Brad Smith (left), president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, and Carol Ann Browne, Microsoft’s senior director of communications and external relations, will present a free public lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, as part of The University of Texas at El Paso’s Centennial Lecture Series.

Microsoft President to Speak at UTEP

Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, and Carol Ann Browne, Microsoft’s senior director of communications and external relations, will present a free public lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, as part of The University of Texas at El Paso’s Centennial Lecture Series.

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.

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.

UTEP Awarded $400K Grant to Support Graduate Students in Nuclear Science and Engineering

The University of Texas at El Paso was awarded $400,000 from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to facilitate graduate student success in nuclear science and engineering.

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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.

UTEP Alumni Association Announces New President, Board Members

Laura E. Biggs, a retired civil employee of the Department of Defense, began her term as president of the UTEP Alumni Association on Sept. 1, replacing outgoing president Bonny Schulenburg.

UTEP doctoral students Juan Aguilera, M.D. (left), and Amy R. Nava were selected for Stanford University’s PRISM (Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and Medicine) postdoctoral interview opportunity. Photo: JR Hernandez / UTEP Communications

UTEP Ph.D. Students Earn Stanford University Honor

UTEP doctoral students Juan Aguilera, M.D., and Amy R. Nava were selected for Stanford University’s PRISM (Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and Medicine) postdoctoral interview opportunity.

Azuri L. Gonzalez, lecturer and director of the Center for Community Engagement; Guillermina R. Solis, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing; and Adriana Dominguez, Ph.D., assistant professor of theater and director of audience development; will be among the honorees at this Friday's 2019 McDonald's Hispanos Triunfadores.

UTEP Educators Earn Hispanos Triunfadores Awards

Organizers of the 2019 McDonald's Hispanos Triunfadores announced that three employees from The University of Texas at El Paso will be among the honorees at this year's event at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in the El Paso Community College Administrative Services Center auditorium, 9050 Viscount Blvd.

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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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