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PVAMU student turns opportunity into maternal health advocacy

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 20, 2026) – Opportunity often comes in unexpected forms - meeting the right person at the right time, or simply checking your email. Jaycie Odella Youngblood For Jaycie Odella Youngblood, it was the ding of a new email, with an application for the GET PHIT bootcamp, the Gaining Equity

PVAMU researchers are turning agricultural waste into opportunity

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 19, 2026) – Researchers at Prairie View A&M University are finding new ways to turn agricultural waste into something useful for farmers, communities, and the environment. The work centers on biochar, a charcoal-like material made from leftover plant matter such as crop residue. Instead of letting agricultural waste burn or go

Recent grad awarded UNCF Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship, first PVAMU scholar to receive honor

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 15, 2026) – Recent Prairie View A&M University graduate Nickolos L. Hall, who earned a degree in Agriculture (Agribusiness) from the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR), was named the first PVAMU student selected for the United Negro College Fund Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship. Photo by Darius

PVAMU researcher part of Texas team testing ā€˜smart skin’ in space

https://youtu.be/XuL8mU8zSTc?si=WGmSuRfngFWN8LX2 Texas researchers are sending their smart skin prototype into space where it will endure months of exposure on the International Space Station, tested against harsh conditions to better protect space technology in future missions. A team of Texas researchers is building a shield — not just in the lab, but in space. The

Cleaver Divas: A PVAMU sisterhood shaping the future of agriculture

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 13, 2026) - This wasn’t a story we set out to tell.Ā  It started with a typical visit to the Prairie View A&M University Meat Science Center for Innovation; the kind of stop you make once a week on Fridays, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., to pick up the

How a trip to the Netherlands changed the way PVAMU students see nursing

HOUSTON (May 12, 2026) – As health care challenges become increasingly global, Prairie View A&M University is preparing nursing students to lead beyond the boundaries of Texas classrooms and hospitals. Through an international learning experience in the Netherlands, students and faculty from the PVAMU College of Nursing explored health care delivery through a global lens,

PVAMU’s Jaquavous Doucette reflects on leadership, advocacy, serving across Texas

Jaquavous Doucette, a graduating senior in communications at Prairie View A&M University, shares his journey as Student Regent for The Texas A&M University System and PVAMU’s Student Government Association President. From learning to lead without a title to advocating for students across Texas, he reflects on the experiences that shaped his leadership, the realities

Meet these PVAMU men in nursing leading the future of health care

HOUSTON – At Prairie View A&M University’s College of Nursing, this year’s graduating class is helping meet one of health care’s most urgent needs: a well-prepared, highly skilled workforce. The College’s momentum was visible during this spring’s pinning ceremony, where nine male nursing students were pinned ahead of Saturday’s commencement, the largest group of

PV Grads: Hannah Shelby turns love for math into mission to teach

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Math always made sense to Hannah Shelby. She found comfort in its consistency: the way formulas stayed the same and a correct solution always revealed itself in the end. So when it came time to choose a college, she approached the decision with that same logic: family support + HBCU

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