PVAMU student team earns top spot in national autonomous vehicle challenge
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 30, 2025) – The Prairie View A&M University Drone Competition Team has soared to new heights, placing fourth in the 2025 Raytheon Autonomous Vehicle Challenge — a national competition that brought together top engineering students from across the country. From left to right: Isaiah Maxwell, Jacob Range, London Williams, David [...]
Rewriting the Script: How HBCUs Are Shifting the Future of Graduate Education
Graduate education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is not just evolving—it is erupting with purpose. From the heart of tradition and the fire of resistance, a new wave of graduate programs in higher education administration is emerging—bold, equity-centered, and unapologetically Black.
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Opinion| SNCC Legacy Project brings Civil Rights icons to PVAMU as activists-in-residence GalleryOpinion| SNCC Legacy Project brings Civil Rights icons to PVAMU as activists-in-residence
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Opinion| SNCC Legacy Project brings Civil Rights icons to PVAMU as activists-in-residence
Wendell Paris Wendell Paris was just 16 when he was arrested for trespassing—simply for driving through a state park in Alabama. At the time, Black people were not allowed there. He and his lifelong friend Sammy Younge were both taken into custody. Paris grew up in Tuskegee, where he became a leader in [...]
Faculty PROfiles: This PVAMU engineering professor is building the future of innovators
Noushin Ghaffari, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 27, 2025) - As an educator, professor and engineer, Dr. Noushin Ghaffari is all about forward focus. She is a champion of transferring knowledge to the next generation - how can we improve this? What innovation can be harnessed or creativity tapped into? In her classroom, [...]
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PVAMU Produces First-Ever Goldwater Scholars: Juniors Cole and Harville GalleryPVAMU Produces First-Ever Goldwater Scholars: Juniors Cole and Harville
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PVAMU Produces First-Ever Goldwater Scholars: Juniors Cole and Harville
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 7, 2025) – This year, Prairie View A&M University proudly produced its first two Barry Goldwater Scholars: juniors Anisa Cole and Keeland Harville. Anisa Cole It marks a major milestone for the University, just in its second year of submitting nominations for the prestigious scholarship, both by Dr. Quincy [...]
PVAMU psychology professor awarded NIH grant for groundbreaking mental health research
Anne Lippert, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 1, 2025) - As Mental Health Awareness Month begins, Prairie View A&M University is highlighting important research that tackles some of the most pressing issues in psychological well-being and education. Dr. Anne Lippert, assistant professor of psychology in the Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College [...]
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PVAMU professor leads USDA-funded effort to train student scientists in sustainable agriculture GalleryPVAMU professor leads USDA-funded effort to train student scientists in sustainable agriculture
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PVAMU professor leads USDA-funded effort to train student scientists in sustainable agriculture
Peter Ampim, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 30, 2025) - Prairie View A&M University Associate Professor Dr. Peter Ampim has received more than $66,000 in funding from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service through the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The award supports his ongoing work to train the next [...]
Opinion| Conflicting emotions and historical anniversaries
Historical anniversaries are sometimes very tricky. If it was an event that somehow changed society for the better (i.e., the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board), then the celebrations are usually festive and upbeat. On the other hand, if the historical anniversary elicits feelings of sadness and remorse (i.e., the death of Tupac Shakur), [...]
World-Renowned Architect Sir David Adjaye visits PVAMU for inspiring lecture
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 25, 2025) — The School of Architecture at Prairie View A&M University proudly welcomed Sir David Adjaye OM OBE for a distinguished guest lecture earlier this month. The auditorium of the school’s building was filled with students, faculty, and guests eager to engage with one of the most influential figures [...]