Tiny particles in the air we breathe caused by pollutants such as traffic, power plants and wildfires can lead to major heart trouble.

The vision for the first BEEMS conference at The University of Texas at El Paso in 1993 was to provide bilingual education teachers from around the region access to the latest research and technology in a growing field.

Alexis Montoya, a vocal performance major who graduated with his bachelor’s from UTEP in December 2011, reached for a big goal. And on Dec. 16, he attained it.

UTEP’s Department of Art invites students of all majors to get an international experience with a summer study abroad program in Rome.