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Parents should know that an early introduction of antidepressants to children could lead to a lifetime of use, according to research by a psychology team from The University of Texas at El Paso that was published recently in Scientific Reports, a prestigious journal that is part of the Nature Publishing Group.
Dilan E. Torres and Barron Wortham, studio art majors at The University of Texas at El Paso, earned the top prizes at the 2021 Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition that opened May 10, 2021, in the campus’ Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents today approved two new degree proposals by The University of Texas at El Paso to establish a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering and a Doctor of Occupational Therapy.
The University of Texas at El Paso‘s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) has announced its schedule of courses and lectures for the summer 2021 session that run from fun and familiar to a new live lecture series that promises to stimulate the mind.
The University of Texas at El Paso Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC) continues efforts to promote important COVID-19-related information – including how to navigate testing and vaccination services – to underserved communities in rural west El Paso County and southern Doña Ana County, through a grant awarded by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation to Bibiana Mancera, Ph.D., the BBRC’s director for community engagement.
Lela Vukovic, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at El Paso, is combining chemistry and artificial intelligence to develop new computational tools that will be incorporated into the design of sensors used to detect brain-relevant molecules.
Two faculty members from The University of Texas at El Paso’s Chicano Studies program recently won the 2021 Award of Distinction from the City University of New York’s (CUNY) John Jay College of Criminal Justice Latin American and Latinx Studies Department.
The Texas Digital Library (TDL) recently announced that The University of Texas at El Paso’s Institute of Oral History (IOH) was its 2021 Outreach Award recipient for its creative and successful approach to increased awareness and accessibility to digital information.
The National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) has selected Emre Umucu, Ph.D., assistant professor of rehabilitation counseling at The University of Texas at El Paso, for the 2021 New Career in Rehabilitation Education award. Umucu will be presented the award at the NCRE’s conference in July 2021.
Amanda Labrado, a geological sciences doctoral student at The University of Texas at El Paso, was named a Congressional Science Fellow by the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and will spend a year in Washington, D.C., working for a member of Congress or a congressional committee from September 2021 through August 2022.
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Campus Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) office was recently named an honorary awardee by the National Organization for Victim Assistance.
The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Liberal Arts Tom Lea Fellowship Committee selected Javier Segovia, a graduate student in UTEP’s Latin American Border Studies Program, as the 2021 Tom Lea Fellow.
After completing his undergraduate and master’s work in Idaho and Utah, respectively, Martin Dietze-Hermosa hoped to complete his doctoral degree in a less frigid locale. He found warmer weather at The University of Texas at El Paso. He has also found fulfilling curriculum, faculty members and fellow students who have bolstered his academic and personal growth.
Pei-Ling Hsu, Ph.D., draws on her time as a high school earth science teacher to create “project-based learning” methods for her students at The University of Texas at El Paso, which they use to create engaging science projects for area K-12 students. She has taught different education courses at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels.
