Philanthropy

Prairie View A&M, Texas A&M awarded $2.9 million for biomedical research training program

A multidisciplinary team from Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and Texas A&M University recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to administer an Institutional Research and Academic Career Development program (IRACDA). The $2.9 million IRACDA award is intended to support collaboration between research-intensive colleges and universities and historically mission-driven institutions that educate underrepresented groups. IRACDA programs train biomedical

Shilo2024-10-18T14:33:06-05:00October 18, 2024|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, collaboration, Faculty News, Graduate School, News, Philanthropy, Research and Innovation, Staff News|

PVAMU awarded $1.2M grant to expand, diversify educational diagnosticians in Texas

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 16, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University has been awarded a $1,243,372 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs to launch Project iSPREAD-ED: Innovative and Sustainable Practices for Recruiting, Educating, and Diversifying Educational Diagnosticians. The initiative is aimed at increasing the number of highly qualified, culturally

Shilo2024-10-16T09:54:43-05:00October 16, 2024|Faculty News, Graduate School, K-12 Education, Latest News, Philanthropy, School of Public and Allied Health, Staff News, Student News, Whitlowe R. Green College of Education|

Q&A on mental health with PVAMU’s Visiting Scholar Dr. LaDrea Ingram

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 11, 2024) – Fresh on the heels of World Mental Health Day, Prairie View A&M University visiting scholar Dr. LaDrea Ingram advises practicing self-care and self-love. Currently, Dr. LaDrea Ingram is an associate research scientist in public health at Yale School of Public Health. She joined PVAMU's School of Public and

Shilo2024-10-11T11:36:01-05:00October 11, 2024|Faculty News, Graduate School, HBCU News, Latest News, Philanthropy, Research and Innovation, School of Public and Allied Health, Staff News|

New research funding at PVAMU to support study of Wyatt Chapel Community Cemetery

Photography by Nicholas Hunt, Office for Marketing and Communications PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 24, 2024) – Thanks to a $20,000 award from The Summerlee Foundation, the History Department at Prairie View A&M University has begun a comprehensive historical and archaeological study of Wyatt Chapel Community Cemetery, located behind PVAMU. The study seeks to

Shilo2024-09-24T16:20:24-05:00September 24, 2024|Alumni News, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Faculty News, Graduate School, Latest News, Philanthropy, Research and Innovation, Student Legacy, Student News|

PVAMU receives federal grant to help strengthen nation’s teacher diversity

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 19, 2024) - The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Prairie View A&M University a prestigious grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program, part of a national initiative to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities in producing well-prepared, diverse educators for underserved communities. PVAMU, alongside three other HBCUs,

Shilo2024-09-19T15:25:28-05:00September 19, 2024|HBCU News, K-12 Education, Latest News, Philanthropy|

Thirteen faculty teams from PVAMU, Texas A&M receive PRISE grants

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 6, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University announced the awarding of $520,000 to 13 teams of faculty investigators as part of the 2024 Panther Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence grant program. Now in its fourth year, this initiative continues to foster collaborative research addressing complex national

Shilo2024-09-06T16:18:08-05:00September 6, 2024|Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, College of Juvenile Justice, Faculty News, Latest News, Philanthropy, PV in the News, Research and Innovation, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, School of Architecture, Staff News|

Flipping the Switch of the Future: PVAMU’s new Solar Lab spotlights path to renewable power

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 20, 2024) – What if you flipped on the lights or ran an air conditioning unit without worrying about running up an expensive electric bill? Electrical Engineering Professor Dr. John Fuller ’69 of the Prairie View A&M University Roy G. Perry College of Engineering is taking steps to make that dream

Shilo2024-09-09T09:34:10-05:00June 20, 2024|Alumni News, Faculty News, Graduate School, HBCU News, International Impact, Latest News, Philanthropy, Research and Innovation, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Staff News, Student Legacy, Student News|

PVAMU professor secures prestigious grants for advancing African American Studies, humanities research

Jeanelle Hope, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 28, 2024) – Prairie View A&M University Director and Associate Professor of African American Studies Dr. Jeanelle Hope recently garnered significant recognition for her innovative work in African American Studies and interdisciplinary research. Dr. Hope has been awarded grants from both the National Endowment for the

Shilo2024-05-28T08:48:29-05:00May 28, 2024|African American Studies, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Faculty News, Latest News, Philanthropy, Research and Innovation|

Student overcomes barriers to win PVAMU’s 10th Annual Essay and Oratory Contest

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 3, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University first-year student Bertrice Askew’s winning essay on the American pianist and composer Thomas Wiggins, a blind musical prodigy born into slavery, struck a chord, perhaps because it was as vulnerable as courageous. Askew (l) pictured beside Dr. Emma Joahanne Thomas-Smith, Provost and Senior

Shilo2024-05-03T14:47:45-05:00May 3, 2024|Academic Affairs, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, Events, Latest News, Office of the President/Administration, Philanthropy, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Staff News, Student News, Whitlowe R. Green College of Education|

PVAMU finishes sixth, winning $50K in The Home Depot’s Retool Your School contest

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 12, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University’s PV Nation voted tirelessly for five weeks for The Home Depot’s Retool Your School contest, emerging in sixth place with a $50,000 prize! The award money will go towards improvements to the University’s student park. Nearly $3 million in grants for campus enhancements were

Shilo2024-04-12T12:48:19-05:00April 12, 2024|Alumni News, HBCU News, Latest News, Philanthropy, PV in the News|