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Introducing PVAMU’s AI+HPB Lab: Creating a More Sustainable Built Environment

Students are collecting various lighting information to create a dataset that is later analyzed using computer science methods. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Feb. 27, 2025) – In an era where sustainability is a growing priority, the Artificial Intelligence for High-Performance Buildings (AI+HPB) Lab at Prairie View A&M University is leading the charge in [...]

Hands-on training reinforces lab safety at PVAMU

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Feb. 19, 2025) - As part of Lab Safety Awareness Week (Feb. 10–14), Prairie View A&M University’s Risk Management & Safety (RMS) Department hosted a hands-on Spill Response Training Course. This initiative aimed to reinforce best practices in lab safety and maintain a secure, compliant laboratory environment. Proper spill response is more [...]

2025-02-19T15:17:51-06:00February 19, 2025|Business Affairs, Faculty News, News, Staff News|

Speakers Announced for TEDxPVAMU 2025: Dreaming Forward, Building Sustainability

TEDxPVAMU 2025 speakers from left to right: Ali Fares, Ph.D., Brandie Freely ā€˜07, Bobby J. Smith II ā€˜11, Ph.D. Second row: Jeremy Peaches ā€˜15, Shellie C. Dick II ā€˜97, Whitney Hawkins ā€˜09 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Feb. 13, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University is preparing to welcome the future—one bold idea at a [...]

New Abbott medical device course at PVAMU introduces students to medical device careers

abbott.com PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Jan. 29, 2025) - What do you think of when you think about a job in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)? Beakers, lab experiments and equations on whiteboards probably come to mind.Ā  However, not all STEM careers look the same.Ā For every scientist and engineer behind a life-saving technology, [...]

New research at PVAMU to help build equitable, sustainable future for Gulf Coast region

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Jan. 27, 2025) – According to Census records, over 16 million people live in the Gulf of Mexico region, which includes counties in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and western Florida. At the same time, this area is home to multifaceted and complex challenges typically widely triggered by natural disasters. Enter the [...]

PVAMU welcomes Fulbright scholar to business faculty, leadership

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Jan. 24, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University recently welcomed Fulbright Specialist Dr. Aneika Simmons to its College of Business (COB) as a full-time professor. Simmons, a Houston native, teaches human resource management, organizational behavior, strategic management and business policy. Aneika Simmons, PhD PVAMU’s certification as a Carnegie-classified R2–High Research [...]

Driving Change: The Impact of PVAMU’s TJCPC

Have you ever wondered who shapes the future of juvenile justice? Dr. Sally-Ann Ashton, a visionary research scientist at theĀ Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention CenterĀ at Prairie View A&M University, is making significant strides in understanding the complex intersections of juvenile delinquency, crime, policing and community.

Opinion| The Old Mistress Hasn’t Gone Anywhere

With Inauguration Day and MLK Day coinciding this year, it is worth reflecting on what this means, how far we have come as a nation, and how far we have yet to go. In the circles I frequent, there is little to be optimistic about. After decades of struggle towards racial equality and the real [...]

Opinion| Beyond the MLK Holiday: Reflections on Community Engagement, Social Responsibility, and PVAMU’s Legacy

The Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) National Holiday provides all Americans with an opportunity to reflect and refocus our energies on solving the issues profoundly impacting American society. Indeed, much uncertainty looms around American citizen’s social, economic, and political existences going into this new year. Although we are enduring global conflicts, plagues, and pestilence, we [...]

Opinion| From King to Trump: The Collision of Legacies on MLK Day 2025

Very few Americans (of any demographic) would be able to draw many positive similarities between 2024 President-elect Donald J. Trump and the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Yet, on January 20, 2025, the legacy of the two notable historical figures will be entwined in American history. In August 2024, Trump compared supporters of then-President [...]