El Paso High School was placed on lockdown Thursday, Jan. 30, following reports of gunmen near the school area. After helicopters and various police units circulated the school’s zone, following a 911 call that stated armed subjects dressed in black...

U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Assistant Attorney of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division Eric Dreiband and FBI Special Agent Luis M. Quesada held a news conference Thursday to inform the public on the indictment of Patrick Wood Crusius,...

U.S. Attorney John F. Bash along with other federal law enforcement personnel will host a news conference to brief the public on the latest information regarding the El Paso mass shooting case, where 22 died and several others were injured.   21-year-old...

Presidential Democratic hopeful Michael Bloomberg made his first stop Jan. 29 in the Sun City, unveiling a new plan to empower Latinos should he win in November. While many other top candidates, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are concentrating...

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...

The Student Leadership and Inclusions Program at UTEP promotes critical thinking with its interactive book program, “Powerful Pages.” Every semester, a book is chosen and members of the program attend a biweekly meeting where they discuss the assigned...

Baby Boomers are staying in the work force much longer and in bigger numbers than generations before them when they were the same age, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of official labor force data. The Pew Research Center identifies Boomers...

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly visited the University of Texas at El Paso Jan. 28 to deliver a Centennial Lecture focused on the importance of skepticism in order to address global challenges concerning the nation. “Skepticism, meaning,...

William Robertson, professor at UTEP’s Department of Education, who usually goes by Dr. Skateboard, turned himself into a character in his graphic novel, “Dr. Skateboard’s Action Science,” first published August 2019. The comic aims to explain...

Pulitzer Prize winning author and poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith shared “An Evening of Poetry” with the community at the University of Texas at El Paso Thursday, Jan. 30. The event, titled “An Evening of Poetry with Tracy K. Smith,” was sponsored...

 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...

The Computer Engineering Department at UTEP received a $1 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement the Pathways to Success in Graduate Engineering (PASSE) program.  The PASSE program aims to help low-income, academically-talented...