The number of UTEP-affiliated COVID-19 cases has skyrocketed since Oct. 12 and it consists of the number of positive cases through UTEP's testing program and the number of people who've reported their positive status, the university's COVID-19 dashboard...

On its third year, the Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce has returned once again with its four week-long business pitch competition, a contest between  groups of students competing with business ideas for a cash reward in funding and the opportunity...

There is less than a week of early voting left and on the ballot are five candidates vying to become the mayor of El Paso; Oscar Leeser, Veronica Carbajal, Carlos Gallinar, Dean Martinez, and Calvin Zielsdorf. As of Sunday, more than 168,000 voters...

 El Paso County Judge Richard Samaniego issued a stay home order with a daily curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the next two weeks in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, Sunday evening unless going to work or going to an essential service. Violation...

Misogyny and sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry isn’t anything new. From the Harvey Weinstein scandal to Kesha’s legal battle with Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, or “Dr. Luke,” women in the entertainment and music industry have always...

UTEP's Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research (cSETR) provides top academic knowledge to engineering students at the university who are looking to enter the world of aerospace and exploration. The center funded by National Aeronautics...

An online petition by the Texas State Employees Union (TSEU) is asking UTEP  to make its Americans with Disabilities Act (ACA) parking spaces on campus free of charge for individuals with disabilities. As of Oct. 19, the “UTEP: Reverse Exclusionary...

A new grant-funded initiative at UTEP is set to promote sustainability, green energy and entrepreneurship — all at the same time. The “Green Energy Entrepreneurship Challenge” is a three-day bootcamp that will consist of a green energy busines...

With less than a month away from Election Day Nov. 3, Texas’ early voting period kicked off Oct. 13, and is set to last until Friday, Oct. 30. According to The Hill, a record number of Americans have partaken in early voting this year, with an estimate...

UTEP announced that it will be postponing homecoming celebrations, including the alumni celebrations, until next year. The recipients of this year's will be honored next year along with the recipients of 2021. The university has only postponed homecoming...

With the emergence of COVID-19 came a new reality that everyone’s had to reconcile with: Social distancing, wearing face masks, holding low-density public events, and campaigning remotely. With early voting in Texas underway, political organizations...

Breeding between wild and domestic animals, known as hybridization, can bring upon complicated consequences and it can happen when people release their pets in the wild. A nearly $1 million-dollar grant provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF)...