Murad Moqbel, program director for UTRGV’s Master of Science in Business Analytics, says data is powering the world these days. “Data is the new oil,” he said. “It used to be that people made decisions based on their experience or intuition but analytics allows us to make data-driven decisions.” That’s why a recent study by Fortune magazine that ranks UTRGV’s Online MSBA program fourth in Texas for 2024 – and…
The Rio Grande Valley is a complex network of interconnected communities bound by culture, geography and economics. At times in its history and into the present, the region sometimes struggles to overcome territorial squabbles to work together for the common good. With the merger of campuses into the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the concept of a regional university represents another step in uniting the border region. And a…
Yash P. Gupta will assume his role as the new dean of the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship Aug. 1 at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Gupta will replace Mark Kroll, who served as dean for seven years and will return to faculty to focus on teaching as well as research. Gupta comes to the Valley from Louisville, Ky., where he was president and CEO of…