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30th Annual El Paso History Day


“innovation IN HISTORY: impact, influence, change”

FEBRUARY 27, 2027

TIMELINE:

October 28: Required EPHD Teacher Update Meeting #1 (Virtual)
November 1: Registration Opens
January 27:         Required EPHD Teacher Update Meeting #2 (Virtual)
February 9:         Required EPHD Judge Orientation (Virtual Option #1)
February 10:        Registration Closes
February 17: Required EPHD Judge Orientation (Virtual Option #2)
February 18 Docs/Papers/Websites Viewing
Exhibits/Performances Written Material Reviewing
February 25: Required EPHD Teacher Update Meeting #3 (Virtual)
February 27:        El Paso History Day!!! (UTEP)
                                Required Judge Orientation at 8:00 am
                               Judging of papers, websites, exhibits, performances, and documentaries begins at 9:00 am
                               Runoffs begin at 1:15 pm
                                Awards Ceremony at 3:00 pm
April 10:                Texas History Day (University of Texas at Austin)
June 13 - 17:           National History Day (University of Maryland, College Park)

FEATURED NEWS


Jesús Cisneros, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations at The University of Texas at El Paso (left), and Azuri González, Ed.D., of UTEP and the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (right), co-lead a project funded by a nearly $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will explore how colleges and universities can help low-income students pursue graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

NSF Awards UTEP-led Team Nearly $3 Million to Build Pathways to Grad School for Low-income Students

EL PASO, Texas (Oct. 20, 2026) – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $3 million to a team led by The University of Texas at El Paso to explore how colleges and universities can help low-income students pursue graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The funding will support the launch of the S-STEM Hub: Translating Undergraduate Success into Graduate Opportunity, a five-year national research collaborative.

Engineering researchers stand next to a stream table in UTEP’s Hydrology Lab. The tool is used to physically simulate water flow, flash flooding, river processes and erosion. From left to right: Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Ph.D., assistant professor in Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering; Associate Professors of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Sungmin Youn, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Weidner, Ph.D.; and Assistant Professors of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Yong Je Kim, Ph.D., and Jaeyoon (Jason) Kim, Ph.D.

From Space to the Streets: NASA-Funded Research Takes Aim at El Paso Flooding

EL PASO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2026) – NASA may be known for exploring deep space, but a team of UTEP researchers is turning the agency’s technology toward a challenge much closer to home: tracking floodwaters after major storms.

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The University of Texas at El Paso

Brad J. Cartwright
Teacher and Student Registration
UTEP Department of History
Lib Arts 334
915-747-5878
bjcartwright@utep.edu
Charles H. Martin
Judging Coordinator
UTEP Department of History
Lib Arts 328
915-747-7055
mcharles@utep.edu

Yvonne Carranza Rolph
Event and Volunteer Coordinator
ycarranz@utep.edu

El Paso, Texas 79968

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