The campus of The University of Texas at Austin, “a sprawling urban oasis, is nicknamed the Forty Acres after the size of its original footprint”, according to that now-massive, nationally-ranked state university. But McAllen may soon But McAllen may soon have an almost identically-sized foundation to build upon – 37.82 acres, to be exact – with the recent approval by the UT System Board of Regents to begin the process to buy land for future expansion by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and its School of Medicine, according to Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. “When this dream comes true for the ...