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Civil engineering freshman Shoshana Molina presents about the American Dream during NovaRhet April 17 in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. NovaRhet is a composition research symposium ...

Editor’s note: This opinion piece includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, reach out 988 (National Suicide Helpline), 741741 (Crisis Text Line), or 866-488-7386 ...

The tower stands atop the Main Building on the Brownsville campus. THE RIDER FILE PHOTO UTRGV marks its 10-year anniversary with a year of celebrations, record-breaking growth and national recognition ...

Kevin Flores (from left), Student Government Association external vice president; Ian Alfaro, SGA president; and Kayla Johnson, SGA internal vice president, raise their hands during the oath of office ...

UTRGV Parking and Transportation increased the cost of most parking permits by 5% for the 2025-26 school year. The additional revenue would fund parking-lot upgrades, according to a university ...

Sundaes on Mondays: The Student Union will host Sundaes on Mondays from noon to 1 p.m. on the Edinburg campus. Attendees can enjoy free ice cream. James Talarico UTRGV: The RGV College Democrats will ...

Students and faculty will now be able to work on radio frequency technologies research at the new STARGATE facility, which can open the doors for collaboration with SpaceX in Brownsville. Despite the ...

Shown is David Schaelchlin, a university police officer, on March 10 in the University Police building on the Brownsville campus. Karla Hernandez/THE RIDER The UTRGV Police Department, with about ...

The UTRGV Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held a grand opening for the Soccer and Track & Field Complex locker rooms last Wednesday. The locker rooms were an estimated $10 million taken from ...

Many programs at UTRGV are celebrating a decade since the university’s founding in 2015. Among them is Student Media, a program whose roots stretch back long before UTRGV existed. Before the ...

Candidatos para la Asociación del Gobierno Estudiantil (SGA, por sus siglas en inglés) se juntaron para su reunión de candidatos el 4 de marzo en el Salón Sage del Student Union en el campus de ...