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The University of Texas at El Paso is America’s leading Hispanic-serving university. ⛏

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🌎 A big #PicksUp to Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences and local partners for bringing Earth Science Week to life this Saturday! 🪨💧 Community members got hands-on with science through fun activities like gold panning, stream demonstrations and drone demos.

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Have you got what it takes to be a Loya Scholar? 😎 Applications for the Miguel A. Loya Scholarship Program are officially open! Awardees will receive:

🎓 A full-ride scholarship
💵 $1,000 monthly stipends
🌍 And fully-funded study abroad!

BONUS: Loya Scholars with the highest honors upon graduation will receive an award of up to $30,000. Deadline to apply is Jan. 31, 2027.

Learn more and apply now: https://t.co/qK9aBYaVpH

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Meet your future Miner family, explore campus and maybe even make a new scaly friend! 👀 🐍 Don’t miss your chance to experience all the fun at this year's Orange and Blue Day, an immersive college experience that's open to all high schoolers. Register today!

🗓️ Saturday, Oct. 24
🕐 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
📍 UTEP campus
🔗 https://t.co/q5xSTkKnVQ

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#PicksUp to this team of UTEP engineers who just earned a grant from @NASA to study flooding in El Paso. 💧 The two-year project will combine satellite imagery, Earth observation data and artificial intelligence to rapidly map areas affected by flooding after a storm. ⛈️

From left to right: Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Ph.D., assistant professor in Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering; Associate Professors of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Sungmin Youn, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Weidner, Ph.D.; and Assistant Professors of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Yong Je Kim, Ph.D., and Jaeyoon (Jason) Kim, Ph.D.

Learn more: https://t.co/sgssKK3LUr

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Students learned about resources that inform, educate and uplift at the Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resource Fair, organized by UTEP Consultation, Advocacy, Resources and Education, or UTEP CARE.

The fair drew local organizations to the center of campus, where they gave information on survivor support services, provided giveaways and offered wellness activities.

Learn more about UTEP CARE: https://t.co/3XKtkliaPl

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Congratulations to @UTEPPresident Heather Wilson for being named a 2026 Women of Impact by the @ElPasoInc. The awards recognize women whose leadership and contributions help shape the Paso del Norte region.

Learn more here: https://t.co/IdWeCtg4ea

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📢 High school students: Get ready to experience UTEP!

At Orange and Blue Day, you'll get a taste of what it's like to be a Miner. 🧡 ⛏️ 💙 Explore campus, learn about college and career options and see all that UTEP has to offer.

🗓️ Saturday, Oct. 24
🕐 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
📍 UTEP campus
🔗 https://t.co/K0u4kBbkiG

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Miner teachers make a measurable difference! 📚

A new policy brief found that graduates from the Miner Teacher Residency program in the UTEP College of Education (@utepcoe) contribute roughly 1.5 to 2 months of additional student learning compared with the average Texas teacher. Their students also score significantly higher in state math and reading tests. #GoMiners!

Learn more: https://t.co/RSt2KcydLJ

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Orange and Blue Day is approaching! 🌟 High schoolers are invited to join us Saturday, Oct. 24 to discover UTEP academics and a path to a future career. ⛏️ We can't wait to have you on campus! 🧡💙 Register here: https://t.co/0Evx853fRx

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🧡💙 Tonight, Mining Minds will be illuminated in orange and blue to commemorate UTEP's first day of classes in 1914. 🎂

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UTEP has received a $29.1 million gift from @myGECU to support enhancements to the Don Haskins Center and the University’s athletics program.

At a ceremony today celebrating the gift, @UTEPPresident Heather Wilson announced a new name for El Paso’s largest indoor venue: GECU Arena at the Don Haskins Center. The gift is the largest gift ever made to @UTEPAthletics and the second largest ever in University history.

The announcement took place at GECU Arena at the Don Haskins Center, attended by Gregory Watters, GECU chairman of the board; Alex Rascón, GECU president and CEO; @utsystem Chancellor John Zerwas, MD; members of Coach Don Haskins family; UTEP President Heather Wilson and others.

Learn more: https://t.co/E5WwHdqGE7

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That's a wrap on 2026 UTEP Homecoming! Once a Miner, always a Miner. ⛏️ 🧡

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Friday evening, UTEP celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Distinguished Alumni and Gold Nugget Awards, the University's highest caliber award for alumni. 💙 🏆 🧡

Learn about the 2026 honorees, from seasoned executives to cancer-fighting experts, here: https://t.co/BxcWl0msAH

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Welcome home, Miners. 🧡🤍

The Golden Grads, a group of devoted alumni representing the Class of 1976, are back on campus this Homecoming Week. They toured their old stomping grounds and observed how much their campus has evolved over the last five decades. They were honored at the traditional Golden Grads Luncheon this week. 🌟

#PicksUp to these lifelong Miners! ⛏️

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📸 UTEP Homecoming Pep Rally ⛏️

#PicksUp to UTEP's Gold Nugget and Distinguished Alumni Award Winners, Homecoming Court, Golden Grads and all the spirit teams who came out and showed their Miner Pride today! 🧡✨ The fun's not over yet – check out the remaining Homecoming events at the link in our bio.

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#PicksUp to UTEP Professor Igor Almeida who just completed the University's first clinical trial on Chagas disease. 🔬 With partners in Bolivia and Spain, he discovered that a shorter, better-tolerated treatment for the disease is possible.

Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi – or T. cruzi – is primarily spread by blood-feeding insects known as kissing bugs. 🪲

More: https://t.co/DUv5j4g6ZG

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📣 We're not letting these weather conditions rain on our Homecoming Pep Rally! ⛏️

Join us for spirit, games and more 12 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, now in a new location - the Union Cinema in Union Building East! 🧡

Event info: https://t.co/JYa37UoSCv

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Excited to be back at University Field this Sunday at 1 P.M. to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! We'll be giving away maracas at the door, and if you wear your favorite soccer jersey, you'll get a $5 ticket 🤙

#PicksUp

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Some early signs of fall at UTEP 🧡🍂

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In 2008, Andres Payan Estrada (right) walked into the Rubin Center as an undergraduate intern. Now, he takes the helm as its new director and chief curator. 🎨 A Ciudad Juárez native, he will now lead a border art center that has always belonged to two communities.

Joining him as assistant director is John Leo De Frank (left), a former Rubin Center program manager and a lecturer in UTEP’s Humanities Program.

Learn more: https://t.co/KrR9ex8eK7