I hail from a family of educators and individuals dedicated to the protection and advancement of the underrepresented and disadvantaged. As such, my perspectives about the world and my desire to facilitate culturally rich and scholarly relationships...

UTEP welcomed students back to campus after a year of online learning, with its first-ever Texas Western Gold Rush celebration at Centennial Plaza on Monday, August 23.

As I, along with thousands of students across the country, prepare to go back to in-person classes following a year of online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I can’t help but reflect on the quarantine activities that kept me sane for a year....

Over a year since the coronavirus pandemic forced UTEP to cancel Minerpalooza and a host of other events meant to bring students together, businesses and establishments have begun reopening to the public.   UTEP has also made a full return, beginning...

El Paso Public Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza has established a mask mandate for all indoor gatherings and activities effective Wednesday, August 18. The University of Texas at El Paso will not be following the city order.  “It is my...

UTEP alumnus David Cruz Jímenez won a prestigious international poetry award for his fourth poetry book "Lazarus," which took him nearly 5 years to complete.  Cruz, 38, is a well-known Costa Rican poet who recently graduated from UTEP with a master's...

UTEP study abroad students return to traveling after a year and half of programs and countries being shut down.   “I was happy to see at least at UTEP, the International Oversight Committee (IOC) was taking the role very seriously on recognizing...

The Executive Office of Immigration Review announced that hearings  resumed in-person July 6 for non-detained individuals and master calendar cases in limited numbers at 15 immigration courts including in El Paso, in line with the U.S. President Joe...

The Department of Education announced LGBTQ+ students are now protected under Title IX.  The federal civil rights law, passed in 1972, protects students from discrimination based on sex in any education program that receives federal aid assistance.  On...

Over the last couple of months, there have been a lot of discussions between politicians and academics on the topic of Critical Race Theory (CRT), the New York Time’s 1619 project, and on whether it should be taught in public schools.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott...

With the Tokyo Summer 2021 Olympics beginning July 23, some UTEP alumni, current and future UTEP students are looking to come back home with the gold.   The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event that occurs once...

Being a mother is one of the most challenging jobs on earth and being a mother in college is even more complicated. Whether it’s staying up late and comforting a crying baby or pulling an all-nighter and studying for a final, being a mother...