In a prestigious journal this year, researchers labeled Chagas disease as the new HIV/AIDS of the Americas. However, the epidemic may soon be facing its end, thanks to a recent development at The University of Texas at El Paso’s Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC).

German Rosas-Acosta, Ph.D., remembers the days in the not too distant past when the chances of undergraduates doing research were slim to none. Even good grades did not guarantee a seat with a research team.

UTEP’s new director of planning and construction is a Renaissance man – poet, artist, musician, philosopher, and architect – known for his energy and outside-the-box ideas. Despite its nearly 100 years of history, The University of Texas at El Paso campus is a work in progress to Nestor Infanzon.

Throughout her 42 years as an educator of children, young adults and other teachers across the country, UTEP’s Maria Luisa Gonzalez has had no greater ambition than to have a positive impact on the people around her.

Twelve oversized panels join together in a splash of colors, images, and messages on the main wall of the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso’s (HACEP) main office. This is the work of public housing residents and exhibition instigator Valente Francisco Saenz, who is working toward his Master of Arts in interdisciplinary studies at The University of Texas at El Paso.