Luis R. Martinez, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at UTEP, was awarded awarded a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a potentially life-threatening fungus and suggest possible treatments. Photo by Laura Trejo / UTEP Communications

NIH Awards $2.7M Grant to UTEP Biology Professor to Study AIDS-associated Fungal Meningitis

The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $2.7 million grant to Luis R. Martinez, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, to study a potentially life-threatening fungus and suggest possible treatments.

UTEP's Chihuahuan Desert Gardens Involved in National Competition

The University of Texas at El Paso’s Chihuahuan Desert Gardens is a participant in the Lark Label Loves Gardens Sweepstakes that continues through the end of August.

UTEP Marks 150th Anniversary of Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

UTEP's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted a special event Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the creation of the periodic table of chemical elements.

UTEP In the Spotlight - Time Magazine

Yolanda Leyva, Ph.D., director of the Institute of Oral History and associate professor of history at The University of Texas at El Paso, describes the prejudice faced by Mexican-Americans in Texas throughout history in an opinion piece published Aug. 8, 2019, on Time magazine’s website.

Oscar Najera, a junior psychology major, presents his research at the 2019 Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Summer Symposium on August 3, 2019. His project seeks to determine whether speakers of two languages can use a memorization technique known as Paired Associative Learning more successfully than monolingual people. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications

Undergraduate Research Talent on Display at 2019 COURI Summer Symposium

Josue Martinez, a sophomore computer engineering major who was a visiting student at The University of Texas at El Paso in summer 2019, has a very clear idea of what he would tell any fellow undergraduate student who is pondering a research experience.

UTEP Professor Wins 2019 Great Minds in STEM Hispanic Engineer Award

Natalia Villanueva Rosales, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been named a recipient of the 2019 Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) Education Award.

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UTEP Professor Awarded $100K Grant to Develop Fast Electromagnetic Simulation Algorithms

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Engineering has received a $100,000 grant from IERUS Technologies to develop numerical techniques that will be incorporated into a high-performance computing (HPC) platform suitable for simulating and optimizing advanced photonic devices.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a 27,000 grant to Wendy Francis, Ph.D., professor of psychology at UTEP, who will use the funds to support students who will conduct research on bilingual language and memory processes for her ongoing NSF research grant. Photo: UTEP Communications

UTEP Earns NSF Grant for Student Researchers

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a $27,000 grant to The University of Texas at El Paso’s Wendy Francis, Ph.D., professor of psychology, who will use the funds to support students who will conduct research on bilingual language and memory processes for her ongoing NSF research grant.

Rick Myer, Ph.D. (third from left), chair and professor in UTEP’s Department of Educational Psychology and Special Services, spent part of his summer in northeast Egypt to train religious volunteers about crisis intervention. Courtesy photo

UTEP Professor Provides Crisis Training in Egypt

Rick Myer, Ph.D., chair and professor in The University of Texas at El Paso’s Department of Educational Psychology and Special Services, spent part of his summer in northeast Egypt to train about 100 religious volunteers about crisis intervention.

Ignacio Martinez, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and the project’s principal investigator, was awarded a $132,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to conduct a two-week course about aspects of the border for 25 secondary education teachers from around the country.

UTEP Plays Host to NEH Border History Institute

The National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $132,000 grant to a faculty member from The University of Texas at El Paso to conduct a two-week course about aspects of the border for 25 secondary education teachers from around the country.

Gilman Scholar Jennifer Young is spending her summer semester abroad in Spain. Young is one of six UTEP students part of the 2019 Gilman Scholarship Program. Courtesy photo

Gilman Scholarship to Support UTEP Students Abroad

A group of UTEP undergraduate students have been given greater access to study abroad opportunities for the Summer and Fall 2019 semesters through the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.

Kim McKean, assistant professor of theater at The University of Texas at El Paso, was recently awarded a $5,000 grant to present 'En La Frontera: A Latinx New Works Festival' in spring 2020 in partnership with the Chamizal National Memorial.

UTEP Teacher Earns Grant to Promote Latinx Stories

Humanities Texas recently awarded a $5,000 grant to Kim McKean, assistant professor of theater at The University of Texas at El Paso, to present “En La Frontera: A Latinx New Works Festival” in spring 2020 in partnership with the Chamizal National Memorial.

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