In the spring of 1878, eight young men, whom we now refer to as The Unknown Eight, arrived at what was formerly the Alta Vista plantation to embark upon the same improbable journey as Black Americans across the nation. They were recreating themselves, changing their life trajectory and rewriting the meaning of American freedom and [...]
The silences and erasures surrounding the histories of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in many instances are caused by limited technology, lack of financial resources, and, most importantly, institutional priorities. Many aspects of HBCUs’ histories, particularly in the state of Texas, have been relegated to historical voids or are becoming endangered knowledge. These are [...]
Will Guzmán, PVAMU Professor of History Prairie View A&M University Professor of History Will Guzmán was recently honored by the Jersey City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during its 98th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet. Guzmán is a valued member of the Division of Social Work, Behavioral [...]
GULFPORT, Mississippi (December 13, 2019) - Eighth grade students from Gulfport Central Middle School met with Prairie View A&M University Professor Dr. Marco Robinson via video conference as part of a ‘zoom learning session.’ Dr. Robinson answered questions and discussed slavery, the middle passage, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade with students who are currently reading [...]
This spring, Prairie View A&M University students enrolled in POSC 2143: Legal Studies and BIOL 3034: Microbiology participated in a linked experience that combined the study of law with the study science. Over the semester, students in both courses studied the case of Campbell V State of Texas (2009), where an HIV positive individual was [...]
A group of students from Prairie View A&M University performed at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities National Band Directors Consortium. The conference was held March 27 to 31, 2019, at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. All students attending had to audition for the convention for music faculty and the consortium’s judges. Students participating from […]
Prairie View A&M University faculty and students took part in the 2019 National Association of Dramatic Speech and Arts Conference, which was held on April 3-6, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland. Theatre faculty Hardy Bates and YharNahKeeShah Smith traveled with students Diamond Caldwell, Alexis Perry, Nicholas Sloan, and Isaiah Robinson. Bates currently serves on the executive [...]
Special Issue No. 4 (March 2019) of Application and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM) is available to view online. The issue contains 13 papers from writers across the globe. Dr. Aliakbar Haghighi, professor and head of the Department of Mathematics at Prairie View A&M University, serves as Editor-in-Chief of AAM. Special Issue No. 4, […]
On May 9, Dr. Mark Tschaepe, associate professor of philosophy at Prairie View A&M University, Christian Farley, graduating senior honors student at PVAMU, and Michael Zhou, junior at Cypress Ranch High School, will present the research session "How Did This Become a Medical Desert?" at the National Rural Health Association's 42nd Annual Conference in Atlanta, [...]
A team from Prairie View A&M University developed a payload that launched into Earth’s polar orbit on October 29. The payload is riding aboard the Ten-Koh spacecraft built by the Kyushu Institute of Technology-Japan (KIT) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). “We designed and developed the payload, SHARP-CPD (Solar and Heliospheric Assessment of Radiation [...]
