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This summer marked the first time a group of faculty and students at The University of Texas at El Paso were able to engage in meaningful research opportunities while staying safe amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through the launch of the Virtual Research Experience for Undergraduates (vREU).
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) is the subrecipient of a $1 million implementation grant to target substance use disorders and opioid use disorders in five rural counties along the Texas-Mexico border.
The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Education recently launched an innovative program that will assist individuals with bachelor’s degrees to earn their alternative certification and a Master of Arts in Education in one year.
The University of Texas at El Paso’s dedication to campus safety has earned the campus a No. 3 ranking in a list of the safest college campuses in Texas, according to a survey conducted by YourLocalSecurity.com, which based its rankings on the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security data and the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
The University of Texas at El Paso announced today the appointment of El Paso native Priscilla Castillo to the position of Chief Legal Officer effective Sept. 8, 2020. She succeeds Andrea Cortinas, who recently was promoted to Vice President and Chief of Staff.
The University of Texas at El Paso will host a virtual town hall conference on strengthening a national foundation for advanced modeling and simulations (M&S) at minority-serving institutions beginning at 8:30 a.m. MST Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, via Microsoft Teams. Various sessions are scheduled throughout the day until 1:50 p.m.
Melissa Wholeben, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been awarded $15,000 from the Society of Trauma Nurses to enhance the quality of trauma care in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
The World Round-Up for Freestyle Skateboarding recently announced that The University of Texas at El Paso’s Bill Robertson, Ph.D., was its Ambassadors of Freestyle Skateboarding Award recipient for 2020.
An international organization has nominated Jess Tolbert, assistant professor of art at The University of Texas at El Paso, for a prestigious award that recognizes artists who achieve creative excellence by combining craft with contemporary culture.
Suman Sirimulla, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso School of Pharmacy, was awarded $80,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through UTEP’s Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Center for Advanced Materials Research (CMR) to support his research to develop antiviral drugs that will target COVID-19.
The Journal of Statistics Education (JSE) interviewed The University of Texas at El Paso’s Larry Lesser, Ph.D., professor of mathematical sciences, in its spring 2020 issue as part of its series on prominent statistics educators.
The University of Texas of El Paso houses the nation’s No. 20 most affordable accounting program, according to Discover Accounting, a notable online information provider that offers career advice and education resources for students interested in accounting.
Jose Felipe Reza Holguin quickly jumped at the chance to work on campus when he first enrolled at The University of Texas at El Paso. He credits his student employment opportunities with introducing him to people and experiences that helped enhance his college career and set him up for future success.
Sarah Yvonne Jimenez, Ph.D., worked in a newspaper’s customer service department for seven years. She said that experience prepared her for her teaching role in The University of Texas at El Paso’s School of Nursing.
