Prairie View A&M University Spring 2025 political science graduate Amya Fedd was completing judicial clerkship work with City of Fort Worth judges when she received the news. She’d been selected for a Fulbright Research Fellowship. Fedd jumped for joy and thanked God; the months of hard work were all worth it. She shared her good [...]

Texas researchers are sending their smart skin prototype into space where it will endure months of exposure on the International Space Station, tested against harsh conditions to better protect space technology in future missions.

Math always made sense to Hannah Shelby. She found comfort in its consistency: the way formulas stayed the same and a correct solution always revealed itself in the end. So when it came time to choose a college, she approached the decision with that same logic: family support + HBCU roots = a great [...]

At first glance, senior political science major Mya Elysse Williams may seem like your typical first-generation student. You may never know that her path to and through Prairie View A&M University had many twists and turns, and that she navigated each challenge while living with Sickle Cell Disease.

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape classrooms and learning environments, Prairie View A&M University senior Trenton Jeffers is helping to answer one key question: how can students and educators use it effectively?

Prairie View A&M University students Kailynn and Brooke Weaver have been twinning on The Hill, often surprising those who meet them. Whether it’s classmates doing double takes or professors mixing up their names, the sisters have grown used to the confusion.

Prairie View A&M University senior Alliere Murphy has her sights set on transforming both science and smiles. A biology major and participant in PVAMU’s Faculty-RISE Program, Murphy plans to pursue a dual DDS/Ph.D. degree after graduation. Her long-term goal is to open a private dental practice while also launching a nonprofit focused on expanding access to community-based [...]

Prairie View A&M University’s Dr. Orion Ciftja has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, nominated by the Forum on Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Ciftja is a physics professor and interim associate dean of Research for Sciences and Mathematics in the Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences. The honor recognizes his [...]

Prairie View A&M University has long been a place where legacies are shaped and futures are claimed. Within the Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, generations of thinkers, builders, and visionaries have been molded on the same “Hill” that has anchored excellence for nearly 150 years. It is into this proud [...]

Sylvia Sydney Bridges calls herself the “non-traditional student.” Two years ago, she arrived at Prairie View A&M University to restart her academic journey. She says she never imagined herself at Prairie View, let alone a historically Black college and university (HBCU).