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A T. rex Named Sue returns to the Rio Grande Valley

Exhibition Hours:Monday - Friday : 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday : 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sept. 29, 2016 - Jan. 8, 2017Visitors Center-Edinburg Campus

utrgv.edu/sue

Get ready to have your minds blown and your jaws drop when you meet A T. rex Named Sue for the very irst time at

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Sue, who once roamed North America about 67 million years ago, returns to the Valley for a more than three-month stay at the UTRGV Edinburg Campus Visitors Center. The Sue exhibit will also be part of the university’s Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) Week, Oct. 2-8, 2016.

No dinosaur in the world compares to Sue – the most famous and largest T. rex of all, who stands at a heart stopping 42 feet (12.8 m) long and 12 feet (3.66 m) tall at the hips. A spectacular full-sized skeleton cast of Sue, the most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered, is the centerpiece of this exciting bilingual traveling exhibition that in-cludes a variety of multimedia and interactive elements that make Sue’s life come alive.

To experience this FREE exhibit or book a school or community group tour, call 956-665-2353. You can also register your tour online by visiting utrgv.edu/sue.

BIG FACTS ABOUT SUE

Did you know that Sue’s legs are enormous, but her arms are the size of a human’s – so short they couldn’t even reach her mouth. No one knows how a T. rex used those tiny forelimbs.

A T. rex skeleton is made up of more than 250 bones. Sue was found with most of those bones. She’s missing only a foot, one arm, and a few ribs and vertebrae.

Sue had a total of 58 razor-sharp teeth that were continually shed

and re-grown during her lifetime.

One of the most exciting and innovative weeks at The University of Texas Rio

Grande Valley – HESTEC – will celebrate its quinceañera (15th birthday) this year. Throughout its 15-year history, HESTEC

(Hispanic Engineering, Science and Tech-nology) Week has impacted more than a million South Texas students, educators

and families by changing their worlds through science, technology, engineering

and mathematics.

HESTEC 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

Sponsored by H-E-B

Enjoy out of this world interactive educational exhibits and presentations by UTRGV’s most dy-

namic professors and students in the STEM ields. Come ready to chow down on some delicious eats sold by university student organizations, and don’t forget to stick around for our main event, a concert

performance by the star of Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World, Sabrina Carpenter!

Sponsored by: Shell

The learning never stops for teachers and administrators during Educator Day when they participate in dynamic professional development STEM workshops by some of the nation’s leading corporations, federal agencies and educa-tional organizations, who will provide them with resources to take back to their students.

Sponsored by: Toyota

More than 1,000 students will converge onto the UTRGV Edinburg Campus to experience hands-on interactive activities and sessions designed to ignite their interest in STEM areas and discover the different opportunities and career options that can be attained.

Sponsored by: ExxonMobil

Latina Day is all about girl power! Female high school stu-dents and their mothers are encouraged to dream big and aim high during this special day. Prominent, professional women executives and motivational speakers will inspire the girls to pursue their dreams!

Teams of students from throughout the Rio Grande Valley will be putting their engineering skills to the test during this adrenaline-illed, hands-on event that takes engineering to a whole new level! This exciting competition exposes students to real-life engineering applications.

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Scientists discovered that Sue died young and probably of natural causes.

She was only 28 years old.

Sue

Age: 67 million years

Length of skull: 5 feet

Sex: Undetermined

Estimated live weight:14,000 pounds

Length:42 feet

Height at hips:12 feet

Singer, songwriter and actress.Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World