Photo Opportunity: UTEP’s NASA Program Hosts Children’s Event with Danny Olivas Book Signing

What: NASA's Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) at UTEP will host a family event for children to learn about space exploration. UTEP alumnus Danny Olivas, a former NASA astronaut, will be a special guest, signing copies of his new book, Endeavour’s Long Journey.

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CEO of Dallas Fed to Speak at UTEP

The University of Texas at El Paso and UTEP’s College of Business Administration will host a lecture by Richard W. Fisher, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 in the Undergraduate Learning Center, room 128. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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UTEP TO LEAD HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN VINTON, TX

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will be conducting a health impact assessment (HIA) to look at the potential health impacts of proposed infrastructure improvements in Vinton, Texas.

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UTEP to Host Women’s History Month Conference

UTEP’s 3rd annual Women’s History Month Conference, “The Naked Truth: Innovative Women in the STEM fields and the Arts,” begins with a talk by NASA’s dive operations training officer, Sara Williams, at noon Tuesday, April 2 in the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center on Wiggins Road. The event and the full conference are free and open to the public.

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UTEP Maintains Prestigious AACSB Accounting Accreditation

The College of Business Administration at The University of Texas at El Paso has maintained its accounting accreditation by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.

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Former UTEP Professor Crowd-Funds to Get Promising Alzheimer’s Drug on the Market

Donald Moss, Ph.D., former professor of psychology at The University of Texas at El Paso, has started the company Brain-Tools to get a safer, more effective drug to Alzheimer’s patients to help improve and prolong their memories and delay symptoms.

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Special Lighting of 'Mining Minds' Honors the 1966 Texas Western NCAA Champions

The Mining Minds pick at The University of Texas at El Paso roundabout will be illuminated in blue and orange on Tuesday evening, March 19, to commemorate the anniversary of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship.

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Engineering Students Prepare for Concrete Canoe Competition

What: Engineering students to build a concrete canoe and practice rowing

When:

Canoe Building - 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 15

Rowing Practice - 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17

Where:

Canoe Building - UTEP Facilities Greenhouse off Sun Bowl Drive

Rowing Practice - Ascarate Park Lake

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