Efforts to increase diversity among future public health information technology professionals received a $10 million boost with the awarding of a significant cooperative agreement to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Included in this agreement is Prairie View A&M University, along with eight other universities. Funding has already begun to benefit students and faculty [...]
Thanks in part to the work of Chief Scientist and Executive Professor Seungchan Kim, Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University is once again on the leading edge of groundbreaking research. This time, it’s about work that is promising to repurpose cancer drugs.
Since arriving at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) in 2003, Sherri Frizell’s, Ph.D., primary research interest has been on the persistence of African Americans and females in STEM, primarily focusing on K-12 and undergraduate initiatives. Thanks to a $954,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the associate professor of computer science at PVAMU is expanding her efforts to [...]
Beginning this October, faculty in Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) Roy G. Perry College of Engineering will implement an innovative new teaching strategy. Called Formatively Assessed Student-Centered Instruction & Active Learning (FASCIAL), the program aims to increase retention and graduation rates among students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. “For PVAMU students who have a hard [...]
In March 2021, US Black Engineer & Information Technology (USBE) magazine reached out to three engineering deans at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Dr. Robin N. Coger, Dr. Joyce Shirazi, and Dr. Pamela Holland Obiomon reflect on what 2020 was like for them as academic leaders, how their colleges adapted during the pandemic, what [...]
Eight students from Prairie View A&M University’s College of Business (COB) and Roy G. Perry College of Engineering have been selected as Halliburton Business and Engineering Scholarship Fund recipients. They will participate in the inaugural cohort of the RISE Scholars Program, a partnership between PVAMU and one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy [...]
Over the years, studies have shown African American students have twice the average college debt of their white counterparts. To address this systemic problem, the Student Freedom Initiative is teaming up with Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) to support its students pursuing higher education who don’t want to sacrifice their economic security or post-college career options.
This summer’s App Development Training Sessions gave Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) participants vital tools for engaging state-of-the-art technologies. These sessions are the first of many achievements to come, resulting from the year-old association of PVAMU with Tennessee State University, which is leading the HBCU C2 learning initiative. In many cases, equipped with hardware donated to Prairie View A&M [...]
Racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related deaths have persisted since studies were first published in the early 2000s. The pregnancy-related mortality ratio (PRMR) measures pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births. Research has shown a higher PRMR among Black and Native American/Alaska Native people than other ethnic groups. Some of the underlying conditions causing these deaths include cardiomyopathy [...]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) seniors Raven Hollis and Taylon Owens have been recognized by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, an annual program of the U.S. Department of Education.
