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A team of four UTRGV mechanical engineering students have designed a prototype device that will help Parkinson’s disease victims right legibly again. The development of their Self-Stabilization Holder, a yearlong endeavor which became their senior design project, was overseen by Dr. Karen Lozano, professor of mechanical engineering (standing). This spring the device placed second in the Rafael Munguia UTRGV Business Plan Competition overseen by the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship. The students (left to right) are Carlos Hernandez, Misael Martinez, and Rodolfo Becerra. Team member Arnoldo Ventura, currently participating in an out-of-state internship, is not pictured. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

Student Engineering Team Designs Device to Help Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

MDN - Aug 9, 2017

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Receives Leadership Award, Named Community Partner of...

MDN - Jul 31, 2017

Photo by Paul Chouy / UTRGV

Preview Held for New Knapp / UTRGV Family Practice Residency Program...

MDN - Jul 27, 2017

The UTRGV School of Medicine welcomed 56 new medical residents during orientation last month at the Edinburg Medical Education Building. The new residents began post-graduate training July 1 in six specialties at hospitals across the Rio Grande Valley. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

Fifty-Six New Medical Residents to Practice in the Valley

MDN - Jul 26, 2017

In recent years, BFSTC has grown quite a reputation, as they continue to earn opportunities to represent South Texas College throughout the Valley, the country and even across Mexico. Aside from participating at important community events across the Valley, the group has performed in major festivals in North Carolina, New Orleans, Austin, Guanajuato, Mexico City, Yucatan, and Veracruz.

Ballet Folklórico South Texas College Will Perform at MD Anderson Hospital

MDN - Jul 26, 2017

The UTRGV School of Medicine held a reception to welcome the inaugural cohort of medical residents for its Family Practice Residency Program with Knapp Medical Center. From left are Dr. Rene Lopez, CEO of Knapp Medical Center; Alexandra Smith, program coordinator for the Knapp Medical Center/UTRGV Family Practice Residency Program; Dr. Yolanda Gomez, associate dean for Graduate Medical Education, UTRGV School of Medicine; Dr. Miguel Sanchez Rivas, medical resident; Dr. Rosemary Recavarren, chief medical staff, Knapp Medical Center; Dr. Steven Lieberman, interim dean, UTRGV School of Medicine; medical residents Dr. Carolina Gomez De Ziegler, Dr. Eddy Berges, Dr. Eliana Costantino-Burgazzi, Dr. Diego Moreno Dr. Marita Sanchez Sierra Marino; and Dr. Miguel Tello, incoming chief of staff for Knapp Medical Center, associate director of the Knapp Family Practice Residency Program and associate professor in the UTRGV School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

School of Medicine and Knapp Medical Center Welcome First Family Practice...

MDN - Jul 25, 2017

The UTRGV School of Medicine’s second cohort posed for a class photo Wednesday, July 5, 2017, outside the Medical Education Building on the Edinburg Campus. The class includes 16 students from the Rio Grande Valley, and is diverse, with ages ranging from 21 to 41, with 27 men and 23 women. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

Orientation Underway for UTRGV School of Medicine’s Second Cohort, Class of...

MDN - Jul 21, 2017

Two New Graduate Degree Programs Approved

MDN - Jul 21, 2017

Dr. Barry Linger, assistant vice president for Accreditation, Effectiveness and Quality Enhancement at UTRGV, has been appointed concurrently as interim vice chair for the Department of Medical Education at the university’s School of Medicine. He will assist in overseeing the undergraduate medical education program. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)

Linger Appointed Interim Vice Chair of Department of Medical Education

MDN - Jul 17, 2017

New Incoming Dean of School of Medicine Talks to Mega Doctor...

MDN - Jul 10, 2017

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