UTEP professor of chemistry and biochemistry Wen-Yee Lee, Ph.D., is conducting research on early detection methods for prostate cancer.   Lee was invited to join a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Johns...

El Paso community members held a vigil Monday, March 29 at Cielo Vista Walmart’s Grand Candela to honor the 10 individuals who died at the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.  The vigil, hosted by members of El Paso Young Democrats, was held following the March...

The Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC) hosted a rally March 27 to bring together and honor young members of the transgender community in El Paso.   The “We See You” rally was held at Memorial Park, where families, children, and people of all backgrounds...

UTEP President Heather Wilson joined a panel of fellow university presidents and organizational leaders Tuesday, March 23, for the Texas briefing of “Excelencia in Education’s analysis of 25 years of Hispanic Serving Institutions.”  Excelencia in...

UTEP’s Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) raised awareness on body acceptance through different virtual events March 22-26.   “Love Thy Self” was one of the discussions hosted March 24, led by SELC’s leadership,...

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Sun City chapter is raising brain awareness by hosting a week long virtual event from March 22-28 focused on the importance of brain research, specifically the science of drug use.   Brain awareness...

After more than a year-long of virtual activities, UTEP announced two commencement ceremonies will be held in-person at the Sun Bowl in May for all graduates of the Class of 2020 and 2021 spring and summer candidates.  According to a news release...

UTEP professor of mechanical engineering, Amelia Greig, Ph.D., has been awarded the prestigious NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) grant to fund the development of lunar exploration and water extraction technologies.  NIAC is a research funding...

Rocketbuster Boots is a locally owned business that has been selling custom handmade boots around the world for 31 years.   The shop is located in a 100-year-old building that used to be a fur trappers’ warehouse next to the El Paso downtown train...

Despite the challenges COVID-19 has approached businesses with, local boutiques in El Paso are making adjustments to in-store and online sales to keep their operations up and running.    Between March and July of 2020, more than 120 businesses...

Wherever there’s demand, there will always be supply, at least that’s what local experienced seamsters found to be true as homemade mask businesses boomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   Throughout the past year, the Centers for Disease Control...

UTEP President Heather Wilson and University computer science professors give insight to campus operations following a site-wide outage that affected every facet of the University’s operations. On March 5, students lost access to the MyUTEP banner...