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Prairie View A&M University: 2025 Year in Review

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 [...]

Rooted Together: PVAMU Unites Global Voices at International Festival

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 3, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University came alive on Thursday, November 20, as the Office of International Programs hosted its annual International Festival. The Recreation Center became a vibrant hub celebrating global heritage and shared connection. Under the theme ā€œRooted Together: Different Origins, Same Ground,ā€ the festival invited the campus [...]

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PVAMU alumna named Jamaica’s police superintendent, aims to build global model

Sh-Shanna Ellington '24, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 2, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University alumna Dr. Sh-Shanna Ellington '24, armed with the ā€œcan-doā€ spirit instilled in her at the University, has been promoted to Superintendent of Police in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). It is a milestone moment not just of personal [...]

PVAMU Class of 2029 Spotlight: Noah Pumphrey is planting seeds for a healthier future

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 3, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University incoming freshman Noah Ethen Pumphrey’s interest in public health stemmed from gardening. To grow his garden, Pumphrey joined his high school’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter, where he learned about ā€œfood desertsā€ and the importance of access to healthy, affordable food. ā€œI knew [...]

Rivalry Meets Research: PVAMU, TSU Launch $2.2M Machine Learning Project

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 28, 2025) – As Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University prepare to face off in this weekend’s Labor Day Classic, the two rivals are also joining forces off the field. Together, they’re leading a $2.2 million research project that uses artificial intelligence to speed up the discovery of new [...]

Top of The Hill, Next to the Sea: PVAMU Student Earns Naval Academy Appointment

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Aug. 19, 2025) – Students, both current and former, fondly refer to Prairie View A&M as ā€œThe Hill,ā€ a place where they’ve overcome challenges, grown personally, built lifelong friendships, and crossed the graduation stage reflecting on how far they've come and how high they've climbed. For former student Paul Gerke, reaching the [...]

TEDxPVAMU event focused on sustainability now streaming on TEDx platform

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 7, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University's fifth TEDxPVAMU event, themed ā€œDreaming Forward: Building Sustainability,ā€ is now available on the TEDx platform, which reaches nearly 43 million subscribers worldwide. Released just a few weeks ago, the event highlights the University’s ongoing commitment to thought leadership and innovation in sustainability. Held [...]

The Honors Impact

When Prairie View A&M University Honors Program Director Dr. Quincy C. Moore III posted a group photo of the spring Class of 2025 on LinkedIn, the caption said it all: ā€œThe Class of 2025 is ready to impact the world.ā€

PVAMU awarded prestigious grant to expand global education initiatives

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 25, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University has been selected as a recipient of the Texas International Education Fund (TIEF) grant awarded by the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC). This prestigious grant program funds innovative international projects designed to bring global experiences to Texas campuses and expand educational opportunities. Camille [...]

Opinion| How PVAMU scientists are working to protect Texas from extreme weather

Image of Hurricane Milton from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite on Oct. 8, 2024. (Image credit: NOAA) In the quiet before the next hurricane, scientists at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) are hard at work not boarding up windows or stacking sandbags but running models, studying satellite imagery, and building early warning systems that could [...]