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A faculty researcher from The University of Texas at El Paso will lead an inter-institutional study with Princeton University that will focus on families with young children to learn how life circumstances affect how parents interact with their offspring.
Research suggests deer could be a possible source of human infection
Groundbreaking work could impact human health in spaceflight
For 10 years, Tim Z. Hernandez, associate professor of creative writing at The University of Texas at El Paso, has tried to squeeze in time to learn more about the doomed charter flight that carried 28 Mexican bracero workers to their deaths in 1948.
Suman Sirimulla, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been awarded $304,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund to investigate how drugs are distributed at a subcellular level.
The University of Texas at El Paso will develop a sustainable public health intervention to suppress human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in people who use drugs in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez border region to help slow the spread of HIV. The initiative will be funded by a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 14, 2021) – The University of Texas at El Paso, along with several regional and national partners, will look to build on UTEP’s success and increasing prominence in the aerospace and advanced manufacturing fields to bring more jobs and spur growth in the economy of West Texas, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). The award is part of the initial phase of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge.
Boland’s innovations as bioprinting pioneer led to high professional honor
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) recently announced its selection of The University of Texas at El Paso’s Arshad M. Khan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, as one of its two 2021 Award for Education in Neuroscience recipients.
The Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) announced that it awarded The University of Texas at El Paso’s Josiah Heyman, Ph.D., its 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award in the Critical Study of North America. This prize recognizes scholars with a history of research and publications.
Hopper-Dean Foundation Gift Will Expand Pipeline of Computer Science-Prepared Students
The University of Texas at El Paso is leading new research into Hispanic cancer disparities and early cancer detection with $6.1 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
Sangeeta Tiwari, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, will help improve the efficacy of treatments against tuberculosis, one of the world’s most dangerous infectious diseases, through a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
EL PASO, Texas (Oct. 19, 2021) – A team of researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso will enhance the success of undergraduate Hispanic students in STEM disciplines through a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.
University and partners to leverage UTEP’s prominence in aerospace and additive manufacturing to bolster the competitiveness of El Paso’s manufacturing sector
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a four-year, $248,000 grant to The University of Texas at El Paso to study how different undergraduate/mentor research partnerships influence future diversity in STEM scholars.
The Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (TACES) Board of Directors named Zuzanna Gromulska of The University of Texas at El Paso as its graduate student representative during the 2021-22 academic year.
The American Political Science Association (APSA) recently announced that its 2021-22 Class of APSA-Sponsored Congressional Fellows included The University of Texas at El Paso’s Olivia Garcia, Ph.D.
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Kimberly Crider, a national leader in cybersecurity, shared her expertise with The University of Texas at El Paso’s researchers and encouraged female engineering students to continue to pursue and explore careers in the science and engineering industries.
Two faculty members from The University of Texas at El Paso are developing a low-cost test to rapidly diagnose pneumococcal disease and whooping cough that could potentially save lives.
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