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Steven Varela, the Associate Director of Creative Studios and Technology Support Services, at the Undergraduate Learning Center Tuesday Sept. 10, 2019.

Cohort seeks to lessen students’ textbook expenses

Alexia X. Nava Carmona and Anahy Diaz September 17, 2019

Creative Studios and UTEP’s library are working together in a faculty-led cohort to create educational resources that are cheaper than textbooks for students, following the passing of Senate Bill 810.  SB 810, which Governor of Texas Greg Abbott...

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The UTEP ROTC Color guard gets ready to present the nations colors at the annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony in Centennial Plaza.

UTEP holds yearly reminder of lives lost on 9/11

Daniel Rey Perez, Contributor September 16, 2019

The Military Student Success Center (MSSC) held a 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the Centennial Plaza in order to honor those who lost their lives in 2001 at the Pentagon, in the planes and at the World Trade Center after terrorists flew planes...

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UTEP SGA receives $10,000 donation following mass shooting

UTEP SGA receives $10,000 donation following mass shooting

Anahy Diaz, Contributor September 16, 2019

UTEP’s Student Government Association hosted a press conference Monday, Sept. 16 outside the patio of the UTEP dinner theatre, where they received a $10,000 donation from the University of Texas System Board of Regents after the mass shooting...

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Cuco sings at “El Paso Firme” music festival Saturday Sept. 7, 2019.

El Paso joins for a night of healing and denouncing white supremacy

Rebecca Reza, Contributor September 10, 2019

Artists from Guatemala, Mexico and Southern California performed at El Paso Firme Music Fest Saturday at Ascarate Park for a day of healing and celebration organized by the Border Network for Human Rights and other local and state immigrant...

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El Paso-Ciudad Juárez commuters stress about road closures

El Paso-Ciudad Juárez commuters stress about road closures

Paulina Astrid Spencer, Staff Reporter September 10, 2019

Commuters driving into Ciudad Juárez stress as the next phase of the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) I-10 Connect Project begins closing off the exit on I-10 East and Westbound near the Americas Bridge.  The Connect Project’s...

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UTEP Police focuses on community safety after Walmart shooting

UTEP Police focuses on community safety after Walmart shooting

Marisol Chavez, Web Editor September 10, 2019

More than a month after the shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart that killed 22, UTEP’s Police Department continues to look for ways to protect the community.   “We continue to be concerned about the safety and well-being of not just our...

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UTEP announced that in-person classes will be the norm in the fall as El Paso Covid-19 cases have dropped and vaccination levels have increased.

UTEP continues to offer mental health resources

Anahy Diaz, Contributor September 10, 2019

UTEP will continue to offer mental health resources to students after a gunman opened fire at the Cielo Vista Walmart and killed 22 people in early August.  The UTEP Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), which aims at providing high...

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Charles Valentine, Doctoral student in College of Education and Alejandra Avalos, Senior in College of Business.

Speaker Series aims to inform UTEP students about the hospitality industry

Alexia X. Nava Carmona, Copy Editor September 9, 2019

Charles Valentine, doctoral student at the UTEP College of Education, is developing the Hospitality Industry Leaders' Panel Discussion to inform students about the hospitality industry and the opportunities it has to offer and hopes to one day see...

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UTEP news in brief: Centennial Lecture Series, 9/11, El Grito, State of the University address, Career EXPO

Prospector Staff Report September 9, 2019

UTEP Centennial Lecture Series: ‘Is it Time to Abolish the Electoral College?’ Paul Finkelman, the president of Gratz College in Philadelphia, will be the guest speaker at a Centennial Lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 at the Undergraduate Learning...

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A portable charging station designed by Ivonne Santiago, Ph.D., clinical professor of civil engineering at UTEP, was on display on campus Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Professor showcases engineering project destined for Puerto Rico

Bryan Mena, Contributor September 3, 2019

Ivonne Santiago, clinical professor of civil engineering at UTEP, unveiled a project dubbed the “portable charging oasis” Tuesday, Aug. 27 in the walkway between the Liberal Arts and Administration buildings.  The project is an endeavor...

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Dr. Jeffrey Shepherd from the Department of History talks about “A History of Racial Violence and White Supremacist Movements.”

Conversation Series: UTEP community learns how to cope after tragedy

Sasha Minjarez, Contributor September 3, 2019

Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri organized “Trauma, Resilience & Resistance,” an event Aug. 27-28 in which people came together to learn about working through trauma and discuss the ways that they can help make a change in their community at...

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Katherine Mortimer, Ph.D. and Associate Professor in the College of Education, presents on language inequality in our education system.

Nerd Night covers bilingualism and the border

Alexia X. Nava Carmona, Copy Editor September 3, 2019

The UTEP Centennial Museum and Insights presented their 21st monthly educational event, Nerd Night, Thursday, Aug. 22, at Gonzalos G & R Mexican restaurant, with the theme of bilingualism in the border city.  The latest Nerd Night consisted...

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