Professor Uses ‘Circus’ to Study Teacher Retention

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:36

By Daniel Perez

UTEP News Service

Joining the “circus” could help stem the tide of science teachers who decide to leave the profession within five years of their first teaching job, according to a UTEP researcher from the University’s College of Education.

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Making LIMBS for the Poor

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:21

By Nadia Macias

UTEP News Service

Growing up in El Paso, Roger Gonzalez traveled often to Mexico.

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Key to HIV Vaccine in Cells of Rare Individuals

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:12

By Nadia Macias

UTEP News Service

Since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was identified as the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1983, more than 30 million people have died from AIDS-related causes. Last year, approximately 34.2 million people were living with it, according to the World Health Organization.  Each year, millions more are infected. 

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Student Studies Cheaper, More Accessible Form of Health Care

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:13

By Nadia Macias

UTEP News Service

Health care services have always been in high demand, and costly.

With the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, physician demand in the United States is expected to increase as health coverage is extended to more Americans.

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College of Education Team to Study Student Retention Methods

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:13

By Daniel Perez

UTEP News Service

Researchers in UTEP’s College of Education will embark on an ambitious two-year study to address student retention at The University of Texas at El Paso in general and within the college, in particular.

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Chemistry Students Laud Exchange Experience in China

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 August 2012 14:27

By Daniel Perez

UTEP News Service

The three UTEP senior chemistry majors who recently returned from a 10-week summer research trip to China praised the experience on academic, cultural and personal levels.

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NASA Intern Helps Test Rocket Engines

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 14:45

Special to UTEP News

NASA summer interns are a special breed: disciplined, inquisitive, career-oriented. For Jesus Trillo, a junior at The University of Texas at El Paso now interning at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., those descriptors barely do justice to his focus and aspirations.

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Science, Engineering Presentations Tied to Graduate School Options

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:59

By Daniel Perez

UTEP News Service

Dozens of students from UTEP and other universities around the world shared the fruits of their summer research during the July 27 Undergraduate Poster Presentations that were part of the COURI Symposium Summer 2012 in Union Building East.

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