UTEP creative writing adjunct lecturer Alessandra Narváez Varela debuts her first novel, “Thirty Talks Weird Love.”   The novel centers on Anamaria Aragón Sosa, a girl who lives in Ciudad Juárez in 1999, during the first femicide wave. Anamaria is...

Thrift shops have become popular in recent years. It not only helps local businesses, but it also helps the environment. According to experts, by buying recycled clothes, shoppers reduce waste in landfills. Mimi, a UTEP senior majoring in education, started...

UTEP’s Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) hosted a discussion on activism led by UTEP senior and creator of Readvolutionary, Kierra Lopez-Robinson, on Feb. 27 as part of its This Matters: Women in Activism discussions.   Readvolutionary...

Iris Lopez recalls hearing the same advice from her mother growing up, “Mija, Yes you can.” The words rung in Lopez’ head throughout her education as a Montwood High School student and graduate at The University of Texas at El Paso. They have...

The Rubin Center held a virtual opening on Jan. 28 for its new exhibition, “Liquid Gates of Time,” created by the artist XX.   The event was hosted by Josiah Heyman, UTEP professor of anthropology and director of UTEP’s Center...

The highest priced Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking pass at UTEP ranges between $250 and $500 for employees and students, but one University group is trying to change that.  UTEP’s Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) works to...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to create levels of distress across the world, its obstacles have managed to trickle down to personal levels, like the ones couples waiting out the pandemic together experience. However, experts believe maintaining a...

The idea of a new year bringing new beginnings has never applied more to a year than 2021. After a disappointing cloud doomed over film release dates throughout 2020, 2021 brings a thrilling wave of entertainment with the most anticipated movies set to...

What should have been a time to celebrate graduation and start a lifelong career has instead turned into another precious tradition lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of seniors at UTEP will once again not experience their graduation in person because...

UTEP President Heather Wilson addressed the COVID-19 pandemic and the institution's work as a Hispanic serving university during her State of the University address Oct. 27 and 28, broadcasted on KTEP-FM. At the beginning of the broadcast Wilson opened...

A devastating pandemic was definitely not part of most people's plans for this year. It definitely wasn't part of mine as a graduating high school senior. Instead of hugging my friends in graduation photos, we had to social distance. Instead of being...