Robert A. Kirken, Ph.D., has been appointed dean of the College of Science at The University of Texas at El Paso.

The leader of a team that won $10,000 at the Paso del Norte Venture Competition at The University of Texas at El Paso March 9 called the experience a “rush” for her, and a testament to the caliber of students at UTEP.

More than 1,000 people from the UTEP community and the El Paso region packed the Undergraduate Learning Center on March 12 to hear the 18th Poet Laureate of the United States read his work and discuss his life.

The next generation of vocal talent is continuing to get a boost from the partnership between The University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Opera.

More than 160 scholars representing North American institutions from McGill University in Quebec, Canada to Universidad de Monterrey in Mexico came together at UTEP for the 18th Annual Contemporary Mexican Literature Conference March 7-9.