UTEP’s Women's and Gender Studies program will virtually host its 11th annual Women’s and Gender Studies History Month conference March 9-10, despite the current technological issues the university is facing.  The Women's and Gender Studies program,...

UTEP’s campus network has been experiencing delays following a ‘malicious intrusion’ Friday, March 5, which forced the university to turn off all its systems. UTEP officials took to Twitter to announce the unauthorized intrusion on its on-campus...

UTEP’s Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) hosted a discussion on activism led by UTEP senior and creator of Readvolutionary, Kierra Lopez-Robinson, on Feb. 27 as part of its This Matters: Women in Activism discussions.   Readvolutionary...

UTEP President Heather Wilson announced in a campus-wide email sent Wednesday, the university’s intention to increase in-person activities after spring break and plans for the Fall semester to be in-person.  Wilson said the university is planning...

UTEP’s Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) launched its first Spring 2021 discussion of its Quench Series, Feb. 24.  The series encourages students, faculty, and staff to educate themselves on topics about the LGBTQIA+ community through...

The El Paso Young Black Leaders (EPYBL) is preparing to virtually host its 2021 Women’s Health and Wellness Summit on April 17-18. The event will educate and bring together El Paso women to provide mental, health, and empowerment tips...

A critical point has been reached in providing COVID-19 vaccines at UTEP, with the university beginning to administer second doses in the past two weeks.    “To date, UTEP has immunized 3,478 people with either one or two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech...

In the mid 1990’s, international media started to focus on thousands of homicides happening in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, mostly pertaining to women of low income with their bodies being found on the Chihuahua Desert. Three decades later, the...

La Mujer Obrera, an independent urban development and culturally representative organization in El Paso, attests to the unwavering spirit of the borderland with its continued mission to create communities defined by women despite the obstacles...

Two UTEP professors received a $586, 392 grant from the National Science Foundation to study abiotic carbon dioxide (CO2) dynamics in irrigated agricultural systems in the El Paso region drylands.  Associate professor of geology, Lixin Jin,...

Mariana Briones dubs herself a “STEMinist” on her Instagram biography. The term often refers to women who work in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). It’s used by women who advocate for more women in STEM fields. Briones is...

Iris Lopez recalls hearing the same advice from her mother growing up, “Mija, Yes you can.” The words rung in Lopez’ head throughout her education as a Montwood High School student and graduate at The University of Texas at El Paso. They have...