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. 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 (Nov. 25, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University is represented among this year’s Texas A&M University System honorees, with one faculty member and one extension professional selected for prestigious regents-level distinctions. Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi, Ph.D. The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents approved the designation of 17 faculty members [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 19, 2025) – The 2025 State of Black Design (SoBD) conference welcomed a dynamic mix of designers, creatives, students, and industry professionals to Prairie View A&M University this fall in a vibrant celebration of design and culture. Photography by Cory Dixon (@cdixonphotos) Held Oct. 30-Nov. 1, the conference aims [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s proud legacy of producing leaders is a beacon. It drew Torina Lewis, PhD, from Rhode Island to Texas in January 2024 to advance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through community engagement and multidisciplinary innovation. Now, she is the director of the Science Innovation Demonstration Laboratory and an endowed professor at [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 13, 2025) – Southeast Texas communities are no strangers to flooding, industrial pollution, and the growing challenges of climate change. Prairie View A&M University is stepping up to help. Noel Estwick, Ph.D. Dr. Noel Estwick, assistant professor and research scientist in PVAMU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, [...]
On September 25, Black activists were cloaked in sadness by the news that Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army leader Assata Shakur had died in Havana, Cuba. Shakur was considered a living legend due to her contributions to the Black liberation movement and her fugitive status after escaping the confines of an American prison. [...]
Princess H. Williams, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 3, 2025) – She couldn’t vote yet. So, she registered her entire family. Dr. Princess Williams has been empowering others’ voting rights since high school. Prairie View A&M University’s first Scholar-in-Residence at the Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice is a lifelong political [...]
RoSusan D. Bartee, Ph.D. The EDU Ledger (Oct. 30, 2025) - Amid the excitement of homecoming festivities at Prairie View A&M University, Dr. RoSusan D. Bartee delivered news that would ripple far beyond the weekend's celebrations: the launch of a transformative student support fund designed to eliminate financial barriers for future educators. The announcement, [...]
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION and PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 6, 2025) – The 2025 Panther Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (PRISE) grant program has awarded $520,000 to 13 collaborative teams of faculty investigators from Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and Texas A&M University, the universities announced today. This initiative, now in its fifth year, continues to [...]
