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UTEP falls to Blue Raiders in home season finale

UTEP falls to Blue Raiders in home season finale

Daniel Mendez, Web Editor March 6, 2019

https://youtu.be/KD5g3WHJ03c “Senior Night” at the Don Haskins Center did not go as plan as the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders blew out the UTEP Miners 69-53, Wednesday, March 6. UTEP found themselves down by 28 points in the second half. “This...

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UTEP professor named engineer of the year

UTEP professor named engineer of the year

Alexia X. Nava Carmona, Reporter March 5, 2019

Clinical professor Ivonne Santiago, Ph.D., was named El Paso’s Engineer of the Year in February for her contributions to improve public welfare. The Engineer of the Year award is given by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) to outstanding...

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UTEP Professor: Vaping may be harmful

UTEP Professor: Vaping may be harmful

Oscar Avila, Reporter March 5, 2019

In 2017, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fatima Z. Alshbool, began to research the effects of e-cigarettes and vapor machines. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that heat up nicotine-infused liquid into a breathable substance....

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UTEPs GAIA Makerspace

UTEPs GAIA Makerspace

Ashley Johnson, Multimedia Editor February 26, 2019

UTEP introduces the new GAIA Makerspace, which happens to be open to all students, free of charge. GAIA is a lab where students can use enhanced technology to create different objects. This enhanced technology includes 3D printing, 3D scanning, virtual...

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UTEP womens basketball looks for major upset vs second place UAB

UTEP women’s basketball looks for major upset vs second place UAB

Michael Cuviello, Contributor February 26, 2019

UTEP (7-20, 4-10) will hit the road versus the University Of Alabama at Birmingham ( 22-5,10-4) in a matchup of upper- and lower-tier teams of the conference March 2. The Miners have a four-game losing streak versus the Blazers and recently suffered...

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‘A Piece of Our Mind’ highlights social issues

‘A Piece of Our Mind’ highlights social issues

Alexia x. Nava Carmona, Reporter February 26, 2019

The Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is hosting “A Piece of Our Mind,” an exhibit that showcases the poster works of graphic artists Joe Scorsone and Alice Drueding. “Most of our work focuses on sociopolitical and environmental topics. “Sometimes...

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The Interdisciplinary Research Building’s construction continues unhindered

The Interdisciplinary Research Building’s construction continues unhindered

Valeria Olivares, Reporter February 26, 2019

The Interdisciplinary Research Building (IDRB), located behind the Undergraduate Learning Center (UGLC) and bumping against Sun Bowl Drive, is currently on schedule due to a lack of setbacks, according to UTEP officials. “I know that other buildings...

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People celebrate Black History Month at a parade Saturday Feb. 23rd.

El Pasoans gather for Black History Month.

Valeria Olivares, Reporter February 25, 2019

People from El Paso came together to celebrate Black History Month at a parade that started on the corner of Montana Street and Pershing Street on Saturday, Feb. 23. People followed the parade as it made its way to Mary Webb Park in order to start...

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Sophomore guard Evan Gilyard scored 16 points.

Miners lose to Rice in double overtime

Daniel Mendez, Web Editor February 24, 2019

After having a 17 point lead at the end of the first half UTEP lost in double overtime against the Rice Owls in the opening game of Conference USA “Group Play,” 85-81, Saturday night at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP is now 8-18, 3-12 in C-USA while...

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Monday, Feb. 18, Dr. Diana Natalicio and members of the UTEP faculty at the Union Lounge before the opening of the exhibit My tenure in t-shirts at the Union Gallery.

T-shirt exhibit represents 30 years of Dr. Natalicio

Daniel Mendez, Web Editor February 19, 2019

President Dr. Diana Natalicio has 450 UTEP T-shirts. She and the university decided to honor her 30 years at the helm by displaying her personal collection of T-shirts in an exhibit called “My Tenure in T-shirts” on the second floor of the Union East...

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UTEP Professor Igor C. Almeida, Ph.D., is leading an almost 30-year research project that aims to discover a better treatment, as well as a vaccine, for Chagas disease.

Research aims for new vaccine, treatment for Chagas disease

Alexia X. Nava Carmona, Reporter February 19, 2019

UTEP Professor Igor C. Almeida, Ph.D., is leading an almost 30-year research project that aims to discover a better treatment, as well as a vaccine, for Chagas disease. Chagas disease, named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered...

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UTEP head coach Rodney Terry looks to lead his young Miner team into group play. The Miners are currently in 13th place in the Conference-USA standings.

UTEP men’s basketball aim for redemption with group play

Michael Cuviello, Contributor February 19, 2019

The UTEP men’s basketball team (8-17, 3-11) faces an uphill battle to make the conference tournament as the 13th seed in Conference USA’s unique bonus play format. This new format places all-conference teams by record within conference into two groups...

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