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The University of Texas at El Paso is launching a new program – the Microsoft Teacher Computer Science Academy – to increase the number of high school students who take computing courses by increasing the number of computer science teachers, with financial support from Microsoft Corp.
A 1,260-mile portion of the Rio Grande flows between the United States and Mexico along the entire length of Texas' southern border, providing water for drinking, irrigation and recreational activities to communities on both sides of the border.
Margaret Spellings, CEO of Texas 2036, visited The University of Texas at El Paso to deliver a Centennial Lecture on the topic "The Future of Higher Education" on Feb. 18, 2020, at the Undergraduate Learning Center.
In response to a community need, The University of Texas at El Paso's Master of Public Administration (MPA) program has launched a new 15-hour graduate-level certificate in nonprofit administration and governance targeted to individuals who want to work for or lead nonprofit agencies.
Students at The University of Texas at El Paso will have a key role in the Miner Counts initiative, which is touting the importance of the 2020 U.S. Census and its impact on the economy and well-being of the community.
Unbelievably, fewer than 1% of ants are pests. The rest are valuable members of the Earth’s environment. Those 99 percenters are the basis of “Tiny Tunnels, Big Connections: Ant Relationships Shape the World,” that opens Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in The University of Texas at El Paso’s Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens.
El Paso Mayor Dee Margo presented Zuill Bailey, one of the world's premier cellists and a music instructor at The University of Texas at El Paso, with a Conquistador Award during the El Paso City Council's regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at City Hall.
Raymond C. Rumpf, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso, was promoted to Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), an educational nonprofit established to advance light-based science, engineering and technology.
Luis Echegoyen, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at El Paso, was recently inducted as a 2019 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Professional and Public Programs (P3) recently won the Learning Resources Network’s (LERN) Best Management Practice award. The international award recognizes innovation in the field of lifelong learning and serving communities. It was presented last month at LERN’s annual conference in San Diego, which was attended by 800 professionals in lifelong learning from five countries.
The University of Texas at El Paso's Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) has been awarded a $155,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to investigate non-nuclear alternative methods and devices for quality management of earthwork of airfield pavements.
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) has received a $590,000 grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to investigate and implement a test protocol for evaluating the cracking potential of asphalt mixes before they are placed on the roads.
Nathalie Prieto chose to attend The University of Texas at El Paso for its exceptional education offered at a great value.
Cory M. Smith, Ph.D., enjoys seeing students comprehend and apply the lessons they have learned as part of his courses in The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Health Sciences.
