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Research Vibes: Gearing up for PVAMUā€™s 2024 Research & Innovation Week

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 27, 2024) - As Prairie View A&M Universityā€™s Division of Research and Innovation prepares for its annual Research & Innovation Week from April 1 to 5, 2024, a palpable excitement permeates ā€œThe Hill!ā€ This week-long celebration is a testament to the Universityā€™s dedication to research excellence and innovative initiatives, further solidifying [...]

PVAMU Women’s Track finishes first in PV Relays

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Several Prairie View A&M women's track and field athletes had stellar performances during the 90th PV Relays held at the Prairie A&M University Track and Field Stadium on Friday and Saturday. The Lady Panthers completed the meet with 245 overall points, posting points in the various areas (36) sprints, (27) hurdles, [...]

2024-03-26T15:49:25-05:00March 26, 2024|Athletics, HBCU News, Latest News, Student News|

Houston Defender: PVAMU student Jaquavous Doucette to run for city council

Most college students, like most adults in general, are politically apathetic at best and aggressively apolitical at worst. Jaquavous Doucette, known by his friends at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) as ā€œQuaa,ā€ is not like most college students ā€“ or most adults of any age, for that matter.

Houston Chronicle: In inauguration address, President Tomikia LeGrande vows to bring Prairie View A&M ’eminence’

Prairie View A&M University inauguratedĀ Tomikia P. LeGrandeĀ as its ninth president Friday, ushering in a renewed promise to improveĀ student success and research innovation at the historically Black university.

PVAMU celebrates founders, more than 5,000 students with academic honors

2023 Student Recipients PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 19, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University will celebrate its founding while honoring 5,560 students for their academic efforts at the 2024 Foundersā€™ Day and Honors Recognition Convocation. The Whitlowe R. Green College of Education will host this yearā€™s Convocation on Wednesday, March 20, at 10 [...]

First-Gen Forward: Dina Tekle is closing gaps in medical research, women in STEM

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 18, 2024) ā€“ ā€œPrairie View Produces Productive Peopleā€ is how the adage goes. Dina Tekle, a senior biology student at Prairie View A&M set to graduate this spring, is redefining it: being a woman in medical research and working to close gaps in knowledge in the understanding of diseases and illness. [...]

PVAMU to inaugurate President Tomikia P. LeGrande with weeklong celebration

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 13, 2024) ā€“ Prairie View A&M University will officially inaugurate its ninth president, Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande, as the culmination of a weeklong celebration, March 19-23. The campus will come alive with activities designed for students, faculty/staff, alumni, and the wider community to engage with Dr. LeGrande and commemorate this significant [...]

Significanceā€¦Relevance…Eminenceā€¦

When Prairie View A&M University was founded in 1876 as the Alta Vista Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth, no one could have predicted that the University would one day become a top-producing source for African American engineers, nurses, teachers and community leaders. Nor could they imagine a woman standing at the [...]

VIDEO: An Interview with PVAMU’s 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence, Attica Locke

Attica Locke is Prairie View A&M University's 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence for the Toni Morrison Writing Program. Locke is a distinguished American fiction author and acclaimed writer-producer for television and film. In this video, she discusses her passion for storytelling, writing styles, how to write, and her special connections to PVAMU.

PVAMU receives $1.7M donation from bp America, Shell Energy for establishment of energy trading program

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 6, 2024) ā€“ Today, Prairie View A&M University announced that it had received a combined donation of $1,675,250 from bp America (NYSE: BP) and Shell Energy North America (US) L.P. (ā€œShell Energyā€) to support the establishment of a dedicated energy trading program in its College of Business. The funding and development [...]