University of Texas Pan American News

A House panel on Friday scuttled a controversial plan being pushed by Sen. Juan Hinojosa , D-McAllen, to locate the first two years of medical education in Hidalgo County as part of a proposal to create a new mega university in the Rio Grande Valley.

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com University of Norther Colorado's Brooks Schneider narrowly gets makes it third to get the out on University of Texas-Pan American's Riley Gouding during the game Friday afternoon at Jackson Field in Greeley.

South Texas farmers looking for new specialty crops have their eyes on a common corn fungus whose puffy, mushroom appearance and earthy taste have made it a delicacy since the time of the Aztecs.

PREVIEW COVERAGE: Watkins returns in pursuit of second straight title in independent division Justin Watkins, a PGA Golf Management University student at the University of Central Oklahoma, is the defending Men's Independent Division Champion.

Time is running out: RealShare Student Housing comes to Four Seasons Resort and Spa in Dallas on May 13 and 14, 2013.

The unity of Rio Grande Valley political and civic actors pushing for creation of a new University of Texas institution there could be challenged by wrangling over the location of the university's future medical school.

Williams earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors for the second straight season.

Twenty insurance and risk management students at five Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $23,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas Education Foundation.

Miguel Angel Navarro, 35, of Hidalgo, and Onan Herrera-Sanchez, 24, of Honduras, have been ordered detained pending trial on charges of conspiracy and hostage taking, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.

Union police officers have backed challenger Ruben Daniel Elizondo, a 25-year-old student at the University of Texas-Pan American, against two-term incumbent Commissioner Scott Crane, the businessman who runs Carwash Carwash.