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El Periodico USA Community News July 3, 2024

Governor Abbott Names Black As Chief Of Staff

Office of the Texas Governor | Greg Abbott | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today announced Robert Black as Chief
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El Periodico USA Community News July 3, 2024

Margaret Clark Aquatic Center

Brownsville ISD students make waves at the Margaret Clark Aquatic Center this summer, learning strokes, techniques, and dives with a
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El Periodico USA Animal Welfare July 2, 2024

Palm Valley’s Laurie P. Andrews Center Resident

Meet Ginger, a 1-year-old female retriever with a heart full of love! Ginger is a social butterfly who thrives on
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Karla Salinas says she has a passion for telling people’s stories and helping the small businesses around the Rio Grande Valley. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)
El Periodico USA Community News July 2, 2024

TV lifestyle host shares degree path to fulfilling career

By Amanda Alaniz RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS– As a television lifestyle show host, UTRGV alum Karla Salinas’s workdays vary. Some days,
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Recipients of the 2023-2024 UTRGV Faculty Excellence Awards are, from left, back row: Arturo Fuentes and Xiaohui Wang (accepting on behalf of Zhaosheng Feng); center row: Elena Venegas, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Noe Vargas, Teresa Feria Arroyo, UTRGV Provost Luis Zayas, Constantine Tarawneh, Nirakar Sahoo and Eleazar Marquez; and front row, seated: Judith Guetzow. (UTRGV Photo)
El Periodico USA Awards July 2, 2024

UTRGV awards 10 Faculty Excellence Awards for 2023-24

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS– The UTRGV Office of Faculty Affairs has named 10 faculty members as recipients of the 2023-2024 UTRGV Faculty Excellence
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El Periodico USA Community Events July 2, 2024

Time to Bring Out the Running Shoes

Our Firecracker 5k Run will be on July 6th, and it’s the perfect way to get active during Independence Day
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El Periodico USA Education July 2, 2024

UTRGV joins IRIS consortium to highlight research in higher ed

By Maria Gonzalez RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS– UTRGV has joined the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS), a national consortium of leading higher
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Dr. Padmini Bhadriraju; Chief Medical Officer for Mission Regional Medical Center, Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, and Harlingen Medical Center; has been named a “Chief Medical Officer to Know” by a national publication, Becker’s Hospital Review.
El Periodico USA Community News July 2, 2024

Dr. Padmini Bhadriraju Named a “Chief Medical Officer to Know”

Longtime Valley physician Dr. Padmini Bhadriraju has been named a “Chief Medical Officer to Know” by a national publication, Becker’s
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El Periodico USA Community News July 1, 2024

Valedictorian goes from Greyhound to Jaggie

Nothing can stop Marisol Gutierrez from making her dreams come true, and South Texas College and Texas A&M University are
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El Periodico USA Featured July 1, 2024

Biden-Trump debate on immigration is pointless

Andres Oppenheimer President Joe Biden and Republican hopeful Donald Trump are likely to spend much of their time during their
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