UTEP will be submitting several funding requests in the current 84th Texas Legislature, specifically for an $111-million interdisciplinary research center that will replace Burges and Barry Halls. The administration has stated that the center is necessary...

WASHINGTON – Cyber security experts rallied behind President Barack Obama’s proposal this week to increase cyber security. Obama and United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday announced the need to increase information sharing between...

Students, workers and UTEP officials alike are united by a common desire—the end of construction on campus. “We too want the project to be over,” said Greg McNicol, associate vice president for business affairs. “We’re working as fast as we...

Registering for classes has gotten a little easier with a new branch within the Enrollment Services Center, where students can now make phone calls with their questions instead of waiting in long lines. Located in the Mike Loya Academic Services Building,...

WASHINGTON – “Sharing is caring,” a motto taught to school children, is now weaving its way through society, allowing consumers to share anything – from transportation to food – via their mobile devices. But when rape claims against Uber...

Kerry Figueroa, sophomore electrical engineering major, laid facedown in the grass on Leech Grove Friday morning to protest police brutality. He decided to protest peacefully when he learned that New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo will...

The purchase of 443 acres of land, where the former ASARCO smelter site was located, is an agenda item for UTEP in the coming year. The University of Texas Board of Regents met for two days on Nov. 5 and 6 at UTEP and discussed the potential purchase...

A recent campus study revealed that bisexual women are more likely to experience sexual assault, compared to other members of the LGBTQA community. The survey, titled Sexual Attitudes Behaviors and Experiences Survey II, was conducted by the Women’s...

According to Economic Modeling Specialists International, in 2013 about 57 percent of graduating students from UTEP stayed in El Paso at least one year after graduating. In a Graduating Student Survey in 2013-2014, conducted by the Center for Institutional...

The Borderplex Alliance is making it its mission to change the way El Paso, Chihuahua and portions of southern New Mexico work together in order to create a healthy local economy by recruiting business and industry to the region. The 2-year-old private,...

Protest signs defiantly raised in the air, El Pasoan’s rallied in solidarity for Michael Brown in front of the county courthouse. The rally is one of many happening across the country after Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot unarmed teenager...