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City manager: Edinburg $1M contribution to UTRGV still alive

BY NAXIELY LOPEZ-PUENTE AND MATT WILSON, STAFF WRITERS Although members of Edinburg City Council considered canceling the city’s $1 million contribution to the University of Texas Rio...

UTRGV Disaster Studies Program coordinator receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar

By Maria Elena Hernandez, UTRGV Staff In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country Burma, killing more than 100,000 people. “There were many issues...

UTRGV faculty honored with UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards

By Melissa Vasquez, UTRGV Staff For their commitment to providing a quality and meaningful education to their students, two UTRGV faculty members have been honored...

UTRGV medical school conducting COVID-19 testing

HARLINGEN — The Rio Grande Valley’s medical students are playing a big role in the coronavirus pandemic. “If there was ever a time to be...

UTRGV fall financial relief deadline approaching

Some students at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will be eligible to receive grant money to help them with expenses this fall,...

UTRGV to provide $1,000 cash grants to eligible students  

By Melissa Vasquez, UTRGV Staff To provide UTRGV students with even more financial support this coming semester, the university has revamped its Fall Relief Package to give all...

UTRGV continues fresh produce distribution to community

Dozens of students and community members attended the weekly produce distribution at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Friday where they received...

UTRGV to offer six types of classes in the fall semester

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced in an email sent to the campus community that students will have six different types of...

String theory: Michael Quantz is a pioneer in guitar education

There was a time not so long ago that studying music on guitar in the classroom was basically unheard of. Oh sure, you could study...

Army vet graduates from UTRGV hoping to help other servicemen

UTRGV’s 2020 military graduates banded together to push each other through the challenges of higher education. The sacrifices they made to serve were honored...