The UTEP graduate nurse practitioner program has virtual modules called the Shadow Health Digital Clinical Experiences, which combines lecture and practice in one application.   Implemented in 2014, the program offers students a seven-week course...

UTEP is hosting 2020 Census workshops to inform the community about the decennial survey of the U.S. population.   Paulina Lopez and Richard Cerros, two partnership specialists with the U.S. Census Bureau, led the first event Thursday,...

UTEP Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) is a program committed to helping students recover from drug addiction in many aspects of their lives, whether that’s mentally, academically or financially. CRP also seeks to destigmatize the label...

UTEP’s Student Government Association talked about its event for first responders, possible changes in the College of Business Administration and a new campaign Thursday, Nov. 7.  SGA will host an appreciation event for public safety...

Charles Valentine, first-year doctoral student from UTEP’s College of Education, will host the first Hospitality Industry Meet & Greet Mixer at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel located in 111 West University Ave.  The...

Andrew Fleck, a UTEP associate professor of English, had a conversation via Skype about the transit of Mercury with Renee Weber, a research scientist specializing in planetary seismology at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.   The...

The university’s football season started off strong this semester, with more than 34,000 football fans filling up the Sun Bowl Stadium as the UTEP Miners took a 36-34 victory over Houston Baptist.    Since then, the Miners have returned to a losing...

Editor's note: The story was updated Nov. 21 to correct Alberto Esquinca's employment status.  In March 2017, UTEP’s College of Education received a hate letter.    The letter, written from the point of view of an anonymous student, targeted...

UTEP Latin American and Border Studies graduate students are collecting warm winter clothes for asylum seekers living on the streets near El Paso’s international bridges until Friday, Nov. 8.  The students are collaborating with Eva Moya...

Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced the abrupt end to his 2020 presidential campaign to become the Democratic nominee Friday, Nov. 1.   The decision was announced via Twitter following financial campaign woes that left the El...

As UTEP President Heather Wilson’s first semester at the university starts wrapping up, The Prospector sat down to talk about her experience so far, plans for the university and more.   Wilson describes herself as a pragmatic, values-driven, strategic...

Halloween is here and many celebrate with costume parties, haunted houses, and horror movies.  Here is a list of other options.  La Union Corn Maze   With the closing of the season coming up on Sunday, Nov. 3, La Union Corn Maze will be open...