UTEP tames the Herd, off to best start since 2016 The Miners (7-2-2) staged a comeback victory over the Marshall Thundering Herd 3-8 Thursday, giving them a 2-0 record in conference play. Matching the same start of the 2016 season under former coach...

Throughout the week, UTEP will host its annual homecoming, which centers “around bringing alumni and a new generation of students together to build camaraderie and celebrate school spirit,” according to UTEP’s website.   “‘I belong...

Two of the six recipients of UTEP’s 2019 Distinguished Alumni award are the founders of Creative Kids, a local nonprofit organization that introduces visual arts to children.   Every year during Homecoming season, UTEP honors its exceptional alumni...

Dorothy Truax is one of 10 alumni receiving a Gold Nugget Award as part of UTEP’s 2019 Homecoming celebration. Truax is being recognized for her contributions to social work within the El Paso community.    After Truax went on to obtain a bachelor’s...

UTEP students reacted to a recent case of the “anti-LGBTQ” business controversy involving Grace Gardens, an event venue on the western outskirts of El Paso.  On the morning of Sept. 16, Cassandra Castillo posted on Facebook that a representative...

UTEP’s College of Health Sciences selected alumnus Salvador Balcorta, activist and chief executive officer of a nationally recognized nonprofit, for this year’s Gold Nugget Award.    Today, Balcorta leads the Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe,...

The Student Government Association (SGA) kicked off this year’s Homecoming festivities with its annual homecoming pageant show Friday, Sept. 27 at the Magoffin Auditorium.   SGA has been hosting the pageant show for over 25 years and Natalia Dueñas,...

https://youtu.be/cVOXpnNSx_U We asked students why they thought studying abroad is important. This is what they had to say.

The Rubin Center Gallery hosted an opening ceremony Thursday, Sept. 26, for its latest exhibit that pays homage to the young missing women of Ciudad Juárez.    The exhibit, titled “Brian Maguire: Scenes of Absence,” is described as “an exploration...

The conference opener did not go as planned for the UTEP football team (1-3, 0-1) as it fell against Southern Mississippi 31-13. Now the Miners are set to take on The University of Texas at San Antonio (1-3, 0-1) at home this weekend.  Last season,...

From collecting toiletries for the community to participating in a J. Balvin karaoke competition, student organizations have begun to show off their Miner spirit this Homecoming season through the “RSOlympics.”   Organized by UTEP’s...

Students from UTEP and Tecnológico de Monterrey partnered for “Festival of Monologues” a cultural demonstration of spoken-word monologues and dance pieces on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Students from both sides...