You can change someone’s life if you believe in them just enough. That has happened to me countless times. I remember every single one of the people who helped me become the person I am today. Every. Single. One. My family, of course, will always...

“Control Z” is exactly as if Mexico got their own Gossip Girl, but then somehow got mixed up with a script of La Rosa de Guadalupe.   Sofía Herrera, played by Ana Valeria Becerril, is a damaged high school junior that was gifted with Sherlock-like...

For more coverage on COVID-19 and its impact on UTEP, El Paso, the state and the nation, visit The Prospector's Coronavirus page. The city and county of El Paso officials announced in a news conference a “Stay Home, Work Safe” order to go into...

For more coverage on COVID-19 and its impact on UTEP, El Paso, the state and the nation, visit The Prospector's Coronavirus page. New guidelines aimed to slow the spread and impact of COVID-19, or coronavirus, were released Monday in a White...

For more coverage on COVID-19 and its impact on UTEP, El Paso, the state and the nation, visit The Prospector's Coronavirus page. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that the State of Texas Assessments for Academic Readiness (STAAR) testing for the...

Editor's note: The story was updated on March 10 to correctly identify Ruby Anahy Franco. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has suspended all university-sponsored travel to regions with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel...

The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will host the “2020 Census Summit” Wednesday, March 11, in an effort to increase participation in the upcoming U.S. census. “I think a lot of people are not...

By Feb. 18., three private groups on Facebook that seek to support and protect women in the face of the disappearances and femicide in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, had already been created.  The groups “Mujeres cuidando Mujeres – Cd. Juárez, Chih.,”...

To read this article in English, click here.  Para el 18 de febrero, tres grupos privados de Facebook que pretenden apoyar y proteger a las mujeres ante desapariciones y feminicidios en Ciudad Juárez, México, ya habían sido creados. Los grupos...

Every 10 years since 1790, people residing in the U.S. have participated in the census. In order to understand its importance, one must understand the importance of representation in Congress.    In Article 1, Section 2, the Constitution states,...

In an email from the President’s Office at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) sent on Jan. 30 to all students, faculty and staff, a strategic plnning process for the next 10 years was announced. “An effective planning process will help...

Después de 54 años conquistando el primer domingo de febrero poco a poco, lo hemos conseguido: este Super Bowl estuvo bien latino. Por onceava ocasión, Miami estuvo a cargo del campeonato de la NFL. La ciudad comenzó a preparase desde el 2016,...

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...

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...

The Women’s March of El Paso (WMEP) announced it will “not coordinate a Women’s March this month” through a Facebook post.  Women’s March is a global movement and is expected to happen on Saturday, Jan. 18 in cities around the...

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) announced it surpassed a milestone of $100 million in research expenditures after securing 200 grants in 2019, totaling more than 530 active grants Thursday, Dec. 5. “Research is fueled by our faculty through...

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, and Carol Ann Browne, senior director of communications and external relations at Microsoft and El Paso native, held the Centennial Lecture “Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age” Monday,...

Editor's note: The article was edited Nov. 25 to credit the event's correct sponsor, the Center of Inter-American and Border Studies at UTEP.  As part of the 2019 Hispanic Heritage Celebration, the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies at the...

“If you truly are sorry … I forgive you,” Brandt Jean told his brother’s killer. “I know if you go to God and ask Him, He will forgive you.”   My heart sank the first time I watched Botham Jean’s brother, Brandt, hug ex-police officer...

Jeremy Slack, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UTEP, presented his book “Deported to Death: How Drug Violence Is Changing Migration on the U.S.-Mexico Border” to a full audience on Thursday,...

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...

The UTEP community experienced a phishing attack last Wednesday when about 400 fake emails were sent asking for a favor in President Heather Wilson’s name, according to the UTEP Information Security Office (ISO). “Hi how are you doing? I need a...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has granted $15,000 to The University of Texas at El Paso’s (UTEP) Department of Theatre and Dance to fund the annual Big Read on the Border planned for Spring 2020, a UTEP news release said.    Adriana...

UTEP research conducts VR stress study   Hector Olvera, Ph.D., director of research at the UTEP School of Nursing, is using virtual reality (VR) to launch a new research program at The University of Texas at El Paso to understand how natural environments...

UTEP to be closed for Independence Day  The University of Texas at El Paso will be closed Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.   Regular hours of operation will resume Friday, July 5. UTEP Dinner Theatre presents ‘Hello...

A summer weekend in El Paso can get pretty hot, but it can also be a lot of fun. We searched for the best events going on this weekend so you don’t have to. Whether it is on your own, with your family, or friends, there’s plenty of things to choose...

El Pasoans voted in favor to save 1,107 acres of land – which include the Lost Dog Trail – in a special election May 4.  The cost to preserve the trail is still unknown, with estimates ranging from $10,000 to $11.3 million, according to stakeholders. The...