UTEP Joins Project to 3D Print Batteries from Lunar and Martian Soil

UTEP has joined a $2.5 million project led by NASA to leverage 3D-printing processes to manufacture rechargeable batteries using lunar and Martian regolith, which is the top layer of materials that covers the surface of the moon and Mars.

Stock Up on Native Plants at Spring FloraFEST

Purchase some of our region’s most beautiful native and desert-adapted plants. FloraFEST features plant species that will beautify your landscape and provide ecological benefits to our region. Arrive early for the best selection! The sale runs 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 1 at the Undergraduate Learning Center Plaza.

In the News: Remembering Legendary Basketball Player Willie Cager

Local news outlets memorialized Texas Western College basketball star Willie Cager, whose death March 19 coincided with the anniversary of the Miners’ victory over Kentucky in the 1966 men’s basketball championship.

Delve into Programs at MBA Week

Various times, March 27-April 1 | UTEP Graduate Business Center

During UTEP MBA Week, you can sit in on an MBA class, join us for an information session and tour our downtown facility – the UTEP Graduate Business Center, located at ONE San Jacinto Plaza, 201 E. Main Drive, Suite 110. Information sessions start Monday and Tuesday, and class visits run through Saturday.

Kids Welcome at Opera UTEP's ‘The Fox and the Cookie’

6:30 p.m. March 27-28 | Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

Opera UTEP presents the world premiere of an opera for children by Julliard-trained composer Maria Thompson Corley, loosely based on Aesop's fables. Don’t miss this evening performance, and catch a lunchtime conversation with the composer.

Liberal Arts Dean Hosts Book Talk

6 p.m. March 28 | Blumberg Auditorium, UTEP Library

Join us as UTEP College of Liberal Arts Dean Anadeli Bencomo discusses the book “Mothercoin: The Stories of Immigrant Nannies,” and the roles of immigrant nannies in America with the book's author Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz.

World Water Week Exhibit Highlights Community Engagement Performance

Opening to coincide with UTEP’s World Water Week, “Here, and the Wind” documents the process behind Experiencing the Bosque, a performance where more than 40 dancers engaged with sites at the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park in November. The exhibit runs through May 26.

Find Internships and Part-Time Jobs at On-Campus Fair

Speak to local and regional employers about internships and part-time job opportunities. This fair is open to all majors and classifications. Stop by in professional attire and with your resume 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 30 in the Tomás Rivera Conference Center, Union Building East.

Join Art Faculty for Afternoon Talk at Rubin Center

The Rubin Center presents BYOL: Bring Your Own Lonche, a series of faculty conversations about their work. This week, hear assistant professor Melissa Warak discuss her research in a talk titled “Sounding Contemporary Art: Six Sonic Sculptures” at 5 p.m. March 28.