Eli Greenbaum, Ph.D., associate professor and director of biodiversity collections at UTEP, has published a study that demonstrates how a Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance and behavior of the venomous Gaboon viper to avoid being eaten by predators. The grapefruit-sized amphibian is a master of disguise that has an astonishing resemblance to the head of the highly venomous Gaboon viper.

UTEP Studies Toad That Disguises Itself as a Viper to Scare off Predators

The Director of The University of Texas at El Paso’s Biodiversity Collections has published a study that demonstrates how a Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance and behavior of the venomous Gaboon viper to avoid being eaten by predators.

The Bergamot String Quartet from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland will perform in El Paso as part of Nour·ish, a national effort to engage communities through music. The group will spend part of the week working with UTEP graduate students as part of a Center for Arts Entrepreneurship (CAE) residency. Students and faculty members from UTEP’s Department of Music, along with artists from its affiliated CAE, as well as El Paso Pro-Musica (EPPM) and the El Paso Symphony Orchestra (EPSO) agreed to share their talents.

UTEP Performers to Nourish Community with Music

Musicians with ties to The University of Texas at El Paso will perform at various locations around the region the week of Nov. 4, 2019, as part of Nour·ish, a national effort to engage communities through music.

Z. Anthony Kruszewski, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science, right, participated in two events in Berlin, Germany, that marked the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II. With him is Dieter Bingen, Ph.D., retired director of the German-Poland Institute in Darmstadt, Germany. Courtesy photo

UTEP Professor Promotes Peace at WWII Ceremony

Z. Anthony Kruszewski, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science at The University of Texas at El Paso, recently participated in a pair of ceremonies in Berlin, Germany, to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II on Sept. 1, 1939.

The University of Texas at El Paso's Department of Civil Engineering received an award from NASA's Johnson's Space Center (JSC) to reproduce Martian soil for mechanical interactions. Photo: Laura Trejo / UTEP Communications

UTEP Receives Award from NASA to Characterize Martian Soil

The University of Texas at El Paso's Department of Civil Engineering received an award from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) to investigate the strength and settlement properties of Martian soil, or regolith.

UTEP In the Spotlight: Inside Higher Ed

Crystal G. Herman, associate dean for curriculum in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at El Paso, offers advice for mid-level faculty administrators on how to most effectively deal with student concerns in an article published in Inside Higher Ed.

UTEP and EPCC Presidents Pledge to Continue Collaborating to Promote Student Success

For nearly three decades, faculty and staff at both El Paso Community College (EPCC) and The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have made a strong commitment to the residents of the Paso del Norte region, developing strategies to provide access to exceptional higher education along with raising the educational aspirations, degree attainment, and overall academic excellence of area students.

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Diane Golding, Ed.D., is the principal investigator of a three-year, $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will benefit Hispanic female students. The project is titled 'Yes, She Can: Closing the STEM Hispanic Gender Gap.'

UTEP Researchers to Engage Hispanic Female Students in STEM Fields

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) recently awarded a three-year, $700,000 grant to a research team from The University of Texas at El Paso that will benefit Hispanic female students. The project started in October 2019 and will continue through September 2022.

UTEP’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) has received federal funding to collaborate with the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) on a program to support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in five West Texas rural counties. Thenral Mangadu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of public health sciences and MARC’s director, the project will follow a holistic community-engaged partnership model first established with CASFV in 2012.

UTEP Receives Grant to Support Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault in Rural Counties

The University of Texas at El Paso’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) has received federal funding to collaborate with the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence (CASFV) on a program to support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in five West Texas rural counties.

UTEP's Computer Science Department has received a $7,000 grant from Nuba Solutions for students to conduct statistic code analysis on open source repositories. Leading the research is Omar Badreddin, Ph.D., assistant professor in UTEP’s computer science department, who said students will be working on analyzing transportation and logistics management software for Nuba Solutions. The research team is, fro left, Omar Masmali, Ph.D. student; Rafael Pinto, Master's student; Maliheh Zargaran, Master's student; Badreddin; Sayed Mohsin Reza, Ph.D. student; Rahad Khandoker, Ph.D. student.

UTEP Computer Science Receives $7K Grant to Conduct Advanced Software Analysis

The University of Texas at El Paso’s Computer Science Department in the College of Engineering has received a $7,000 grant from Nuba Solutions for students to conduct statistic code analysis on open source repositories. The study will analyze large segments of industrial software codes to understand their evolution and quality. The results of the analysis will help organizations reduce maintenance efforts and improve their software sustainability.

UTEP Professor Awarded 2019 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science

Renato Aguilera, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

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.

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