News List
  • U.S. Economic Development Administration awards $1.2 million to the City of El Paso to help plan for BRAC-related growth
    Sep 21, 2010  - U.S. Economic Development Administration awards $1.2 million to the City of El Paso to help plan for BRAC-related growth The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to the City of El Paso to help plan for growth.  The funds will be used to implement the reg... More
  • Congressman Reyes announces $1.6 million in federal grant funding for UTEP research
    Sep 17, 2010  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have awarded UTEP $1,673,480 in federal grant funding for various research initiatives.    "These gr... More
  • UTEP RECEIVES $1.6 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES FOR RESEARCH
    Sep 17, 2010  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have awarded UTEP $1,673,480 in federal grant funding for various research initiatives.    "These gr... More
  • Internet access to increase in city through grant
    Sep 16, 2010  - El Pasoans will soon have many more places to use a computer with broadband Internet access. The city has been awarded an $8.4 million grant that will be used to upgrade and create about 100 Public Computer Centers consisting of 1,400 workstations, city officials said. The centers are located at... More
  • TEXAS BORDER CONGRESSMEN ANNOUNCE $5 MILLION FOR TEXAS BORDER SHERIFF’S COALITION
    Sep 9, 2010  - U.S. Representatives Silvestre Reyes, Ciro Rodriguez, Solomon Ortiz, Ruben Hinojosa, and Henry Cuellar today announced $4,850,000 in federal funding for the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition to support border county sheriff’s departments from El Paso to Brownsville.  The funding will be used to ... More
  • Congressman Reyes announces $1.6 million federal grant for new clean fuel Sun Metro buses
    Sep 9, 2010  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) today announced that the Department of Transportation will award the City of El Paso with a $1.6 million federal grant for four new Sun Metro buses.  The new buses will run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). "These funds will provide El Pasoans with modernize... More
  • Congressman Reyes announced $2.8 million in federal grant funding to provide access to potable water to El Paso County residents
    Sep 3, 2010  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) today joined Paco Valentin, State Director of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in presenting $2.8 million in federal grant funding to provide access to potable water to residents who currently lack services in El Paso County The USDA Rural Dev... More
  • NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS UTEP A $43,750 GRANT
    Aug 24, 2010  - The National Science Foundation through the Office of Cyber Infrastructure has awarded a $43,750 grant to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Congressman Reyes, D-El Paso, announced today. The grant help several universities, including UTEP, revolutionize the way cyber-infrastructure is ta... More
  • UTEP RECEIVES $1,100,000 GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
    Jul 30, 2010  - The Department of Homeland Security through the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has awarded a $1,100,000 grant to the National Center of Excellence for Border Security at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Congressman Reyes, D-El Paso, announced today. The funds will be used ... More
  • NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS UTEP A $34,987 GRANT
    Jul 29, 2010  - The National Science Foundation through the Division of Undergraduate Education has awarded a $34,987 grant to the University of Texas at El Paso, Congressman Reyes, D-El Paso, announced today. The grant will support a two-day workshop, for computer science principal investigators to expand the s... More