Luca Cicalese v. Univ of Texas Medical Bran

STUART KYLE DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

Luca Cicalese, M.D., and Cristiana Rastellini, M.D. ("Cicalese and Rastellini" or "Appellants"), appeal the dismissal of their Title VII national origin discrimination claims against the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ("UTMB"). We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

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Cicalese and Rastellini, a married couple, were born in Italy. They moved to the United States and both began working for UTMB in 2007. Cicalese worked as a tenured professor and director of UTMB's Transplant and Organ Failure Center. Rastellini accepted a tenure-track…