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Research & Innovation Cording Ceremony Honors Nearly 30 Student Research Graduates

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 18, 2022) – Spring 2022 Commencement at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) took on an elevated meaning for dozens of undergraduate and graduate students who have spent their time on The Hill.  On Thursday, May 12, 2022, the Division of Research & Innovation held its second-ever cording ceremony to recognize nearly 30 [...]

PVAMU PARTNERS WITH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN NEW ALLIANCE TO EXPAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

PVAMU’s Research & Innovation Week 2022: A Next-level Experience

Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) Division of Research & Innovation (R&I) successfully hosted the momentous “2022 Research & Innovation Week” from April 4th – 8th with nearly 30 events that almost 700 people attended. The all-day and week-long programming focused on undergraduate student research, international student research interactions, graduate student research, faculty research and inter-institutional [...]

Opinion: Why the U.S. must approve the College Transparency Act

High school students looking to go to college, their parents or legal guardians, and all higher education institutions need to follow the progress of the College Transparency Act (CTA). It is a bipartisan amendment that Congress added to the America COMPETES Act in February 2022, sponsored by Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) District 30. [...]

2022 Panther Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (PRISE) Grant Winners

PVAMU AND TEXAS A&M ANNOUNCE FACULTY WINNERS OF $400,000 JOINT PRISE RESEARCH GRANTS FOR 2022 Collaborative research areas include agriculture, architecture, science, education, engineering, and psychology. PRAIRIE VIEW and BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (April 5, 2022)­ ­- Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and Texas A&M University are continuing their mission of increasing research collaborations between the [...]

Vice President Magesh Rajan Shares Partnership Perspective on APLU Panel

Partnerships that Enhance Research Opportunities In March, I took part in a unique webinar called the Conversation Series hosted by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and its Council on Research (CoR). The APLU is a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in North [...]

ABC 13 spotlights College of Engineering Dean Pamela Obiomon in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Title IX Education Amendment

On June 23, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 will turn 50.  The landmark civil rights law's famous first 37 words prohibit sex-based discrimination at educational institutions that receive money from the United States Department of Education. ABC-owned television stations and ABC's Localish are presenting 50 inspiring stories from around the country for [...]

PVAMU and UT Austin Researchers Publish Urban Agriculture Study in Journal of Cleaner Production

AUSTIN, Texas (March 17, 2022) - [Innovation at the Nexus of Food-Energy-Water Systems] INFEWS Scholars from The University of Texas at Austin and faculty from Prairie View A&M University are publishing a study investigating the implications of urban agriculture and climate change on the food-energy-water-nexus in eight mid-sized U.S. cities. PhD students Carolyn Cooper and [...]

The 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Gulf-Southwest (GSW) conferences heads to PVAMU March 16-18, 2022

Founded in 1893, the American Society for Engineering Education is a nonprofit organization of individuals and institutions committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. This will be only the second time in 16 years that a Historically Black College/University has hosted an ASEE GSW Conference since the premiere engineering education organization was founded.

Physics Professor Orion Ciftja published in Nature Scientific Reports

Two-dimensional finite quantum Hall clusters of electrons with anisotropic features Orion Ciftja Abstract Low-dimensional nano and two-dimensional materials are of great interest to many disciplines and may have a lot of applications in fields such as electronics, optoelectronics, and photonics. One can create quantum Hall phases by applying a strong magnetic field perpendicular to a [...]