UTEP is projecting a loss of $17.2 million for the 2020 fiscal year, but officials say funding from the federal Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, has provided some relief to the institution and its students. The university...

24-year-old Maximiliano Sarmiento is a nursing student who’s worked at the information desk in UTEP’s Union East building for a while. He said the Union looks "very dead now." “We used to have around 150 students on the second floor at the dining...

Studio G is the first resource of its kind at UTEP and its available for student entrepreneurs who want to start and grow their own businesses. Because of COVID-19, Studio G has gone completely online but Michael Garcia, the director of UTEP's Mike Loya...

To prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, a mass shutdown order of non-essential spaces was put in place in March, leading El Paso movie-goers to find new ways to consume media. While some production companies pushed...

UTEP President Heather Wilson and other university officials held a virtual town hall meeting on Aug. 11 to discuss the institution’s reopening plans, implemented strategies to maintain its safety, and upcoming events. Here are some basic things you...

I never thought that I would one day be leading a newsroom as editor-in-chief during a global public health crisis. Yet here I am – pandemic and all. Not to mention that the national economy is still in shambles and that this past summer was a...

The fall semester has officially begun for many colleges across the country and students must now navigate through their college careers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) plans to monitor the health and safety...

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...

Editor's note: A previous version of this article was edited on Aug. 19, 2020 to add the time of the virtual show and to clarify that the UTEP Dinner Theatre only hosts one, all-student produced show every year. UTEP’s Dinner Theatre has been a...

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...