Neema Soratgar is an Afghan refugee who has been hired by UTEP as a visiting global scholar, housed in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department as a research assistant to Director Gina Nuñez-Mchiri, Ph.D. In 1996, the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul...

The UT System Board of Regents created a $300 million endowment as a means to reduce the cost of higher education for undergraduates at seven UT institutions, including UTEP. The UT system and UTEP leaders along with elected officials met with the community...

The Women’s and Gender Studies Department commenced its annual conference honored by the panel titled of “Feminist Trailblazers and Pathfinders” at UTEP March 21-22 at UTEP. The panel was an opportunity for the UTEP community to get to know and...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has reported that El Paso County is the only one in the border region to not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).   The TCEQ is an environmental agency for Texas with 16 regional...

Women have graced the world of journalism with intellectually written news pieces, beautiful photography, and stunning production in broadcast, though one might not think about the amazing journalists here in the borderland. Rachel Phillips, Brianna Chavez,...

In honor of Women’s month, the Women’s and Gender Studies Department organized a two-day conference, where students, faculty and staff will attend as guests and presenters. The conference based its presentations on gender-related topics, such as domestic...

The UTEP Student Government Association held its first March Senate meeting March 3.   During the meeting, five appropriation bills were passed by the SGA cabinet. Appropriation Bill 74 included the sum of $1,474 to help defray expenses of sending...

AT&T rolled out a plan, working with the federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), to provide affordable internet, replacing the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), a fund launched in 2020 to aid households who could not afford stable internet...

Former UTEP ballet director Ingeborg Heuser passed away Mon. Feb. 14 surrounded by loved ones, according to her obituary.    Heuser, founder and former director of the ballet (and what is now the dance) department, was born in Berlin, Germany in...

UTEP has been declared as a R1 “Very High Research” university by The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Out of nearly 4,000 degree-granting institutions. UTEP falls within the ranks of 141 R1 universities. This places it...

The University of Texas at El Paso received a $2 million donation for NPR affiliate radio station KTEP-FM (88.5) and will provide funding for scholarships for undergraduate students.   The endowment comes from the late Margaret O. Herman, an heiress...

A Women’s Wellness Summit will be held on Thursday, May 19, at the Hotel Paso del Norte hosted by the Junior League of El Paso (JLEP), a women’s organization committed to volunteering and promoting women’s potential to provide change and improvement...