The Border Studies Program is situated on the U.S.-Mexico international border and based in the metropolitan area of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, where the complexities of the borderlands are most apparent. The program engages students in some of the world's most pressing political, social, and economic challenges. This region is the subject of extensive global debate on such hotly contested issues as immigration, free trade, labor, the environment, human rights, and the consequences of globalization. How these issues are negotiated will have a profound impact on our future.

• Join the Border Studies Staff! Read more about the current opening for Program Associate for Student Support and Short Term Programs. Click here to read more and apply now! Review of applications will begin on April 15, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.
  
  
• Read about the experiences of three BSP students in a feature article, "Students Experience Life on the Border Firsthand," in the UTEP Prospector.
  
  
• Join us in welcoming Amy Morris as the new Resident Director to the program.

• Attention BSP Alums: We want to hear from you! Take a few moments to fill out the alumni survey.

• Check out "scenes from the program" for the latest updates from the 2007 group.

• The Advisory Committee traveled to the border for their annual meeting held November 1-3.

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