The Student Government Association for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine has issued a response to the concerns regarding professor turnover.

Sean Corcoran and Anjali Binoy, president and class representative for the association, respectively, signed their name to a letter defending the university Wednesday, calling into question the assertion that students were in an uproar — as reported Tuesday by MyRGV.com — over the departure of nearly 60 professors, many of whom are MDs, in the last several years.

The association has not responded to a request for comment since Monday and has yet to communicate with reporters directly, opting instead for UTRGV’s spokesman Patrick Gonzales, vice president of the university’s communications department, to submit the letter on

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