Alliere Murphy PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Feb. 12, 2026) — 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 [...]
In February 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, driven by his frustration with American textbooks that omitted Black contributions and academic institutions that ignored Black scholarship altogether. Woodson, the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, understood that history was being weaponized through omission.
On Monday’s show: We mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a conversation about the state of civil rights here in Houston and across the country with the help of Christa Stoneham, president of the Houston Land Bank, Dr. Melanye Price from Prairie View A&M University, and Ian Haddock of The Normal Anomaly Initiative.
https://youtu.be/eecxlTEeZMA?si=W7DDfiOyiinZQx5Y Kristen Wells-Collins ’15 ‘18 is inspiring young girls to become chemists. Wells-Collins was raised in an under-resourced community in Beaumont, TX, and said she had limited exposure to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), according to her commentary on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” However, Wells-Collins went on to pursue a degree in chemistry at Prairie View A&M University, according [...]
"The following leaders sit at the center of that reckoning. Whether steering universities through heightened state oversight, advocating for Black educators amid systemic upheaval, or governing the state-controlled Houston ISD, each will be closely watched in 2026."
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 22, 2025) - From historic investments and new academic programs to national student wins and faculty excellence, 2025 was a year that moved Prairie View A&M University forward in powerful ways. Opening Doors: New Programs, Facilities, and Innovation 2025 marked a year of bold launches and forward-looking investments designed to expand [...]
Orion Ciftja, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 16, 2025) – 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 [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 10, 2025) – 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). “I was going through a lot in [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 9, 2025) - Prairie View A&M University has long been a place where legacies are shaped and futures are claimed. Carlos Wallace, BCAS Development and Philanthropy Board Chair Within the Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, generations of thinkers, builders, and visionaries have been [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 9, 2025) – Remember the name Micah Beard; You may see it scrolling across a screen at the end of a film some day. Micah Beard The Prairie View A&M University senior, a communications major with a psychology minor, is set to graduate this December. And he has many [...]
