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PVAMU Marching Storm alumnus finds bright lights on Broadway

Photo courtesy: Travis J. Higgins PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 11, 2023) - Music performance can be an extremely challenging major at any university. Still, Travis J. Higgins '16, a graduate of the Department of Music at Prairie View A&M University and the Marching Storm band, has taken every opportunity to establish himself as [...]

New project at PVAMU delves into space research, unique career opportunities

Richard Wilkins, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 6, 2023) - Prairie View A&M University faculty members, Dr. Richard Wilkins, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dr. Merlyn X. Pulikkathara ā€˜04, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, have been awarded a $1.2 million grant with [...]

Attica Locke named 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence

Prairie View A&M University proudly announces the appointment of Attica Locke as its 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence for the Toni Morrison Writing Program. Locke, a distinguished American fiction author and acclaimed writer-producer for television and film, will be formally introduced on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at 11 a.m. in PVAMUā€™s Don K. Clark Building Auditorium. Locke is [...]

PHOTOS: ā€˜Up Home: One Girlā€™s Journeyā€™ ā€“ A Conversation with Ruth J. Simmons and Julieanna Richardson

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 15, 2023) - On Tuesday, Sept. 12, PVAMU hosted a conversation with Ruth J. Simmons, the 8th President of Prairie View A&M University, and Julieanna Richardson, Founder and President ofĀ The HistoryMakers. The two discussed Dr. Simmonsā€™ highly anticipated memoir, ā€œUp Home: One Girlā€™s Journey,ā€ in front of students, faculty, staff, [...]

PVAMUā€™s Class of 2027: This first-year student swept all three categories in the Toni Morrison Writing Contest

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 5, 2023) ā€“ English was not Madi Gentlesā€™ first language. Adopted from Ghana at the age of 3, Gentles, or Queenstar Maa Adjoa at birth, first spoke Twi, a dialect native to the West African country. Yet, in the final semester of her senior year of high school, she swept first [...]

Opinion| A once in-a-lifetime moment 60 years later

As I approach another birthday, I find myself spending more time staring in the mirror. It's not vanity but rather a curious gaze. I see a few more frown lines and gray hair. But I'm curious as to what other people see. Do they see a father of two non-incarcerated sons? Do they see a [...]

Melanye Price ā€˜95

As an Endowed Professor of Political Science at Prairie View A&M University, Melanye Price ā€˜95, Ph.D., still remembers walking to Sunnyside Park in Houston with her mom as a child to watch her vote. She and her twin sister would get to go into the booth and even pull the little lever. ā€œI was [...]

Danny R. Kelley ā€˜65

Prairie View A&M University Endowed Professor of Fine Arts Danny R. Kelley ā€™65, D.M.A., started playing the piano at, believe it or not, age 2 and has not since stopped. Without any formal training, the young Dr. Kelley would play tunes he heard on the radio on the piano, which his parents bought for his [...]

PVAMU professor, students developing technology to detect harmful chemicals in shrimp supplies

TheĀ U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityĀ Center of Excellence forĀ Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense, CBTS, led byĀ Texas A&M AgriLife Research, is supporting aĀ DHS Summer Research TeamĀ effort to detect harmful chemicals in shrimp supplies.

PVAMUā€™s Class of 2027: Meet a future engineer, communicator, aerospace expert, Congress member

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 21, 2023) - In Prairie View A&M University's new freshmen class, a diverse group of students is embarking on their college journeys this week. They come with dreams of making transportation more sustainable, telling stories through videos, revolutionizing aerospace, and shaping better laws. Ford Blunt IV Here are four [...]