The newest Panthers got their first introduction to “The Hill” and circumstance that awaits them as they experienced PVAMU’s Welcome Week. As the sun seeped through the clouds, thousands of students and their parents ascended on campus. Parents and students exchanged hugs, kisses, laughs, and tears as they said their goodbyes. Their emotions followed by [...]
Prairie View A&M University was awarded a $2,999,568 federal grant to perform research on high-pressure combustion in microgravity. The funding comes through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO) program, which supports the training and development of students and faculty at targeted colleges and universities. A cross-departmental team lead by [...]
A group of psychologists, social workers, and activist will offer mental health outreach at the Baytown apartment complex where Pamela Turner lived and died. In some minds, video of Turner’s final moments triggered thoughts of Sandra Bland and other African-Americans who died in police custody on camera with videos replaying their final moments online, on-air [...]
The American Institute of Architects’ Design for Aging Knowledge Community selected Assistant Professor Jessica April Ward in Prairie View A&M University’s School of Architecture as a 2019-2020 AIA Design for Aging Fellow. As a fellow, Ward will use a $10,000 grant to further research being done in PVAMU’s Regenerative Design Studio course – one of [...]
Do you want to find your family roots for free? Prairie View A&M University's Reference Librarian Kimberly Gay shows you how! Gay discusses with Houston's CW39 the benefits of discovering ancestral stories, during a university event "Find Your Roots! Family Pedigree Research."
Former Ivy League President Simmons Leading by Example Ruth Simmons, Ph.D. was the youngest of 12 children in Grapeland, Texas and rose to become president of Brown University for 11 years. How was that possible? She says even with all of the challenges of growing up in poverty and segregation, education became her way out. [...]
Final examinations scheduled for Wednesday, December 5th will move to Wednesday, December 12, 2018, but faculty are asked to accommodate students with special circumstances in view of the change in schedule. On Thursday, December 6, 2018, all operations will return to normal at the university. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the Revised Final Exam Schedule [...]
It’s been three years since Sandra Bland died in police custody in Waller County, Texas and her family still has a long list of unanswered questions. HBO’s documentary, Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland which aired December 3rd at 10:00 pm ET, revealed more details about the circumstances surrounding Bland’s death. [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s School of Architecture organized an international guest lecture on the Historical Architecture of Neo-Modern Nepal - A Snapshot of Stone and Style on the Sands of Time for students of History and Theory of Architecture. The visiting faculty for the lecture was Professor Yagya Raj Bhatt from Far-western University in Kanchanpur, Nepal, [...]
Technology has greatly enhanced our abilities to communicate and continuously evolve in developing more efficient ways to solve problems. A team of Prairie View A&M and Texas A&M University researchers led by Dr. Paul Johnson is developing a better way for rural communities to communicate with veterinarians and provide better care for their animals with [...]