December 2 - Dr. Ram Ray had the opportunity to use satellite images to retrieve soil moisture from the topsoil surface at agricultural land. Along with his colleagues Drs. Kishan Singh and Sudhir Singh, this team of researchers focused on investigating the methods to estimate soil moisture using satellite images (e.g., Landsat and Sentinel-1), models ...
January 14 - The College of Agriculture and Human Sciences Dean and Director of Land Grant Programs, has made several accomplishments during his short time here at PVAMU. One of which he’s most proud of, is the relationships he’s building as he sets out to tell the world: AG is back, making it better, and making ...
December 17 - Access to fresh, healthy foods is something many people take for granted. For small, rural, low-income communities like Prairie View, it is often difficult to find a consistent source for nutritious foods. This lack of access has earned the area a classification as a food desert. City of Prairie View Mayor ...
December 17 - As communities continue to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Cooperative Extension Program county agents are diligently moving forward with their work to help bring these areas back to a sense of normalcy. Prairie View A&M Extension Agent in Waller County, Stedman Douglas hit the ground running as he started the ...
December 3 - Entrepreneurs are visionaries and risk takers who play a critical role in growing our economy, creating jobs, innovating products and services across our state and nation. According to the SBA, small businesses have generated 64% of net new jobs over the past 15 years. Although, small businesses add more than half of ...
October 29 - A medical breakthrough is under development on the campus of Prairie View A&M University. PVAMU scientists are collaborating on a project that once completed, will result in a new way to deliver medicine to cancer cells. Doctors Aderemi Oki and Laura Carson from the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry ...
October 29 - Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) brings home a national award. CEP Program Leader, Jimmy Henry, is the 2018 recipient of the 1890 Excellence in Extension Award. He received the honor at the annual Association of Extension Administrators meeting of the Joint Southern Region Program Leadership Network meeting. As Program Leader ...
October 29 - We’ve powered through a homecoming week filled with fun, friends, cheering on our beloved Panther football team, and celebrating Prairie View A&M University’s storied history. The week we’ve anticipated all semester has finally come and gone and you’ve enjoyed yourselves to the fullest, as you should. However; now, you may feel a ...
October 29 - When you hear Prairie View A&M University produces productive people, believe it because it's true! PVAMU Graduate Andra Collins-Johnson came to the university in the fall of 1998 to pursue a degree in agriculture. Her life as a College of Agriculture and Human Sciences student took her to a place she couldn't ...
October 29 - Devastating impacts of landslides may now be averted thanks to research conducted by Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC) Research Scientist Dr. Ram Ray along with his colleagues Dr. Jennifer Jacobs of University of New Hampshire, and Dr. Ellen Douglas of University of Massachusetts – Boston. The Journal of Mountain Science has published ...
