The Rider is the award-winning student newspaper of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, distributed on campus in Brownsville and Edinburg, Texas.

Civil engineering freshman Shoshana Molina presents about the American Dream during NovaRhet April 17 in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. NovaRhet is a composition research symposium ...

Mykel Del Angel serves as the Online Editor for The Rider. He is majoring in Music Technology and minors in Computer Science, with aspirations in game audio and design.

The UTRGV Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held a grand opening for the Soccer and Track & Field Complex locker rooms last Wednesday. The locker rooms were an estimated $10 million taken from ...

Mykel Del Angel serves as the Online Editor for The Rider. He is majoring in Music Technology and minors in Computer Science, with aspirations in game audio and design.

In three years, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will have a new look with a $30 million investment in its facilities. Athletics announced an investment toward renovations and construction ...

Pete Mendoza serves as a copy writer for The Rider. He is majoring in Medical and Health Humanities, with aspirations in becoming a neurosurgeon.

Mykel Del Angel serves as the Online Editor for The Rider. He is majoring in Music Technology and minors in Computer Science, with aspirations in game audio and design.

Many programs at UTRGV are celebrating a decade since the university’s founding in 2015. Among them is Student Media, a program whose roots stretch back long before UTRGV existed. Before the ...

In the summer of 2024, I went through a pretty bad breakup, and the comfort artist I turned to at the time was Olivia Rodrigo. I began listening to her music in 2021 when her first album, “SOUR,” came ...

Michelle Zapata, a mass communication junior, edits a documentary assignment for video & film editing II Wednesday inside the University Library computer lab on the Edinburg campus. Zapata works ...

The tower stands atop the Main Building on the Brownsville campus. THE RIDER FILE PHOTO UTRGV marks its 10-year anniversary with a year of celebrations, record-breaking growth and national recognition ...