PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (June 2, 2026) – Prairie View A&M University Spring 2025 political science graduate Amya Fedd was completing judicial clerkship work with City of Fort Worth judges when she received the news. She’d been selected for a Fulbright Research Fellowship. Fedd jumped for joy and thanked God; the months of hard work
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
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Feb. 4, 2026) – As the world marks World Cancer Day, Prairie View A&M University is expanding its role in the fight against complex diseases through a new academic initiative that blends biology, data science, and advanced computing tools. With nearly $500,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and
Shantal Taylor '25 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 14, 2025) - Prairie View A&M University senior Shantal Taylor has seen the importance of access to care firsthand. Her mother and grandmother both have varicose veins, but while her mother, who received timely care, maintains her mobility, her grandmother is no longer able to walk.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Prairie View A&M University honors four extraordinary women whose dedication to education has not only transformed “The Hill” but has also inspired countless generations of students. Each of these women has spent decades breaking barriers, leading with excellence, and shaping the future of their fields. From mathematics and architecture
Sultana (l) and Cole (r) PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 22, 2024) – Anisa Cole, a junior biology major at Prairie View A&M University, is breaking new ground in medical research. Through the University’s Faculty Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Program, she is working alongside Dr. Naznin Sultana, a clinical associate professor,
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 12, 2023) – Call it a collaboration of groundbreaking proportions. The Texas Undergraduate Medical Academy was established in 2004 and represents the partnership between Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Medicine. The prestigious program attracts students interested in careers as physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and pharmacists.
Kiren "Cody" Johnson Kiren “Cody” Johnson Hometown: Cypress, Texas Degree: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a Biomedical Concentration Are you a first-generation college student? If so, what does that mean to you? I am, and it means the absolute world to me to be at the forefront of education for my family.
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 6, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University students are learning, alongside other students from institutions across Texas, how to make public health information technology more fair, inclusive and equitable. The ultimate goal of public health information technology, also known as public health informatics, is to use information, computer science and technology
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 23, 2023) - Three Prairie View A&M University students were recently announced as members of AT&T’s Dream in Black's second class of 25 Rising Future Makers: Cyrai Young, Jocelynn "Poppy" Johnson and Justin Lamar Collins. The program celebrates young, black “culture shapers, influencers, activists and entrepreneurs” making a difference in their