As COVID-19 cases continue to grow across the United States, the virus is predicted to impact one of the most fundamental rights the country’s citizens hold: voting.   With over 154,00 COVID-19 related deaths reported in the U.S. by the Centers...

UTEP’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has launched its new project ‘CAPS to Go’ to further reach out to students with its services. After the COVID-19 pandemic affected many services provided by the department, CAPS has adapted...

Students attending UTEP this fall will have an unprecedented situation in the way they experience the university lifestyle due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.  Not since the influenza pandemic of 1918, commonly referred to as the Spanish Flu,...

With UTEP’s fall semester starting Aug. 24, the University announced its plan to move forward with the reopening of  the university bookstore, printshop, mail and dining services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.    According to a news...

After UTEP students living on campus were directed to move out by UTEP Housing and Residence Life (HRL) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are now being given the opportunity to return.    Although UTEP housing has never closed, students who could...

El Paso Leadership Network (EPLN) is a new organization in town that strives to foster the growth of the city’s talent and leadership through academic and professional development.   EPLN is a registered non-profit organization composed of individuals...

Ron Stallworth, author of the New York Times bestselling book “Black Klansman: A Memoir,” spoke about race, police brutality and police reform during an online discussion organized by UTEP’s Humanities Program July 24.     The conversation,...

With a little over two weeks, until classes resume at UTEP, today the University announced the details of its Coronavirus testing program that will begin August 17.  Starting the week before classes begin through August 21, UTEP will test...

On the anniversary of the tragic El Paso Walmart shooting, El Pasoans marched from Ponder Park with 23 crosses bearing the names of those that lost their lives one year ago today.  From the park El Paso Firme and Border Network for Human Rights marched...

El Paso community members gathered on Aug. 2 at Ascarate Park to  honor the 23 lives lost one year ago at the Cielo Vista Walmart shooting.   El Paso United Family Resiliency Center (FRC), the County of El Paso and the City of El Paso...

A nude man that was chasing a vehicle  near UTEP this morning died in police custody after being tasered according to a news release from the university. At about 3:30 a.m. UTEP Police received a call from a female motorist of a naked man following...

About 50 people gathered at Officer David Ortiz Recreational Park Thursday, July 23 in support of local law enforcement as a response to multiple protests about police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the knee of an officer.  The...