Tag: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)

EDINBURG — The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Thursday announced it is renaming UTRGV Stadium, formerly H-E-B Park, to the Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium.

EDINBURG — There’s power in speaking with a unified voice, and that’s precisely what municipal leaders from Brownsville to San Antonio hope to leverage through a new partnership called the South Texas Alliance of Cities, or STAC.

HARLINGEN — UTRGV’s campus here was placed on lockdown Thursday morning after the university reported on social media about a “possible armed intruder.”

EDINBURG — At the far end of one of UTRGV’s gym rooms are two smaller areas where Juan Gonzalez and his team have established something new to the Rio Grande Valley.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine announced Thursday that it’s been awarded a $17.5 million grant to expand its Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs, a continuation of financial support to help build more opportunity for medical workers locally.

EDINBURG — UTRGV football finally has a place to call home.

If there is any story that encompasses the positive impact of perseverance and determination toward one’s goal it is that of Juan Gonzalez, who overcame obstacles in pursuit of helping those in his community.

EDINBURG — After planting the seeds of this project over two years ago, UTRGV’s Hub of Prosperity, a 5-acre research and education farm, is now cultivating their effort in a new mobile learning lab that takes their sustainable agriculture teachings all across the Rio Grande Valley.

EDINBURG — The nearly $30 million, 66,660-square-foot UTRGV-Edinburg CISD Collegiate High School is nearing completion with officials saying it is about 75% done with construction to finish around April.

Once upon a time, not all that long ago, people’s eyes were not constantly glued to smartphones.