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 [...]
PVAMU Engineering Complex PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 19, 2025) - Prairie View A&M University is expanding its role in one of Texas’ most critical and fast-growing industries. Governor Greg Abbott has awarded the University a $1.98 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to support a workforce development initiative that prepares students for high-demand [...]
Orion Ciftja, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 16, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University’s Dr. Orion Ciftja has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, nominated by the Forum on Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Ciftja is a physics professor and interim associate dean of Research for Sciences and Mathematics in the Marvin [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 13, 2025) – Southeast Texas communities are no strangers to flooding, industrial pollution, and the growing challenges of climate change. Prairie View A&M University is stepping up to help. Noel Estwick, Ph.D. Dr. Noel Estwick, assistant professor and research scientist in PVAMU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 7, 2025) – Between fixing AC units with his dad and competing in robotics competitions, Kolade Shofoluwe says he has always been fascinated by technology. Shofoluwe, now pursuing a master’s in computer science at Prairie View A&M University, said, “I’ve always chased the next problem to solve. Cybersecurity stood out to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 9, 2025) – It all started with an orange slice. Myles McHaney IV '24 was a solid athlete and player on the field at Prairie View A&M University, and he was in the gym honing his strength and conditioning daily. But when he noticed that Agletics, a collaboration between the University’s [...]
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION and PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 6, 2025) – The 2025 Panther Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (PRISE) grant program has awarded $520,000 to 13 collaborative teams of faculty investigators from Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and Texas A&M University, the universities announced today. This initiative, now in its fifth year, continues to [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 30, 2025) – Voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple’s Siri are everywhere, managing calendars, controlling appliances, and answering quick questions. In the U.S., about 153.5 million people are expected to use these technologies in 2025. Despite their convenience, many users encounter barriers — from children and people who [...]
Kaelen Baly PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 16, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University senior Kaelen Baly, a psychology major, spent his summer at Harvard University. Baly was part of the Du Bois Scholars Program, a fully funded nine-to ten-week research internship within the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative. The Initiative “believes [...]
Premkumar Saganti, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 8, 2025) - A rare total lunar eclipse, often called a "Blood Moon" for its striking red glow, captured the attention of skywatchers across the globe on Sept. 7–8. While the spectacle was not visible in North America, Prairie View A&M University's Dr. Premkumar Saganti, Regents [...]
