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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 15, 2025

Inspiring the Future: A band director’s mission to elevate music education

MISSION, TEXAS– For Gabriel Molina, Head Band Director and teacher of the year for Veterans Memorial High School (VMHS), music
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 13, 2025

Mission Veterans Memorial High School takes center stage with multiple nominations for 2025 Palm Awards

The talented students at Mission Veterans Memorial High School have been honored with five nominations and additional honorable mentions for
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News February 22, 2025

McAllen ISD music students earn 7 All-State positions

McAllen ISD has seven students who have earned All-State honors in three music programs this year. This includes four students
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El Periodico USA Staff Awards January 14, 2025

UTRGV Chess Team claims top spot at Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship

Team defeats UT Dallas with a perfect six wins in final round By Victoria Brito Morales In a historic achievement,
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El Periodico USA Staff Awards October 10, 2024

$18.4M NIH grant awarded to establish cancer research center

By Maria Gonzalez UTRGV has received an $18.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the
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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events July 4, 2024

UTRGV summer camps for all ages continues through July

By Tawny Turner RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS– With summer in full swing, UTRGV’s annual summer camps are here to keep kids
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News June 26, 2024

STC inspires Stanford University

A unique certificate program established by South Texas College’s Computer Information Technology (CIT) department is quickly gaining recognition among higher
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News June 14, 2024

Students embrace engineering futures

Accustomed to facing adversity, but emboldened to improve their community, a close-knit group of students from Roma say they are
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(UTRGV Photo by David Pike)
El Periodico USA Staff Community News April 23, 2024

New Dean Of Student Affairs Joins The UTRGV School Of Medicine

Saira Cabrera RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS– It was in the red-bricked Boise VA Medical Center in Idaho that Dr. Maurice Clifton
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2024

SpaceX Brownsville “Rio West”

SpaceX has outlined plans to establish a bustling commercial hub, dubbed “Rio West,” at an estimated cost of $15 million
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