UTEP’s Student Government Association talked about its event for first responders, possible changes in the College of Business Administration and a new campaign Thursday, Nov. 7.  SGA will host an appreciation event for public safety...

Charles Valentine, first-year doctoral student from UTEP’s College of Education, will host the first Hospitality Industry Meet & Greet Mixer at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel located in 111 West University Ave.  The...

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 university’s football season started off strong this semester, with more than 34,000 football fans filling up the Sun Bowl Stadium as the UTEP Miners took a 36-34 victory over Houston Baptist.    Since then, the Miners have returned to a losing...

Editor's note: The story was updated Nov. 21 to correct Alberto Esquinca's employment status.  In March 2017, UTEP’s College of Education received a hate letter.    The letter, written from the point of view of an anonymous student, targeted...

UTEP Latin American and Border Studies graduate students are collecting warm winter clothes for asylum seekers living on the streets near El Paso’s international bridges until Friday, Nov. 8.  The students are collaborating with Eva Moya...

Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced the abrupt end to his 2020 presidential campaign to become the Democratic nominee Friday, Nov. 1.   The decision was announced via Twitter following financial campaign woes that left the El...

As UTEP President Heather Wilson’s first semester at the university starts wrapping up, The Prospector sat down to talk about her experience so far, plans for the university and more.   Wilson describes herself as a pragmatic, values-driven, strategic...

Halloween is here and many celebrate with costume parties, haunted houses, and horror movies.  Here is a list of other options.  La Union Corn Maze   With the closing of the season coming up on Sunday, Nov. 3, La Union Corn Maze will be open...

The Border Biomedical Research Center (BRRC) conducts research with the goal to address cancer-related health disparities that the Mexican American population faces.   The BBRC started working on finding a project to focus on a year before...

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...

The many ways Día de los Muertos and Halloween are celebrated in El Paso reflect the dual culture of citizens near the U.S.-Mexico border.  To get a taste of how the holidays are celebrated, students and faculty on campus explained how...