On this new season of The Prospector Podcast, reporter Itzel Giron covers Beto O'Rourke's visit to El Paso as he prepares to face Gov. Greg Abbott in the race for Texas Governor. Multimedia Editor Anahy Diaz brings us the best corners to study at UTEP...

A new season of The Prospector Podcast is here! This week's episode includes the concerns of UTEP students as they return to campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Anahy Diaz sits down with Marieli Pinero Melendez, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist at...

UTEP welcomed students back to campus after a year of online learning, with its first-ever Texas Western Gold Rush celebration at Centennial Plaza on Monday, August 23.

Graduating UTEP students will be able to invite eight guests to attend their graduation ceremony this year, according to an email sent out by President Heather Wilson on April 22. “Our 2020 and Spring 2021 graduates have worked hard to earn their...

UTEP is offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all its students and staff April 9-10, the school announced Tuesday, April 6. According to an email by the Office of the Chief of Staff, UTEP students, faculty and staff who have completed the consent and questionnaire...

UTEP will begin vaccinating all students next week as eligibility expands to everyone 16 and older in the state. According to an email sent out by UTEP President Heather Wilson on Friday, April 2, the university expects to start offering vaccines to...

After more than a year-long of virtual activities, UTEP announced two commencement ceremonies will be held in-person at the Sun Bowl in May for all graduates of the Class of 2020 and 2021 spring and summer candidates.  According to a news release...

Wherever there’s demand, there will always be supply, at least that’s what local experienced seamsters found to be true as homemade mask businesses boomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   Throughout the past year, the Centers for Disease Control...

UTEP President Heather Wilson announced in a campus-wide email sent Wednesday, the university’s intention to increase in-person activities after spring break and plans for the Fall semester to be in-person.  Wilson said the university is planning...

UTEP will be a stop in Columbian singer Maluma’s world tour, at the Don Haskins Center at 8 p.m. Sept. 24.   Nearly a year later since the COVID-19 pandemic limited concerts, UTEP’s Office of Special Events announced on Monday it will...

UTEP has received another shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to an email sent by President Heather Wilson on Tuesday.  Wilson said the University will be able to vaccinate about 1,000 more high-risk students, faculty and staff...

UTEP began administering the first doses of its 975 Pfizer vaccines on Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23, to high-risk students, staff and those working in medical environments.   UTEP President Heather Wilson regarded the University’s...