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 UTEP unveiled its new learning studio for multimedia productions July 5.

[Photo] UTEP unveils modern multimedia studio for students and staff

Elisha Nuñez, Contributor July 15, 2021

UTEP unveiled its new learning studio for multimedia productions July 5.

Vice President Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris tours U.S. Border Patrol station, meets with nonprofits in El Paso today

Albert Silva and Maria Salette Ontiveros June 25, 2021

Editor's note: This story was last updated at 2:35 p.m. Vice President Kamala Harris visited El Paso today, June 25, joined by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar. According...

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“Spring Fest is the first big in-person event held by UTEP. Photo by Albert Silva/The Prospector”

[Photo] UTEP hosts Spring Fest, the semester’s largest in-person event yet

Julian Herrera, Staff Reporter May 1, 2021

“Spring Fest is the first big in-person event held by UTEP. Photo by Albert Silva/The Prospector”

Joshua Cebollero plays the trumpet with the UTEP Jazz band UTEP at the Music On The Plaza on March 9th 2021 at the UTEP Fox Fine Arts center

[Photo] Music on the Plaza kicks off with jazz performances

Sven Kline, Contributor April 15, 2021

Bert Villegas plays the drums with the UTEP Jazz band at the Music On The Plaza on March 9th 2021 at the UTEP Fox Fine Arts center

Fallex members (from left to right) Zeke Contreras, Oscar Morales, Gillberto Terrazas, and Brian Ramirez sit together at Centennial Plaza at UTEP on Feb.1, 2021.

Fallex lets music write itself

Albert Silva, Staff Photographer February 16, 2021

Local artists have begun defining the music scene in El Paso with the support of college students, with venues like the Lowbrow Palace being at a walking distance from the UTEP campus. Discovering local bands has become a popular hobby for some UTEP...

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Managing friendships during the pandemic

Managing friendships during the pandemic

Albert Silva, Photographer February 1, 2021

From learning new hobbies to maintaining friendships remotely, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the way people interact. For Rhiannon Trujillo, a UTEP junior majoring in electrical engineering, forming and keeping friendships during quarantine  has...

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UTEP donor and emeritus political science professor, Z. Anthony “Tony” Kruszewski, names Studio Theatre on behalf of his wife, June Sadowski Kruszewski.

Renamed UTEP studio theatre honors professor’s beloved wife

Albert Silva, Photographer January 19, 2021

Z. Anthony “Tony” Kruszewski and June Sadowski Kruszewski shared a passion for theatre and dance. The Polish couple’s love for the arts guided them through to a more than 50 year marriage, as June made a successful career as an actress and Spanish...

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Energized young voters credit say they'll always remember the 2020 election.

Young voters react to 2020 election

Albert Silva, Contributor November 14, 2020

The 2020 presidential election was unlike any other in recent memory: historic early voter turnout in essentially every state as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continued to climb. The pandemic reached disturbing heights as millions of Americans...

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