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These student leaders of PVAMU’s Undergraduate Medical Academy are illuminating a path of excellence

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 12, 2023) – Call it a collaboration of groundbreaking proportions. The Texas Undergraduate Medical Academy was established in 2004 and represents the partnership between Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Medicine. The prestigious program attracts students interested in careers as physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and pharmacists. [...]

2023-12-12T13:57:44-06:00December 12, 2023|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Latest News, Staff News, Student Legacy, Student News, The Honors Program, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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PV Grads: Kiren “Cody” Johnson

Kiren "Cody" Johnson  Kiren “Cody” Johnson Hometown:  Cypress, Texas Degree: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a Biomedical Concentration Are you a first-generation college student? If so, what does that mean to you? I am, and it means the absolute world to me to be at the forefront of education for my family. [...]

2023-08-11T09:48:52-05:00August 10, 2023|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Latest News, PV Grads, Student News, The Honors Program, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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Unlocking the Future of Public Health: PVAMU leads Texas students in informatics boot camp

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 6, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University students are learning, alongside other students from institutions across Texas, how to make public health information technology more fair, inclusive and equitable. The ultimate goal of public health information technology, also known as public health informatics, is to use information, computer science and technology [...]

2023-07-06T16:08:26-05:00July 6, 2023|College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Faculty News, Latest News, Research and Innovation, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, School of Public and Allied Health, Student News, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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Three PVAMU students named “Rising Future Makers” by AT&T

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 23, 2023) - Three Prairie View A&M University students were recently announced as members of AT&T’s Dream in Black's second class of 25 Rising Future Makers: Cyrai Young, Jocelynn "Poppy" Johnson and Justin Lamar Collins. The program celebrates young, black “culture shapers, influencers, activists and entrepreneurs” making a difference in their [...]

2023-03-23T13:04:27-05:00March 23, 2023|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, Graduate Studies, HBCU News, Latest News, Staff News, Student News, The Honors Program, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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Miss Prairie View A&M University: A legacy that spans nine decades

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 26, 2022) - The Miss Prairie View A&M University Scholarship Pageant is much more than a beauty or popularity contest. Just look at the legacy of queens since 1932: they embody Grace. Poise. Class. Intellect. Leadership. Miss Deloris Francis, the 36th Miss PVAMU, being crowned by PVAMU President A.I. Thomas [...]

2022-10-26T09:40:34-05:00October 26, 2022|Alumni News, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, Events, HBCU News, Latest News, Philanthropy, Staff News, Student Legacy, Student News, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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PVAMU joins in share of $10 million opportunity to increase diversity in research, health care

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, the PVAMU faculty team: Drs. Max Winshell Fontus, Sharon McWhinney, Naznin Sultana, Seungchan Kim, Noushin Ghaffari, and Andrea McDonald. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (October 28, 2021) – Efforts to increase diversity among future public health information technology professionals received a $10 million boost with the awarding of a significant cooperative [...]

2021-10-28T10:30:20-05:00October 28, 2021|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Faculty News, HBCU News, Latest News, Philanthropy, Research and Innovation, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Staff News, Student News, Undergraduate Medical Academy, Whitlowe R. Green College of Education|
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PVAMU professor helps shape standardized tests for aspiring dental, optometry students

Max Winshell Fontus, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (September 29, 2021) - To students anywhere aspiring to attend dental or optometry school: Max Winshell Fontus, Ph.D., has walked the same road as you. He studied for, took, and eventually passed the standardized tests you face now, one of the daunting hurdles standing between many [...]

2021-09-29T16:42:29-05:00September 30, 2021|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Faculty News, Graduate Studies, HBCU News, Latest News, Student News, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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PVAMU epidemiologist sheds light on the Delta COVID variant

There are growing concerns across the country about the Delta COVID variant. Dr. Dennis Daniels, director and professor of Prairie View A&M University's Texas Undergraduate Medical Academy, shares his thoughts with Fox 7 Austin.

2021-07-27T09:42:16-05:00July 27, 2021|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Coronavirus, Faculty News, Latest News, PV in the News, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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PVAMU provides solid foundation for alumni part of UH College of Medicine’s inaugural class

Pictured from left to right: Lance McCoy, Jalyce Taylor and Charles Anugwom PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 4, 2021) - When the University of Houston College of Medicine (UH COM) welcomed its first class almost a year ago, three Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) alumni were included in the inaugural cohort of 30 students. [...]

2021-06-07T10:18:21-05:00June 4, 2021|Alumni News, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Graduate Studies, News, Student News, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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PVAMU biology major one of eight students nationwide to receive ETS Presidential Scholarship

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (September 3, 2020) - Adaeze Eze, a senior biology major and student in the Honors Program and Undergraduate Medical Academy at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), is the latest recipient of the ETS Presidential Scholarship for HBCU Students. A partnership with ETS and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the Presidential Scholarship [...]

2020-09-03T09:31:27-05:00September 3, 2020|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, HBCU News, Latest News, Philanthropy, Student News, The Honors Program, Undergraduate Medical Academy|
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