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2019 Winter Commencement at UTEP

POSTED ON Dec 17, 2019

This past Sunday, the University of Texas in El Paso held its final Commencement ceremony with 750 summer graduates and winter candidates from the colleges of Engineering and Science. According to UTEP, all told, nearly 19,000 family members and friends filled the

UNM announces #LobosGiveDay

POSTED ON Dec 03, 2019

The University of New Mexico has announced that it will once again be participating in #GivingTuesday and making it a #LobosGiveDay, where you can show support for UNM by giving a gift that will have a positive impact on the lives of students, faculty, staff, resea

Distinguished Alumni – Hispanic Engineer Magazine

POSTED ON Nov 26, 2019

Carlos Amésquita earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical and industrial engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú), and a Master of Science in Management from Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined T

Distinguished Texas A&M University Alum

POSTED ON Nov 22, 2019

Three decades ago Ilya R. Espino de Marotta earned a bachelor’s degree in marine engineering from Texas A&M University. Later she completed her master’s degree in economic engineering at the Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua in Panama. As she worked her wa

A Stellar Academic Couple on the Data Science Track

POSTED ON Nov 21, 2019

In a true-life story of campus romance, Andisheh Dadashi and Derek Martinez met at the University of New Mexico, married in 2016, and now teach at their alma mater. According to UNM, the couple recently participated in the 2019 Data Science Training and Collabora

Climate change is front and center at National Diversity in STEM Conference

POSTED ON Nov 15, 2019

Climate change science, indigenous knowledge, communication and the need for true diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) were among the key issues addressed at the 2019 National Diversity in STEM Conference, which was hosted in Hawai’i fro

Hispanics in the U.S. Armed Forces

POSTED ON Nov 11, 2019

According to demographics in a U.S. Military report, among enlisted recruits, 43 percent of men and 56 percent of women are Hispanic. During the past 30 years, the representation of Hispanic Americans on active duty has increased by 10 percent. In 1985, it was only

A new Green Builds training program for Hispanic small businesses

POSTED ON Nov 06, 2019

During the last week in September, Hispanic business owners, corporate executives and members of more than 200 Hispanic chambers of commerce met at the 40th annual convention of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The United S

Children learn Science through Play in Texas State program

POSTED ON Oct 30, 2019

A pilot program called Science in the Parks is helping Texas State University share new science about child development through games and studies run by graduate and undergraduate students of the university's psychology program. Science in the Parks aims to promote

How the NSF is boosting jobs, skills and education in Mathematics

POSTED ON Sep 27, 2019

Alberto Pedro Calderón, Victor Neumann-Lara,  and Júlio César de Mello e Souza are just a few of the most famous Hispanic and Latino mathematicians in history. But recent data shows that White students now earn the majority (19,137) of degrees in Math & Sta

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