Award-winning actress, playwright, and scholar Anna Deavere Smith will serve as the keynote speaker for Prairie View A&M University's (PVAMU) 26th Fall Commencement Convocation ceremony on Saturday, December 11.
It’s Historically Black College and University homecoming season! Director of the Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul marching band, Brian Simmons, and Director of the Prairie View A & M University Marching Storm share HBCU homecoming traditions and what happens when the band hits the field.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced the 2021 SWAC Hall of Fame Class set to be enshrined on Friday, December 17th at 6 p.m. CST at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
After George Floyd’s murder, Ruth J. Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University in Texas, made a commitment to students to advance their understanding of discrimination in the United States. That pledge included the creation of a Center for Race and Justice – which opened in March – and a new post for an activist-in-residence, [...]
By combining a computational and experimental approach, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Prairieview A & M University have identified promising anticancer agents for the treatment of the rare and incurable lung disease, pulmonary hypertension (PH).
Branden and Bryce Thompson know what financial freedom feels like — and more importantly, they say, they know there are many ways to get there. In 2017, the brothers, then 26 and 20, started investing in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Branden, who was working full time as a Boeing engineer, introduced his younger brother to Bitcoin [...]
More than $15 million of the pledge will fund programs at six colleges with a record of graduating Black students who go on to pursue successful STEM careers. The institutions are Howard University, Morehouse College, Morgan State University, Prairie View A&M, Spelman College and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Michael Bloomberg is adding $150 [...]
May 11, 2021 - Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country saw an increase in funding from private donors and large corporations after the murder of George Floyd last May. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), which advocates for public and private funding for public HBCUs, has reported large donations to many of the [...]
The importance of networking and influencers — I was of the belief that my career would take care of itself if I put my head down and worked hard. However, I learned that intent-based effort is necessary to further one’s career. It’s a great idea to become part of the community and network regularly. Find a niche [...]
