A crowd of about 40 people gathered to protest El Paso Electric’s plan to construct a new fracked-gas generator plant in Northeast El Paso Sept. 21 at San Jacinto Plaza. According to a public statement by the utility company, the estimated construction...

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...

Registering for classes is one of the most daunting tasks that college students will repeatedly face throughout their academic careers. For new students in particular, the extensive catalog of courses to choose from, paired with the confusing set of requirements...

Four weeks ago, before everything got canceled, before we were all ordered to stay inside and before life seemingly came to a sudden halt, I welcomed and even hoped for the possibility of a countrywide lockdown. I saw it as an opportunity to destress...

With all the chaos surrounding COVID-19, many institutions have started operating remotely from home. For those fortunate enough to keep their job amidst this global pandemic, the new work-from-home format might seem like a win at first, especially for...

“Tiny Tunnels, Big Connections: Ant Relationships Shape the World” is the latest installment at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Centennial Museum and the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. It was created thanks to a $166,000 grant that the UTEP...

The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Science unveiled its latest undergraduate degree at the start of the spring 2020 semester - a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). Under this new program, students will be able...

An anti-war rally was held Jan. 25 at the Northwest corner of Memorial Park thanks to the combined efforts of local organizations like Sunrise El Paso, El Chuco Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and Border Peace Presence. The event coincided with...

 Telemundo 48 partnered with the University of Texas at El Paso’s (UTEP) League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) chapter Wednesday, Jan. 15, in an effort to register students to vote in the upcoming primary election. The two organizations tabled...

In 2019, we saw yet another year of musical talent either blossoming for the first time or blooming for the tenth spring. From established artists like Lana Del Rey to newcomers like Lil Nas X, the year gave birth to iconic sounds from brilliant albums...

For second or third-generation students, going to college may not seem like a big deal. The expectation has already been set and they may be simply continuing down a path that has been paved for them.    But for families that haven’t had access...

The nature of multi-level marketing (MLM) often gets legitimate MLM companies confused for illegal pyramid schemes, but there is a clear line dividing both concepts.   Fernando Jimenez-Arevalo, UTEP associate professor of marketing and management,...

Eli Greenbaum, associate professor of biological sciences at UTEP, led a study that was recently published in the Journal of Natural History. The study focused on the suspected mimicry of Gaboon vipers by the rare Congolese giant toad.  The research...

Staff reporter Margaret Cataldi interviewed Hayley Mendoza, a member of the marching band at New Mexico State University and applied business major minoring in music theory, on future funk, a microgenre that has garnered attention in the online music...

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 UTEP Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) hosted an engaging and insightful discussion titled “The Good Old Days” where facilitator Angel Armenta used the theory of cultural inertia to further explain why some groups present hostility...

UTEP launched its search for a new provost on October.   The newly formed search committee met for the first time on Friday, Oct. 18, to discuss the details of the search process.  The search committee is led by Chairman Gary Edens, vice...

Benjamin Reyes, 36, began working as a substitute teacher for the El Paso Independent School District in December of 2018. What sets Reyes apart from most teachers is the way that Reyes identifies in regard to gender.   Reyes identifies as nonbinary,...

https://youtu.be/Ubu7fRspD9A Staff reporter Margaret Cataldi caught up with local drag queen “Lenox” to discuss everything from inspiration to life outside of drag. Lenox also recently performed at Touch Bar and Nightclub, an El Paso gay...

The environmental organization Eco El Paso presented its 12th annual “Pollution & Solutions” conference to give local professionals in enterprises such as planning, engineering, architecture and construction an opportunity to learn from...

Chalk the Block art festival took place on the weekend of Oct. 11-13 at downtown El Paso, housing national and international artists. The event also hosted a chalk walk competition among local artists. Among spray paint and chalk creations, attendees...

“The New Now” was the theme of TEDxElPaso’s annual conference, where local speakers aimed to inspire people to “make a dent in the universe and leave (their) own unique footprint,” said event curator Kassi Foster.    The conference...

The internet is a vast and seemingly endless place, more immense than most people can even comprehend. Yet the common user has only explored about 1% of its total content. The remaining 99% is what is known as the deep web.    The vast content...

The El Paso Honey Badgers is a competitive online gaming (esports) league that started up in late January this past year and has expanded citywide. The league was originally founded with the intention of helping shy students branch out and meet...

Dorothy Truax is one of 10 alumni receiving a Gold Nugget Award as part of UTEP’s 2019 Homecoming celebration. Truax is being recognized for her contributions to social work within the El Paso community.    After Truax went on to obtain a bachelor’s...

The Rubin Center Gallery hosted an opening ceremony Thursday, Sept. 26, for its latest exhibit that pays homage to the young missing women of Ciudad Juárez.    The exhibit, titled “Brian Maguire: Scenes of Absence,” is described as “an exploration...

“The Town and the Smelter” is the latest exhibit featured at the UTEP Centennial Museum, which showcases photographs and artifacts taken from a place and period in time that is still remembered by the El Paso community. The American Smelting and...

A crowd gathered Friday, Sept. 20, at Memorial Park to rally for environmental justice as part of a global climate strike. Dozens of citizens — old, young and even some pets — assembled on the lush lawn to listen to the various speakers who highlighted the...

Eco El Paso, a local environmental organization, partnered with National Drive Electric Week to host the city’s first-ever National Drive Electric Festival Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Sunland Park Mall’s south parking lot.   National Drive...

The Student Engagement and Leadership Center hosted a Graduate Leadership Panel to answer students’ questions on graduate school Wednesday at the Natural Gas Conference Center on Wiggins Drive.   The event took place as part of Leadership...

UTEP closed off the first week of the fall semester with the 29th annual Minerpalooza on Friday, Aug. 31. As part of a long-established school tradition, Minerpalooza did not fall short of delivering all the school spirit needed to kick off the new semester.   The...

UTEP’s Student Engagement and Leadership Center is ready to welcome all new and returning Miners with a week of events, free swag and food for students to kick off the start of the fall semester. From Monday to Thursday, the university will host...

UTEP’s Department of Human Resources hosted its annual Mindful Miner Health Fair on Wednesday, July 17, at the Thomas Rivera Conference Center. The Mindful Miner Health Fair is an event organized to give local health care providers, alongside local...

Big Boy Concessions partnered up with El Paso Live to host the fourth annual Ice Cream Festival on Sunday, June 30,  at the Downtown Convention Center. Boasted as being one of the largest family-friendly summer festivals in the city, the El Paso Ice...