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Annual UTRGV Startup Resource Expo connects local entrepreneurs and organizations
Thursday, June 06, 2024 UTRGV’s Center for Innovation & Commercialization is offering local business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs a chance to network and connect with resource-providing organizations, during its fourth annual Startup Resource Expo.
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UTRGV’s annual STEM Education Conference fosters international collaboration
Tuesday, June 04, 2024 UTRGV recently hosted the 7th Annual STEM Education Conference, with educators from around the globe exploring innovative practices in STEM education.
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UTRGV partner school Brownsville Early College High School top performer in Texas
Monday, June 03, 2024 UTRGV partner school, Brownsville Early College High School (BECHS) continues to maintain its position as one of the top-ranking institutions in Texas, according to U.S. News and World Report.
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UTRGV celebrates Earth Fest, a spectacle of sustainability
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 UTRGV Edinburg and Brownsville campuses came alive with the vibrant spirit of environmental consciousness during this year’s Earth Fest activities.
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UTRGV Spring Commencement sees more than 4,000 Vaqueros earn degrees
Saturday, May 11, 2024 More than 4,000 UTRGV students earned their diplomas this weekend during UTRGV’s Spring 2024 Commencement ceremonies.
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UTRGV’s Spring 2024 graduation ceremonies kick off in Brownsville
Friday, May 10, 2024 UTRGV graduated nearly 800 of its more than 4,000 Spring 2024 graduates, with the first ceremony on the Brownsville Campus.
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Dr. John R. Austin, father of UT System Student Regent, graduates from UTRGV with another degree
Friday, May 10, 2024 Education is evergreen, so for Dr. John R. Austin, interim chief medical officer for Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen, seeking additional education was a natural step.
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“Just the beginning of my journey” UTRGV business student ready for next chapter after graduation
Wednesday, May 08, 2024 Eric Arredondo, from McAllen, says graduation is not only a time of celebrations for his achievements, but also a time to reflect on the support he’s received throughout his college career at UTRGV.
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UTRGV to acquire, renovate Brownsville ISD facility for new home for Art and Design
Tuesday, May 07, 2024 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Longoria Elementary School in Brownsville and transforming the site into the new home of its School of Art and Design.
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OPINION: The next generation of teachers is right here in our K-12 classrooms
Tuesday, May 07, 2024 By Dr. Alma D. Rodriguez – As the nation celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week this year May 6-10, I think we can all agree that every student in our state deserves to be in classrooms led by well-prepared teachers, and that aspiring ...
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UTRGV offering innovative IRIS booth for professional headshots
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 UTRGV Career Center is helping prepare students for a successful future through a variety of resources.
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UTRGV Dance Program to host annual concert this week
Thursday, April 25, 2024 UTRGV Dance Program to host annual concert this week
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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 ...