Skip to Main Content
Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Photo Courtesy of UTEP Communication.

UTEP and higher education leaders discuss impact of Hispanic serving institutions

Julian Herrera, Staff Reporter March 25, 2021

UTEP President Heather Wilson joined a panel of fellow university presidents and organizational leaders Tuesday, March 23, for the Texas briefing of “Excelencia in Education’s analysis of 25 years of Hispanic Serving Institutions.”  Excelencia in...

Continue Reading
UTEP SELC hosts Love Your Body week

UTEP SELC hosts Love Your Body week

Katrina Villarreal, Contributor March 25, 2021

UTEP’s Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) raised awareness on body acceptance through different virtual events March 22-26.   “Love Thy Self” was one of the discussions hosted March 24, led by SELC’s leadership,...

Continue Reading
Graphic by Hugo Hinojosa

UTEP Society for Neuroscience hosts brain awareness week

Noelia Gonzalez, Staff Reporter March 25, 2021

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Sun City chapter is raising brain awareness by hosting a week long virtual event from March 22-28 focused on the importance of brain research, specifically the science of drug use.   Brain awareness...

Continue Reading
UTEP set to host in-person commencement ceremonies in May

UTEP set to host in-person commencement ceremonies in May

Julian Herrera, Staff Reporter March 24, 2021

After more than a year-long of virtual activities, UTEP announced two commencement ceremonies will be held in-person at the Sun Bowl in May for all graduates of the Class of 2020 and 2021 spring and summer candidates.  According to a news release...

Continue Reading
Amelia Greig, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UTEP, received the prestigious NIAC research funding grant to initiate phase one of her project to expand on lunar research and water collection technologies.

UTEP professor receives NASA research grant for lunar exploration

Julian Herrera, Staff Reporter March 23, 2021

UTEP professor of mechanical engineering, Amelia Greig, Ph.D., has been awarded the prestigious NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) grant to fund the development of lunar exploration and water extraction technologies.  NIAC is a research funding...

Continue Reading
Rocketbuster Boots is a local owned business that has been making custom handmade cowboy boots for over 30 years.

Rocketbuster Boots takes the boot capital of the world by storm

Victoria Rivas, Contributor March 23, 2021

Rocketbuster Boots is a locally owned business that has been selling custom handmade boots around the world for 31 years.   The shop is located in a 100-year-old building that used to be a fur trappers’ warehouse next to the El Paso downtown train...

Continue Reading
Dos Femmes is a local boutique located on Doniphan. The shop is ran by two sisters who sell woman’s clothing, bags, and earrings.

Local fashion boutiques adjust to COVID-19 pandemic

Nicole Lopez, Contributor March 23, 2021

Despite the challenges COVID-19 has approached businesses with, local boutiques in El Paso are making adjustments to in-store and online sales to keep their operations up and running.    Between March and July of 2020, more than 120 businesses...

Continue Reading
Maria Morado, 53, works in housekeeping at the University Medical Center. She began selling homemade masks to her coworkers at the hospital when COVID-19 cases were rapidly increasing in April 2020.

Handmade face masks: The business behind the art and craft

Andrea Valdez-Rivas, Contributor March 23, 2021

Wherever there’s demand, there will always be supply, at least that’s what local experienced seamsters found to be true as homemade mask businesses boomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   Throughout the past year, the Centers for Disease Control...

Continue Reading
UTEP announced Friday, March 20, faculty and staff working on campus may return on March 22, as UTEP continues to bring all systems and applications back online.

UTEP president and cybersecurity specialists discuss network outage

Julian Herrera, Staff Reporter March 20, 2021

UTEP President Heather Wilson and University computer science professors give insight to campus operations following a site-wide outage that affected every facet of the University’s operations. On March 5, students lost access to the MyUTEP banner...

Continue Reading
"Holiday at the beach during a pandemic: face mask with miniature figures swimming and surfing on it" by verchmarco is licensed with CC BY 2.0.

UTEP students discuss spring break plans amid COVID-19

Nicole Lopez, Contributor March 16, 2021

With UTEP’s spring break set to last March 15-19, students are trying to safely celebrate amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   Marlo Holguin, a neuroscience student at UTEP, hasn’t traveled in a year. It was around this time last year, when the...

Continue Reading
Graphic by Hugo Hinojosa

UTEP police hosts alcohol awareness week leading up to spring break

Katrina Villarreal, Contributor March 15, 2021

UTEP police department raised alcohol awareness among students amid spring break through virtual informational meetings March 8-12.    “Just the Facts” was a discussion  led by Sarah Sanchez from the UTEP police department on March 9 and...

Continue Reading
Graphic by Hugo Hinojosa

Businesses near UTEP react to Gov. Abbott’s no mask mandate

Victoria Rivas, Contributor March 14, 2021

On Wednesday, March 10, business across Texas were allowed to reopen at 100% capacity and with no mask requirements, per Gov. Greg Abbott’s newly executive order.  "With this executive order, we are ensuring that all businesses and families...

Continue Reading
Activate Search
News