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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.
A recent donation made to The University of Texas at El Paso Department of Theatre and Dance by Z. Anthony Kruszewski, professor emeritus of political science at UTEP, to honor his late wife will be recognized with the renaming of the department’s Studio Theatre to the June Sadowski Kruszewski Studio Theatre.
Students from The University of Texas at El Paso have curated an exhibit of Asian artifacts that opened Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in UTEP’s Centennial Museum as an expression of solidarity with people of Asian descent in response to the numerous national incidents of hate crimes.
One of the rites of spring at The University of Texas at El Paso is Project MOVE, the annual day of community service where thousands of students, faculty, staff and alumni take on dozens of eclectic projects that benefit residents throughout the Paso del Norte region.
After carefully reviewing the level of COVID-19 in the community and the expected number of graduates participating in The University of Texas at El Paso’s in-person Commencement ceremonies, UTEP will allow graduating students to bring up to eight guests each to the ceremonies on May 14 and 15 in Sun Bowl Stadium.
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.
While teams shone bright on the court during the recent 2021 NCAA Final Four men’s basketball championship, a faculty member from The University of Texas at El Paso used his skills to enhance the participants for specialty shoots that augmented the CBS Sports coverage.
The University of Texas at El Paso Distinguished Teaching Professor Larry Lesser, Ph.D., was named the 2021 winner of the Waller Distinguished Teaching Career Award by the American Statistical Association (ASA) for sustained excellence in teaching and statistics education.
Maria Duarte-Gardea, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso has been selected to receive the 2021 Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Distinguished Scientist Award. The award will be presented during the Nutrition and Dietetics 2021 Virtual Conference and Exhibition from April 8 to 10, 2021.
Denise Lujan, director of developmental math and the Entering Student Experience (ESE) Program at The University of Texas at El Paso, was selected as a Fellow of The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers, the UT System’s highest honor for recognizing outstanding leadership in education.
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.
