University of Texas at Brownsville News

Diana Naranjo went back to school to earn a college degree to set an example for her children.

New San Benito school board members say they plan to work with schools Superintendent Antonio Limon, whose contract expires in 2014.

Visitors from Universidade de Fortaleza in Brazil accompany Camilla Montoya of UTB-TSC on a tour of the local campus Thursday.

Citing a generation of students who are highly comfortable with online and mobile technology, UTB-TSC on Tuesday publicly an-nounced its new free mobile app.

The University of Texas at El Paso has hired a new project director for its part in a UT System initiative that aims to change the way new doctors are educated in the future.

Officials said splitting TSC and UTB may resolve the confusion that often has surrounded statistics regarding the partnership.

Sophia Quiroga is all smiles as she is acknowledged as one of two graduates who on Saturday received both a bachelor's and a master's in mathematics through a special program in the UTB Department of Mathematics.

Senior psychology majors at the University of Texas at Brownsville Laura Esquivel and Jessica Carmona have fully packed summers ahead of them, starting with a study abroad trip to Brazil, where they arrived May 14 after traveling for 24 hours.

A University of Texas at Brownsville official on Thursday confirmed that 88 faculty positions will be terminated in May 2013 and said that details of a resignation incentive package will be announced early next week.

Dr. Zavaleta, a medical anthropologist and professor at UT Brownsville, will present his book "Medicinal Plants of the Borderlands" at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27 at the Museum of South Texas History in the Courtyard Gallery.

Officials have announced that under the new University of Texas at Brownsville Graduation Initiative students will have the benefit of coaching.

In San Benito, voters will decide 17 proposed amendments to the City Charter and will cast ballots in three school board races.

Nallely Fuentes gives a certificate to Angel Samuel Torres, 3, on Friday at an award ceremony hosted by H-E-B, the University of Texas at Brownsville and the Brownsville Independent School District for 103 local families who completed the Read 3 Family Literacy Workshop in Brownsville.

Tonight, two new Texas Southmost College members will be elected to the Board of Trustees to help guide the college through one of the most delicate periods in its 85-year history.

A public lecture given by the observatory director where the world's largest "single-dish sensitive" radio telescope is located will be held today on the UTB-TSC campus.

Jose Sanchez has had a long journey to make it to his graduation from the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

University employee Claudia Medina Bevil pets Ocho, an Irish Wolfhound therapy dog, on Wednesday at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Early voting to elect the next two members of the Texas Southmost College Board of Trustees ended Tuesday, with a total of 727 ballots cast through Monday.

Evangelical minister Carlos Pascual lays hands on worshipers as he prays and preaches at a service April 21, 2012, north of Mission.

Sophomores Mayela Lara and Marco Javier prepare for an upcoming final exam for a government course at a study room at the Oliveira Library at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.