebrate the annual Pollinator Day.
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UTRGV Chess Program to host South Texas State Scholastic Championships this weekend
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 This weekend, more than 1,000 K-12 students from 117 school districts across the region will converge onto The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to showcase their chess skills at the 2024 South Texas State Scholastic Championships.
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UTRGV student earns silver in national Taekwondo competition
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Alejandro Rayas has been training for his chance to return to the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA) Collegiate Championships, and this spring, he will have that opportunity.
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Explore your options at UTRGV’s Graduate Fair
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 The Valley community will have a chance to discover the diverse range of graduate programs available, at this year’s UTRGV Graduate Fair. Hosted by the UTRGV Graduate College, the fair will be March 7 on the Edinburg Campus and March 21 on ...
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UTRGV legacy athletic director Jim Brooks blazed trail for integration
Thursday, February 29, 2024 When Jim Brooks was hired as the inaugural athletic director for then Pan American College (PAC) in 1953, he could not have known he would become a pioneer for integration in intercollegiate athletics in Texas and throughout the American South.
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UTRGV announces purchase of sports, entertainment complex
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) on Wednesday announced it has acquired H-E-B Park, designating the venue as the primary home for the upcoming Vaqueros football program. The announcement came during a press conference at H-E-B ...
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Annual UTRGV Charreada will celebrate Charro Days with community event
Friday, February 23, 2024 UTRGV again will join the annual Charro Days festivities with its Charreada celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Brownsville. Since 2016, Charreada has celebrated the vibrant culture of the university and the city in the event, sponsored by ...
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UTRGV celebrates FESTIBA 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 UTRGV’s annual Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA), an educational and entertaining event that promotes cultural arts and literacy, runs this year from Feb. 23 through March 3.
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UT System Student Regent John Michael Austin visits UTRGV
Monday, February 19, 2024 UT System Student Regent John Michael Austin made a visit to UTRGV on Monday, aiming to familiarize himself with the diverse campus and engage in conversations with students and administrators about campus achievements and aspirations.
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Engineer’s Week: ‘Welcome to the Future’
Thursday, February 15, 2024 Engineers Week 2024 kicks off Friday and continues into next week, celebrating the theme “Welcome to the Future.” Hosted by the UTRGV College of Engineering & Computer Science faculty, this year’s events feature ...
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UTRGV Vaquero Marching Band, Color Guard to participate in Laredo Anheuser-Busch Washington’s Birthday Parade
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 UTRGV’s inaugural marching band will help fill the streets of Laredo with music, when the UTRGV Vaquero Marching Band and the UTRGV Color Guard perform in this weekend's Anheuser-Busch Washington’s Birthday Parade.
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Texas institutions gather for ‘Sustainability at TRACS’ conference, hosted by UTRGV
Friday, February 09, 2024 The sustainability network continues to expand in Texas, with UTRGV hosting the annual TRACS conference recently at the South Padre Island Convention Center. This year’s theme, “Sustainability, the Future of Texas.”
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UTRGV Arts, Athletics utilizing new ticket system for events
Thursday, February 01, 2024 UTRGV Arts and Athletics departments are now utilizing a new ticket system, called Showpass. In a trial run since September 2023, the new ticketing system eventually could become the primary vendor to sell tickets for UTRGV events in the ...
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UTRGV's 'Energy & U' inspires thousands of Valley K-12 students
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 UTRGV hosted its latest series of “Energy & U” shows Jan. 12 at the Edinburg Performance Arts Center. This dynamic, award-winning event showcases the excitement of science and engineering to area K-12 students, focusing on the ...
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POSTPONED – MLK Day: UTRGV community continuing day of service tradition
Thursday, January 11, 2024 UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, UTRGV's MLK Day of Service on Monday, January 15, will be postponed.
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UTRGV Chess Team advances again to Final Four
Monday, January 08, 2024 The multiple national champion UTRGV Chess Team again has advanced to the national championship of collegiate chess, the Final Four, also known as the President’s Cup.
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UTRGV students and local entrepreneurs win big at annual Big Idea Competition
Friday, December 22, 2023 Four UTRGV students will move on to compete at the national level for a chance to win $10K after dominating the fourth annual Big Idea Competition, hosted by the UTRGV Center for Innovation & Commercialization (CIC).
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UTRGV provides forum to discuss ‘Local Community Resilience’ through multiple perspectives with CCRIA conference
Thursday, December 21, 2023 A two-day conference, hosted by the UTRGV Community Resilience Research Innovation and Advocacy Center (CCRIA), gathered academia, the public sector and local community organizations to discuss the topic of community resilience.
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UTRGV celebrates 10th year of Tree Campus USA designation
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 UTRGV commemorated another year of being designated as a Tree Campus Higher Education institution during this year’s Arbor Day celebration.
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A Holiday Gift Guide: December hosts National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 December is certainly a month of gift-giving, a time to celebrate the holidays and, for children, a time to enjoy and share new toys. For anyone giving toys as gifts this month – which is also National Safe Toys and Gifts Month – ...
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UTRGV partners in historic groundbreaking
Monday, December 18, 2023 UTRGV and the City of McAllen have joined forces with the McAllen school district and Texas Parks and Wildlife to create the Center for Urban Ecology (CUE), a 14-acre nature destination that will foster ecological education programs and help ...
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UTRGV marketing students go head-to-head in upcoming Battle of the Brands competition
Thursday, December 07, 2023 UTRGV students in the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship (RCVCOBE) will have a chance at prize money and an opportunity to showcase what they have learned this semester, during the Fall 2023 Battle of the Brands ...
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UTRGV faculty learn how to implement sustainability into interdisciplinary curriculums
Wednesday, December 06, 2023 The 2023 International Center for Sustainability Across Curriculum Conference (ICSAC), held Nov. 11-12 at the Embassy Suites in McAllen, brought together UTRGV faculty for a weekend of learning and exchange.
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UTRGV Football Head Coach Travis Bush named Grand Marshal of McAllen Holiday Parade
Monday, November 27, 2023 The City of McAllen, in collaboration with UTRGV, today announced final details for the annual McAllen Holiday Parade.
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Families connect with students’ STEM research at UTRGV’s fourth FIESTA Symposium
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 On Saturday, Nov. 18, Ramona Velazquez stood proudly among a sea of trifold displays at the UTRGV HPEII fieldhouse, as her granddaughter Victoria presented the science behind palo azul, a tea derived from “Texas Kidneywood” bark.
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History in plain sight: CHAPS displays new traveling exhibit ‘Ancient Landscapes of South Texas’
Friday, November 17, 2023 Ever wonder if you have a piece “hidden history” in your backyard? Some history buffs at UTRGV may have the answer to that question.
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Wine Not?
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 UTRGV students did not have to travel far to expand their wine knowledge thanks to a free two-day course that helped them gain the prestigious Court of Master Sommelier certification.
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RGV Quilt Guild presents five service quilts to military students, faculty at UTRGV School of Medicine
Friday, November 10, 2023 Five UTRGV School of Medicine students and faculty recently were recognized for their service in the U.S. Armed Forces by a local quilting organization. The Rio Grande Valley Quilt Guild made and presented five quilts at a small ceremony held in ...
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UTRGV hosting ‘Artrageous’ this weekend
Friday, November 10, 2023 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will host “Artrageous,” a live art exhibition that features live painting, vocalists, dancers, and musicians, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12 at the UTRGV Performing Arts Center in Edinburg. The ...
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UTRGV Chess Team logs another national title, as 2023 US National Collegiate Rapid Chess co-champions
Wednesday, November 08, 2023 It’s another checkmate for UTRGV’s three-time national champion chess team, which just brought home a national win as the 2023 U.S. National Collegiate Rapid Chess Champions.
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UTRGV Student Food Pantry collects tons of food during Hunger Action Month
Thursday, November 02, 2023 The UTRGV Student Food Pantry recently expanded its fight against hunger with a food drive that spanned the entire Rio Grande Valley and amassed 2.25 tons of food. Last year, the Student Food Pantry distributed more than 16.8 tons of food over ...
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UTRGV School of Medicine welcomes new Medicine and Oncology chair
Thursday, October 19, 2023 The UTRGV School of Medicine is expanding its promise to elevate cancer care in the Rio Grande Valley, and now welcomes the new Medicine and Oncology Department lead, Dr. Everardo Cobos, M.D., F.A.C.P. Cobos will lead, train and oversee the next ...
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UTRGV Center for Innovation & Commercialization to hold Big Idea Competition finale this Wednesday
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 This Shark Tank-like event will be held in Weslaco at the CIC facility, located at 307 E. Railroad. The Big Idea Competition, open to UTRGV students and RGV community members, is an opportunity for local aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their ...