Seven undergraduate students at The University of Texas at El Paso have secured the opportunity to study abroad through the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, one of the nation’s most prestigious scholarship programs. “The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program gives our talented and determined students an opportunity to set themselves […]Read More
Thursday afternoon, officials with Humanities Texas announced that seven cultural and educational nonprofit organizations in the El Paso area had received Relief Grants. Recipients include the Binational Independent Film Festival, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of History, Juntos Art Association, The University of Texas at El Paso, San Elizario Genealogy and Historical Society and the […]Read More
Tuesday morning, University of Texas at El Paso officials announced the appointment of Luis Hernandez as vice president for information resources, effective July 27, 2020. Hernandez will oversee the University’s information resources support services, including the departments of Enterprise Computing, Telecommunication Infrastructure, Technology Support, the Information Security Office and System Integration. Hernandez is a two-time […]Read More
Thursday afternoon, University of Texas at El Paso officials released that the college saw record enrollment for Summer 2020, with 12,981 students enrolled in both Summer I and Summer II terms taking a total of 87,365 semester credit hours. “Our students are determined to get an education and we will adapt to help them,” said Heather Wilson, […]Read More
Kathleen Cox, DNP, and Guillermina R. Solis, Ph.D., assistant professors of nursing at The University of Texas at El Paso, have been inducted as Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). Cox and Solis are among 71 nurse practitioner leaders to receive this honor in 2020. They join UTEP School of Nursing Dean Leslie K. […]Read More
Oralia Loza, Ph.D., public health sciences associate professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, and the Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC) have collaborated on a survey that examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the LGBTQ+ population in Texas. Led by Phillip W. Schnarrs, Ph.D., at The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell […]Read More
Alfredo Ortega shared with great pride that the money his parents used to pay the hospital for his birth came from proceeds of his father’s art. The recent graduate of The University of Texas at El Paso said art has been part of his life ever since. Ortega, born in Chihuahua City, Mexico, and raised […]Read More
The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC), a manufacturing consulting center based at The University of Texas at El Paso, is assisting organizations and businesses throughout the Paso del Norte region, state and country, by connecting them with manufacturers to acquire critical personal protective equipment (PPE) needed in the fight against COVID-19. COVID-19’s impact on local […]Read More
The University of Texas at El Paso officials announced Monday that President Heather Wilson was appointed chair of the newly formed Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIABB) by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao on Friday, May 15. President Wilson, who served as the 24th Secretary of the Air Force from 2017 to 2019, […]Read More
Despite the physical distance created by the COVID-19 outbreak between members of The University of Texas at El Paso’s campus community, University leaders have found innovative ways to remain proactive, supportive and linked to students through virtual events. After the University transitioned to an online learning format in March in accordance with a city public […]Read More
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