Nurse practitioner students in UTEP’s Master of Science in Nursing program practice their communication, physical assessment, and documentation skills on human-like avatars through Shadow Health Digital Clinical Experiences (DCEs). Photo: J.R. Hernandez/UTEP Communications

UTEP Nurse Practitioner Students Practice on Virtual Patients

For more than a year, nurse practitioner students in UTEP's Master of Science in Nursing program have practiced their communication, physical assessment, and documentation skills on human-like avatars through Shadow Health Digital Clinical Experiences.

UTEP's Department of Biological Sciences was awarded a 551,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Biological Sciences to research the relationship between solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) and vegetation photosynthetic capacity. Findings could aid scientists in predicting the future response of arctic vegetation to climate change.

UTEP Awarded $551K Grant to Research Effects of Solar-Induced Fluorescence to Monitor Arctic Vegetation

The University of Texas at El Paso Department of Biological Sciences was awarded a $551,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Biological Sciences to research the relationship between solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) and vegetation photosynthetic capacity.

Texas Gas Service to Begin Construction on Schuster Avenue

Texas Gas Service and the City of El Paso will begin work to replace a gas line on Schuster Avenue on Monday, Oct. 21.

Microsoft President Brad Smith, right, and Carol Ann Browne, left, senior director of communications and external relations at Microsoft, spoke at a Centennial Lecture on Oct. 14, 2019, in the University’s Undergraduate Learning Center. The talk was facilitated by Richard Pineda, Ph.D., associate professor in the UTEP's department of communication. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications

Microsoft Leaders Laud UTEP at Centennial Lecture Speech

Microsoft President Brad Smith said that when he envisions a prototypical student from The University of Texas at El Paso, he imagines a person who is multiskilled, multitalented and very adaptable.

UTEP President Heather Wilson and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Vice President of Engineering & Technology Travis Coomer signed a Memorandum of Agreement today that will employ UTEP students as interns with Lockheed Martin in El Paso. Photo: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications

UTEP and Lockheed Martin Sign Agreement to Employ Students in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas - The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) President Heather Wilson and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Vice President of Engineering & Technology Travis Coomer signed a Memorandum of Agreement today that will employ UTEP students as interns with Lockheed Martin in El Paso. In addition to Wilson and Coomer, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and El Paso County Judge Ricardo A. Samaniego participated in today's announcement and signing ceremony.

Laura E. Biggs began her term as president of The University of Texas at El Paso Alumni Association on Sept. 1, 2019. In her new role, Biggs vows to work with UTEP President Heather Wilson to engage UTEP's alumni base throughout the world.

Q&A with Laura Biggs, the New President for the UTEP Alumni Association

Laura E. Biggs, a retired civil employee of the Department of Defense, began her term as president of The University of Texas at El Paso Alumni Association on Sept. 1, 2019.

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Article Published on UTEP Educators' NSF Project

The Journal of Statistics Education recently published "Developing Interactive Educational Songs for Introductory Statistics," an article about how a team of researchers created a highly innovative collection of statistics songs that students can interact with as part of pre-song learning activities that will lead to the song's completion.

UTEP’s C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department was awarded the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board's 2019 Archival Award of Excellence for its Casasola Studio Photo Identification Project done in collaboration with the El Paso Times. The Casasola Project involves the submission of an unidentified photo from the archive of an individual, couple or group to the newspaper, which prints a snapshot such as the one pictured in its Sunday paper along with a request for the public’s help to identify the person or people in the photo.

UTEP’s Special Collections Earns Statewide Honor

The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board recently announced that it would present its 2019 Archival Award of Excellence to The University of Texas at El Paso’s C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department for its Casasola Studio Photo Identification Project done in collaboration with the El Paso Times.

UTEP Engineering Partner LIMBS International Awarded the 2019 Drucker Prize

LIMBS International, a local nonprofit organization with a partnership with The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Engineering, was awarded the 2019 Drucker Prize from more than 400 nationwide nonprofits.

An article by Gregory S. Schober, Ph.D., UTEP assistant professor of rehabilitation sciences, was recently published in the Latin American Research Review. Schober’s article “Conditional Cash Transfers, Resources, and Political Participation in Latin America,” examined the effects of government cash transfer programs on civic and political participation in Latin America, particularly in Mexico. Photo: UTEP Communications

UTEP Assistant Professor Published in Latin American Journal

Mexico’s antipoverty conditional cash transfer (CCT) program has increased political and civic participation in the country, according to Gregory S. Schober, Ph.D., assistant professor of rehabilitation sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Maria Socorro Tabuenca, Ph.D., UTEP professor of languages and linguistics, was the keynote speaker at the 8th annual Crossing Over International Symposium on Oct. 5, 2019, at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo: UTEP Communications

UTEP Professor Offered Keynote at International Conference

The University of Texas at El Paso’s Maria Socorro Tabuenca, Ph.D., professor of languages and linguistics, was the keynote speaker at the 8th annual Crossing Over International Symposium on Oct. 5, 2019, at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.

UTEP Pharmacy Student Awarded National LGBTQ Scholarship

UTEP student-pharmacist William Campillo Terrazas has been awarded a scholarship from the Point Foundation (Point), the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students.

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UTEP PROFILES

Meet Aaron

Aaron Rodriguez is a senior computer science major who wants to enhance the tech industry’s footprint in El Paso. He was drawn to UTEP by the potential to develop virtual reality applications as part of his research. Aaron has since joined a computer science research team and is a member of a student organization that helps students develop their game-design skills.

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Meet Hector

Hector M. Enriquez is a curious man. He asks questions to build relationships. Those relationships generally have helped drive his interests, his career path and his social mobility. They helped him to drive a cab, learn how to fly airplanes, get him enrolled at UTEP, and, as an instructor, develop new ways to enhance the accumulation of knowledge.

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