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.

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.

A recent column published in MarketWatch shows that The University of Texas at El Paso is one of the 10 best U.S. colleges and universities for student upward mobility. Photo: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications

UTEP Among Best Universities for Social Mobility

The University of Texas at El Paso is one of the best institutions in the country for helping students realize the American Dream, according to MarketWatch, a U.S. financial news website.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded UTEP's BUILDing SCHOLARS program a $15.2 million grant to train the next generation of biomedical researchers in the U.S. Southwest and to enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce.

NIH Awards $15.2M Grant to UTEP for Biomedical Training

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded The University of Texas at El Paso BUILDing SCHOLARS program a $15.2 million grant to train the next generation of biomedical researchers in the U.S. Southwest and to enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce.

Cristina Goletti, left, chair and associate professor of The University of Texas at El Paso's Department of Theatre and Dance, and Adriana Dominguez, Ph.D., assistant professor, stand on the Wise Family Theatre stage inside UTEP's Fox Fine Arts Center where the 2019-20 season will celebrate the enormous contributions of “Latinx” theater on international culture. Photo: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications

UTEP Theater Department Lines Up ‘Latinx’ Season

Cristina Goletti had heard talk within the national arts community for several years about an effort by some of the bigger theater companies to embrace the works of minority artists to draw attention to their talents and underrepresented stories.

UTEP Computer Science Department Chair Ann Gates, Ph.D., accepted the University Award from the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at the ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing conference in San Diego, California. The award recognizes U.S. universities that have retained students from underrepresented groups in computer science programs. Photo: Courtesy

UTEP Honored for Supporting Minorities in Computer Science

The University of Texas at El Paso has been named the third recipient of the University Award given by the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology.

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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.

The National Science Foundation recently announced that it awarded a nearly $312,000 grant to a team from UTEP and the El Paso Independent School District led by UTEP’s Katherine Mortimer, Ph.D. (pictured), associate professor of teacher education, and EPISD’s Scott Gray, director of New Tech Network Programs.

NSF Awards Grant to UTEP and EPISD for CS Study

The National Science Foundation recently announced that it awarded a nearly $312,000 grant to a team from The University of Texas at El Paso and the El Paso Independent School District led by UTEP’s Katherine Mortimer, Ph.D., associate professor of teacher education, and EPISD’s Scott Gray, director of New Tech Network Programs.

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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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