Tackling rising textbook costs At system schools such as UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American, textbook costs can comprise more than one-fourth of the total cost of education. At the root of the rising costs is an uncertainty of revenues for textbook companies.

Growing violence discourages people from crossing border McKenzie, an English adjunct professor at UT-Brownsville, said UT-Brownsville’s mere minute proximity to the border city of Matamoros, Mexico has caused her fear on many occasions. She said she once smelled …

 

Job Creation: A Crash Course from Brownsville, Texas Those incentives could include, for example, help organizing and funding an employee training program, according to Irv Downing, vice president of economic development and community services at the University of Texas, Brownsville.

Brothers to hold benefit concerts Feb. 1 Currently he is pursing a master’s degree in music education at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southwest College. “The beauty of all of this is because of their great faith and generosity, these two great entertainers are ...

 

Valuable Experience: Gabriela Contreras Contreras studies physics, researches obesity, diabetes

Gabriela Contreras learned quickly there is more to research than reading. Contreras, 20, is a San Benito sophomore working on a bachelor’s degree in physics — specializing in biophysics — at the University of Texas at

Delaware soccer star on the brinkA native of Ghana, Frimpong spent a year at the University of Texas at Brownsville before landing at Delaware after being spotted by Blue Hens head coach Ian Hennessy. Through Delaware, which is not lauded as a

Father, daughter, granddaughter choose to follow same career path Ortega graduated with an associates in nursing from The University of Texas at Brownsville, where she is continuing for her bachelors degree. Eventually, she would like to receive her doctorate degree. 

Fitz on 4 - Best Moments of 2011 UT Brownsville Volleyball = Best in the Nation – This one loses points for the fact that the Lady Scorpions had their biggest wins in other states this season.  Impressive road trips in California had the team believing in its national title aspirations ...

 

Champ fights for Valley children: Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina Many Valley sports fans already know who Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina is. The Lyford native, who graduated from Lyford High School in 2000 and now lives in Weslaco, burst onto the boxing scene in 2007. He quickly rose through the boxing

 

The Next Step: Regina Lumbrera

Twenty years after Regina Lumbrera graduated from Santa Rosa High School, she walked across the stage to receive her bachelor of arts in

sociology at The University of Texas at Brownsville.Lumbrera was part of the university’s largest

 

MCC names Huntley its new Director of Athletics Huntley has been the athletic director at Concordia University, a private four-year school in Austin, Texas, since 2008, and was the director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Texas at Brownsville from 2005-08. Brownsville successfully

Big cut set for border troops "That is definitely a part of this." Michael Lytle, a border expert at the University ofTexas at Brownsville, said replacing National Guard troops with aircraft is a "good tradeoff" because spotters looking for illegal border activity can cover

The Texans who live on the ‘Mexican side’ of the border fence: ‘Technically, we’re in the United States’It offered only to pay for the strips of land that were seized for the fence's path. Eloisa Tamez, a nursing professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville and an outspoken opponent of the fence, refused to sell 

 

Bright, Shining Star: Christina Ramos

Christina Ramos wanted to make sure she shined at the University of Texas at Brownsville’s recent commencement exercises. Ramos, 38, of Harlingen bought red shoes featuring red rhinestones to join her classmates in unity earning

Drug war sends troubled kids to Texas schools The emotional difficulties affect them "in many areas of academic performance," said Alma Leal, professor of counseling at the University of Texas at Brownsville and coordinator for counseling and guidance

International college students a growing market Here, Robert Oceguera lines up chairs in preparation for the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College winter commencement, which were set this weekend in Brownsville, Texas. 

 

Helping Hand: Rita Villarreal Nurse educates others about changes in health care

Giving free flu shots to low-income people recently at Loaves and Fishes was just another day at the office for Rita Villarreal, even though it wasn’t part of her regular job in the Nursing Education Department at Valley Baptist Medical

National Champion Texas at Brownsville is No. 1 in Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Postseason Poll KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Texas at Brownsville celebrated its first-ever National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa, on Dec. 3 and was rewarded with the No. 1 ranking in the postseason Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches'

Books for the Border bound for Brownsville Christmas will come a little early this year with gifts for 170 families living in the lower Rio Grande Valley. And their handmade, individually selected gifts never will go out of style and will continue to have an impact for years to come 

GALLAGHER: Brownsville pro reflects on battle beyond the border SIOUX CITY -- Staffers at Tyson Events Center began setting up for Friday's Lady Antebellum concert as Ronnie Zamora packed up his laptop Saturday night, not long after the University of Texas-Brownsville won the

Securing US border impossible despite promises "You can't look at it as `the whole border,'" he said. Lytle, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said a deployment of 15,000 National Guard troops could make an impact _ but it would be a hard sell for a Defense

 

Wild mustangs help patrols seize suspects, drugs an assistant professor of government at the University of Texas-Brownsville. The horses arrived on the border just as internal fighting within the Gulf Cartel had led to increased violence, she says. "It's important that America shows its strength when ...

Texas at Brownsville Captures School's First NAIA Volleyball National Title For the first time in five seasons, someone other than Fresno Pacific (Calif.) raised a national title banner as Texas at Brownsville seized the 2011 NAIA Volleyball National Championship presented

 

Striving higher: Leonel Garza

Mercedes prefers giving to others than receiving during the holiday season.And on Friday, Garza, 19, helped give the gift of music with his violin.Garza, a member of The University of Texas at Brownsville’s Symphony Orchestra, is part

Lee's Ferreira 'fired up' to face former team in semifinal "I'm going to come out tomorrow more fired up than today," Lee's outside hitter said. That's not a good sign for Texas-Brownsville. Ferreira pounded 13 kills and scooped 12 digs to lead third-ranked Lee (Tenn.) to a 26-24

Mystery Surrounds Message Allegedly From Zetas Leader The Zetas is giving a sign to the whole nation to the federal forces,” says Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor in the government department at the University of Texas at Brownsville with a specialty in Mexico

 

UT-Brownsville tops defending champs, advances SIOUX CITY -- Vanja Joksic lined up her UT-Brownsville teammates, clasped her hands together and pretended to shoot them as they fell down laughing -- a celebration usually reserved for touchdown dances in the NFL.

 

MAP: Edinburg city manager to take leave for congressional bid A Port Isabel native who attended the University of Texas-Brownsville, Garza still owns property and pays taxes within the district. A federal court redrew Congressional District 27 to encompass all of Cameron County

 

Electronic Coalition May Save Some Texas Programs However the board opted to shut down six of the physics programs. The seventh, at University of Texas Brownsville, opted to combine its physics major with the school’s engineering physics degree. The move to shut down programs has been controversial.

 

UT-Brownsville's Lowery wins 100th match SIOUX CITY -- Todd Lowery wins more frequently than any other active NAIA coach. By the time this tournament's over, he might be remembered more for his wacky socks. Lowery won his 100th match

2011 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Preview No. 2 Texas at Brownsville, who was placed in Pool B, makes its fourth appearance at the National Championship in program history. The Scorpions were ranked No. 1 for eight-straight weeks during the regular-season …

 

Brownsville Protects Chess Legacy at Its Schools Chess has also become part of the core identity of the University of Texas at Brownsville, which is in the process of establishing itself as a stand-alone four-year institution. “When you hear U.T.-Brownsville in the future

 

Going full circle: U.S. Army Cpl. Ruben Reyes

U.S. Army Cpl. returns to UTB 10 years later to earn degree

U.S. Army Cpl. Ruben Reyes of Harlingen has come full circle, returning to the University of Texas at Brownsville where he started as a freshman 10 years ago. “It’s funny,” Reyes said. “I took a long route from Iowa back to

UTB Professor Says Mexico Failing in War Against Cartels MEXICO CITY - An expert on Mexico claims the government is failing in its war against the cartels. Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, a UT Brownsville professor who is in Mexico City right now, says Mexican citizens believe

Mexican Government Says La Familia Cartel Is Finished Three top leaders taken out in less than a year. “Right now, it's not really clear who is the leader; there are many leaders,” says Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, a cartel expert from UT Brownsville

UTA Tuition has gone up from $4,272 in fall 2009 to $4,646 for this semester With demand for college education and resources increasing, tuition has gone up at all nine University of Texas System institutions since fall 2010. For fall 2011, UT-Dallas has the highest estimated cost at $5,362, and UT-Pan American has the lowest cost

Veteran's Day, A Time For Reflection Peter Gawenda resides in Brownsville, Texas where he is Dean of the College of Applied Technology and General Studies for The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

After surprise season, Frimpong eyes pros He landed at the University of Texas at Brownsville, an NAIA program for which he had a team-high 29 points (eight goals and 13 assists) his second year, 2009. He was too good, in fact, for that level, his coach, 

Grant to help at-risk students advance The universities, which include Texas A&M University, University of Houston, University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas at El Paso, will begin awarding the money in the fall of 2012. Texas began establishing early-college high schools

After 20 Years in Partnership, an Educational Combo Is Getting a Messy Divorce This weekend, along the border’s southern tip, homecoming at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College will be bittersweet for many. It will be one of the last, at least for

UTB student arrested for underage girlfriend's rape A University of Texas at Brownsville student is behind bars after he allegedly broke into his underage girlfriend’s house and raped her. Brownsville police arrested 19-year-old

College Student Accused of Sexually Assaulting 16-year-old Investigators say a 16-year-old girl reported Salazar went into her home near Military Highway in Brownsville. She says he sexually assaulted her while she slept. Police found Salazar a short time later at UT Brownsville

Statesman analysis shows that statistics don't back up claims of rampant drug cartel-related crime along border "It's very tricky the way the information has been managed," said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a government professor at the University ofTexas at Brownsville. Correa-Cabrera, who co-wrote a paper criticizing the media's

The Rise Of Femicide And Women In Drug Trafficking – Analysis As Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an assistant professor of government at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, observed, “globalization, technology and modernization have facilitated

 

Balancing act: Marisol Pelaez

Pelaez values time as wife, mother, student, nurse. Marisol Pelaez got her first taste of the health care industry by attending a health occupations class at Harlingen High School. Now she’s married, a mother of three children and is nurse manager of the Independent Rehabilitation Unit

Still no solution for illegal immigrants' long-term care costs"It's a tragic, intractable problem," said Antonio Zavaleta, a professor of anthropology at the University of Texas Brownsville who specializes in health care and immigrant populations. "There's no clear solution." Provide the long-term care and those ...

Enrollment continues to climb at Texas colleges, universities Meanwhile, the University of Houston, Texas State University, UT-Brownsville and UT-Dallas each saw increases of more than 1,000 students. Coordinating board officials also say their data show an increase of nearly

When it comes to the border fence, Perry is rooted in reality “They seem to be completely out of touch with the reality of the Texas-Mexico border,” said Anthony Zavaleta, an anthropology and sociology professor at the University of Texas Brownsville. Zavaleta said it's easy for candidates to stand up at campaign

 

Police Say to Use Caution When Using Online Dating Site Online dating danger led to a man charged with rape. Word spread quickly around UT Brownsville about an alleged rape that started with an online conversation. Authorities say Juan Gomez of New 

Community Collaboration Results in Grant Funding for Two Nonprofit Housing Organizations CDCB is working with architecture students from The University of Texas at Brownsville to assist with the design of the new homes.  "We have had a long standing relationship with FHLB Dallas and its Affordable Housing Program, and we greatly ...

Suspect Arrested in Sexual Assault at UTB Police have arrested the suspect in a sexual assault that reportedly occurred at the University of Texas at Brownsville. A UTB student was sexually assaulted in the parking lot across the university's

 

A More Perfect Union: A Dialogue on American Values I was joined by John DeGioia, president of Georgetown University, Calvin Butts, president of SUNY College at Old Westbury, Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, Michael Gerson, Washington

Does Texas Higher Education Have a Morale Problem? Those getting close to retirement are virtually counting down the days. In May, Renee Rubin retired from her tenured faculty position at the University of Texas at Brownsville at the relatively young age of 56. While her decision was for personal reasons

George Hill working out in Brownsville during lockout Hill has settled in Brownsville, where he’s working at the University ofTexas-Brownsville during the work stoppage.  ”I will stay here in Brownsville and at UTB and work on my game until the lockout is over,” 

Valley Faithful Gather To Pray For Peace Amiento was just one of many people who assembled on the University of Texas at Brownsville Saturday. They said groups like this one in Brownsville were a part of several prayer groups gathered across North America

Bryn Mawr Students Join President Jane McAuliffe at Constitution Center For Inaugural “A More Perfect Union” Event Ten Bryn Mawr students joined President Jane McAuliffe at the National Constitution Center on Oct. 11 for the inaugural event in a series of discussions featuring elected officials, journalists, business leaders, and others

Valley woman makes it onto Special K cereal box Cindy is a graduate of Los Fresnos High School and received her bachelor degree from UT-Brownsville. Before heading to Hollywood, Cindy was a band director at a valley middle school.

Student Worries About UTB Security After Attack Security at a Valley university is under the microscope. A University of Texas at Brownsville student says she fears for her safety. Vanessa Unwin says she doesn't feel safe walking the campus of

Texas University Breaking Ties With Community College Ask Texas Southmost College trustee Adela Garza about her school losing its longtime, wealthier university partner—University of Texas at Brownsville—and she is relieved, even proud. Praising the pending split, Garza expects tuition will fall

Scholarship That Contributes to the Public Good Enriches Universities, Too, Speakers Say message was delivered on Thursday by a succession of speakers at a two-day educational summit held at the University of Texas at Brownsville that was Webcast for the public. The conference, hosted by the

Forum envisions how education can transform Valley “Life's not that complicated,” Cigarroa said in opening the Vista Summit at the University of Texas-Brownsville. “You want your children to have a better life; we as educators want regions to have better lives.” The summit is a two-day gathering of ...

UT leaders look to each other for Valley's future  Collaboration must be the keystone to rapidly transform the Rio Grande Valley’s education and economic future, University of Texas System leaders declared at UT-Brownsville to their peers

Using a Hands-on approach: Ramiro Espinoza

UTB student hopes to share passion of technology, deaf culture. Ramiro Espinoza of Harlingen has been captivated by computer systems for most of his life.“Since I was in middle school I have been curious about technology,” said Espinoza through the use of a deaf interpreter. “I would open things

Students in UTSA Stokes minority participation program attend state conference The LSAMP fellows were comprised of five UTSA students, three San Antonio College students, one UT Brownsville student and one student from UT El Paso. The 10 students participated in research with UTSA faculty

Traficantes matam quem joga contra eles no Twitter mexicano Se um site ou outro está sendo usado por um ou outro grupo, isso pode ser um risco", diz Guadalupe Correa, professora da universidade Texas-Brownsville, que estudou as redes sociais em Tamaulipas.

Physics Programs Face the Axe at Seven Texas Universities “In this time of budget cuts, states, in particular Texas, have been very adamant about cutting their budget,” said Mario Diaz, director of the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Texas at Brownsville. In February, the THECB ...

College America Report Examines Low Higher Ed Graduation Rates Hyman spoke on a panel discussion titled, “A Matter of Degrees: Measuring the Value of Higher Ed,” with University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet V. García. More and more students need to work to pay for their hefty college tuitions ...

Texas holds firm on physics closures For example, Mario Díaz, a physicist at the University of Texas at Brownsville — which enrols mostly Hispanic students — says his department was able to raise more than US$5 million for research on gravitational

Gateway President Ed Hughes to participate in NBC News panel  Fellow panelists at the Tuesday session include Chancellor Hyman; Bill Haslam, governor of Tennessee; Drew Faust, president of Harvard University; Juliet Garcia of the University of Texas – Brownsville; Franco Harris

South Texas higher ed must focus on students Twenty years after forging a unique and successful education partnership, Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas at Brownsville are going their separate ways. The two schools have started the transition to become free-standing institutions 

Job Spotlight: Robert “Bret” Lefler, art education at CSU He was the chair of a combined art and music department at the joint University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Because UTB was trying to separate from TSC, his future position was uncertain.

 

Aiming higher: Lori Feucht

Clinical nurse manager continues education, works her way up. Working and studying continues to take up most of Lori Feucht’s time, but she’s OK with that. Feucht, a native of Corpus Christi, came to Harlingen with her family 26 years ago, and has worked her way up through nursing positions

A Piece of Ground Zero in the Rio Grande Valley Events to honor 9/11 victims continued at the University of Texas at Brownsville. President Dr. Juliet Garcia compares the effects of the 9/11 attacks to those of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy - meaning life ...

 

LIFETIME VOLUNTEER: Steve Wilder

Wilder serves as coordinator, counselor for the Office of Disability Services at UTB-TSC

Barta Named Marauders Baseball Coach In his fourth season Northland qualified for the national playoffs. In 2006, Barta's final season at Northland prior to taking the UT-Brownsville job, the baseball team posted the first winning season of any Lumberjacks athletic programs in ...

U.S.: Online Ads Meet Requirement for Hiring Foreign Profs But last month, an appeals board of the department ruled-- in a challenge by the University of Texas at Brownsville -- that there was no legitimate reason to demand a print ad instead of an online ad. And now the Labor Department has adjusted ...

Crab Larvae Attacking Swimmers at SPI Those tiny crabs are latching on to hair, skin and clothing of swimmers. A professor at UT Brownsville checked out the water yesterday. He says the sea creatures aren't poisonous or toxic. However, folks tells us they …

Are We Ready for the Influx of Latino Students? Institutions such as National Hispanic University, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and El Paso Community College have proven records in retaining and graduating Latino students, especially those from low-income, first-generation families.

Alamo Colleges official to lead Brownsville school Lily Tercero, chief budget officer at the Alamo Colleges, has been named president ofTexas Southmost College in Brownsville to guide the school through a separation with the University of Texas at Brownsville. Juliet Garcia, president of UTB, led the ...

Missing student returns home safe and sound A Matamoros teen who went missing while on her way to register for classes at University of Texas at Brownsville is back home safe and sound. The family of 19-year-old Monica Gudiño-Belden reports that the she made it back home late Tuesday night.

Board of Regents to build medical school in Lower Rio Grande Valley “We need to ensure that there are enough post-medical school spots,” he said. UT-Brownsville President Juliet García said part of the $30 million fund will also go toward moving the institution to a four-year college from a community

Rhodes State administrator is presidential candidate in Texas The vice president for academic affairs at Rhodes State College will be in Brownsville, Texas, today for a public forum as a presidential candidate at Texas Southmost College. Roberto Gutierrez, who has been at Rhodes State for two years, has worked in 

UTB opens Casa Bella doors

BROWNSVILLE — Signs were clear Saturday that the partnership between the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College is ...

 

Little Genius Club Inc In 1997, I decided to immigrate to the U.S., and started a pre-business degree in the University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas SouthmostCollege with the aid of a grant. This stage in my life was very difficult since my …

Mexico’s Drug War, Feminized More women are working in every aspect of the economy, “including drug trafficking,” said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an assistant professor of government at the University of Texas, Brownsville. Yet, because Mexico’s justice system is so opaque ...

Visually-impaired UTB student alleges discrimination Juan Pacheco is a communication student at the University Of Texas At Brownsville and has a condition that makes him visually impaired. He must have a computer device at hand to 

 

Down to Business: Rene Cardona

The Collegian’s new editor hopes to adapt to changing industry.  Rene Cardona has had a busy summer of research. Cardona, 21, of San Benito, has spent time studying online and print editions of newspapers to get ideas for this fall’s revamping of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost

Boxing News: Undercard Set for Joseph Agbeko – Abner Mares He’s a hard worker inside the gym and in life as evidenced by the fact he earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from University of Texas at Brownsville and has volunteered to work with special needs 

In Muevete USA, student nurses combat childhood obesity Recipes and jump rope NAHN member Eloisa Tamez, of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Brownsville, mentored a nursing student who addressed nutrition while another addressed physical activity.

Diaz-Granados, Schurman to wed Celeste is a 2005 graduate of St. Joseph Academy High School in Brownsville.  She graduated from the University of Texas at Brownsville with a Bachelor of Business degree in Accounting in May 2011. The wedding …

Texas launches adult degree completion program 'Grad TX' Hilda Flores, a graduate of UT Brownsville with a BAAS in Applied Business Technology, applauds her program in her story, “I didn’t have to start way from the beginning. I was able to build on what I already had [the associate’s degree] so that I was ...

 

Fired up: Tom Coyle

Professor looks for a good challenge.

Harlingen resident Tom Coyle received his bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the “other UT,” the University of Tennessee. But as the saying goes, “He wasn’t born here, but he got to Texas as fast as he

 

Holt a finalist for Texas Southmost College president Former Blinn College president Daniel Holt is a finalist for the same position at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. Holt, who also served as Blinn’s chief executive officer before resigning in March, was among six finalists chosen from a ...

 

UTB students to work with MIT researchers

 

HANDS ON INTERN: Oscar Garcia

Student gets environmental experience... is riding his bike to school, organizing beach cleanups or replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, Oscar Garcia knows he is making a difference every day. The senior majoring in environmental sciences

Mexico's Santa Muerte spreads across border region "It's spreading like wildfire, absolute wildfire," said Antonio "Tony" Zavaleta, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville who has studied border folklore for more than 35 years. Zavaleta has seen the Santa Muerte grow in ...

 

Doug Stoves

Harlingen man finds homes for animals. Doug Stoves builds his life around service. Whether it’s to students in higher education, the community or animals, his passion is compassion. Now a resident of Harlingen, Stoves and his wife Eileen Mahoney

Valley perspective on federal budget crisis It's become a daily occurrence for Dr. Mark Kroll at the University of Texas at Brownsville. The UTB business professor's eyes are glued to the news, closely monitoring the debt ceiling ..

Former Del Rio High School athlete signs with UT-Brownsville A former Del Rio High School student-athlete will get the chance to play baseball for the University of Texas at Brownsville. Justin Chavira, son of Mark and Norma Chavira of Odem, Texas, signed a letter of intent to play for UT Brownsville in May after a ...

Ruling: Online Ads Sufficient in Hiring Non-U.S. Residents as Academics An appeals board of the U.S. Department of Labor this week issued a ruling backing the right of the University of Texas at Brownsville to use online advertising to show that it had attempted to recruit an American for a position for which it wanted ...

Texans shouldn't ignore border issues UT-Brownsville government professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera believes that more than 40,000 civilians have been killed in the north of Mexico since 2006. The number of people who have fled from their homes or voluntarily evacuated is still unknown.

Should CPS take custody of obese children? But Dr. Joseph McCormick with the UTHSC School of Public Health at the University of Texas at Brownsville believes it could save a child's life. He said the new proposal is only for kids that are extremely obese, and only after counseling and assistants fails.

Bombs away Miller, a University of Texas at Brownsville senior from Stevensville, Mich., came on in the sixth inning and added a three-run bomb over the scoreboard in the seventh. “That felt great. It’s sort of been a monkey on my …

Officials say education is key to Valley's economic progress The lack thereof, could make it harder to bounce back from hard economic items. According to University of Texas at Brownsville Business Professor Mostafa Malki, Cameron County is one of the poorest in the nation. "Statistically our numbers don’t look ...

United Way of Southern Cameron County Receives $1.5 Million Grant The grant will last nearly two years. The project is run by the United Way, but one of its partners is UT-Brownsville. Every incoming freshman will be affected by this program at the university.

Docs may be able to get their degrees much faster One will pair UT-Austin with UT Medical School at Houston or UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; another will pair UT-Brownsville, UT Pan American in Edinburg and UT-El Paso with UT Medical Branch at Galveston or UT-Houston

Higher ed critics target elusive 'lazy professor' "It is very easy to teach the same thing over and over," said Renee Rubin, a professor of education who retired this year from UT- Brownsville. "I would not want to see the research component go." However, Rubin said …

HOTTEST 2011: Aaron Gutierrez He graduated from The University of Texas at Brownsville with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, and also currently works as a substitute teacher. However, his life will always have an original soundtrack.

Wastewater projects improving Rio Grande water quality

crews from the IBWC, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the University of Texas-Brownsville sampled the water last year in half-mile increments along a 23-mile section of the river and found …

Progress seen for women - in cartels Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, assistant professor of government at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, described it as “a phenomenon in which women are really gaining spaces in different types of activities, not only ...

Column: Illegal immigrants should not be rewarded for ignoring laws Eric Balderas, an illegal immigrant studying at Harvard University, faced deportation one year ago. University of Texas at Brownsville alumnus José Arturo Guerra faced deportation last month while in his last year of school. In both cases, the United ...