The Prospector

Around 400 attend Tribune symposium discussing demographic change in Texas

Maria Esquinca and Jose Soto, Staff Reporters • February 27, 2014

Around 400 people from the El Paso community attended the one-day symposium on “Demographic Change in Texas,” including UTEP students and faculty, community leaders, business leaders and elected officials. The symposium is a larger part of The...

Texas Tribune to host Thursday symposium focusing on demographic change

Maria Esquinca, Staff reporter • February 26, 2014

This Thursday, Feb. 27, UTEP in partnership with the Texas Tribune will be hosting a daylong symposium on demographic change. The symposium will focus on how the fast-changing demographics of Texas will impact public policy. Aside from writing and...

Conference Center hosts Resiliency and Hispanic Mental Health Centennial Symposium

Jose Soto, Staff reporter • January 28, 2014

A symposium that gathered social workers, doctors, physicians, psychologists and professors sought to inform about mental health related issues within the Hispanic community. By hosting speakers from different educational backgrounds, resilience as...

Drug policy symposium brings big names to campus

Lorain Watters, Assistant news editor • November 11, 2013

UTEP hosted a symposium on Monday where a group of panelists spoke about the drug war and its effects on journalists and the public. The drug war and violence involving the cartels began in 2006, peaking in 2010 after 10,500 people were killed,...