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Ann Gates, Ph.D., center, professor and chair of UTEP’s Department of Computer Science, was named a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant worth $9,900,000. Gates is one of a number of collaborators — including Enrico Pontelli, Ph.D., left, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University, and Andrea Tirres, right, interdisciplinary network manager within UTEP’s Office of Research and Sponsored Projects — who work with counterparts at other institutions and organizations to make up the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI). Photo: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications

UTEP to Help Increase Hispanics in Computing With $10M Grant

The University of Texas at El Paso, with a consortium of more than 40 other institutions and organizations from the public and private sector, is at the forefront of a national effort to increase the number of Hispanic students who participate in computing.

Benjamin Flores, Ph.D., professor and director of The University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, was named the principal investigator of a National Science Foundation grant worth $393,601. His co-PI is Heidi Taboada-Jimenez, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering. Photos: UTEP Communications

UTEP Professors Will Work to Build Diverse, Well-Trained STEM Faculty Through NSF Grant

A pair of engineering professors from The University of Texas at El Paso will address the need to develop faculty who are adept at effective teaching strategies in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields through a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Igor Almeida, Ph.D., right, professor of biological sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, is the principal investigator of a five-year grant worth $6,064,237 from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Almeida will work with Katja Michael, Ph.D., left, associate professor of chemistry and one of the grant’s co-PIs, and several other investigators from the U.S., Bolivia and Spain. They will conduct a phase II clinical trial in Bolivia with new regimens of the drugs benznidazole and nifurtimox, and new biomarkers for the chemotherapy follow-up. This is the first clinical trial with UTEP as the leading institution. Photo: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications

UTEP Scientists Awarded $6M to Improve Treatment for Chagas Disease

Scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso have received $6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve treatment and develop new diagnostic tools to assess post-therapeutic outcomes for patients with Chagas disease.

Abishek Amipalli presents his research project Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, during the UTEP Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Summer Symposium at the Undergraduate Learning Center. More than 160 students presented findings from team research projects. Photo: Laura Trejo / UTEP Communications

Summer Symposium Showcases Emerging Researchers, Scholars and Artists

Among the general public, scientific research is not typically thought of as a team activity. Most of us can rattle off names such as Darwin, Einstein and Hawking, but it takes a more thorough knowledge to be able to recite the names of any of these icons’ collaborators. After this year’s UTEP Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Summer Symposium, however, it appears the days of the ‘lone scientist’ myth are numbered.

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