WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019
TIME: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: UTRGV Edinburg Campus Library Media Theater (LIBR 1.311), north side of campus (Edinburg Campus Map: http://www.utrgv.edu/_files/documents/admissions/visit/utrgv-edinburg-map.pdf)

EDINBURG, TEXAS – On Saturday, Feb. 16, about 206 students and coaches representing 13 middle schools and 20 high schools from throughout South Texas will participate in a Regional Science Bowl competition at the UTRGV Edinburg Campus.

This fast-paced question-and-answer tournament is designed to test knowledge in biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy and math.

Although the event is not open to the general public due to space limitations, media representatives are invited to cover the event. Throughout the day, there will be opportunities to videotape and record the students in action.

The championship finals will take place at 3:45 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony at the Library Media Theater.

The UTRGV-U.S. Department of Energy Regional Science Bowl is part of the National Science Bowl® competition coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Since its inception in 1991, more than 290,000 high school students have participated.

UTRGV’s Regional Science Bowl will have two divisions (middle school and high school). Each division will be set up in a round-robin format in the morning, with the top two teams from each group advancing into a double elimination stage during the afternoon. Teams in the double elimination stage will advance until eliminated, with the finalist of the No-Loss Bracket facing the finalist of the Challengers’ Bracket in the finals.

All students will receive a Science Bowl T-shirt. Winning teams will get a team trophy and medals for each of their members.

The first-place team advances to the National Science Bowl, April 25-29, in Washington, D.C. 

All visitors to the regional Science Bowl must bring a photo ID.

ABOUT UTRGV

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.

UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016.