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Student Spotlight: Priscila Saint Pasteur Soto

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 2, 2025) — Priscila Saint Pasteur Soto, an undergraduate majoring in Architecture at PVAMU, stands at the forefront of educational innovation through her participation in the Prairie View A&M University's Faculty RISE program. Under the guidance of Tareef Khan, Ph.D., assistant professor of practice, Priscila's research, titled "Student's Perception of Teacher's [...]

Excellence in Ag: PVAMU’s Awal Leads Biochar Research for Sustainable Farming

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 2, 2025) — Ripendra Awal, Ph.D., a research scientist and professor at Prairie View A&M University, has been awarded nearly $57,000 in grant funding from Texas A&M AgriLife Research to lead a project focused on sustainable agriculture in Southeast Texas. Serving as co-principal investigators are PVAMU faculty members Ali Fares, Ph.D.; [...]

Student Spotlight: LeAndrea Stovall

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 22, 2025) — LeAndrea Stovall embarked on her research journey at the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center at Prairie View A&M University in February 2024, following a recommendation from a former professor. Her focus on food safety aligns closely with her current academic pursuits, making her project both personally meaningful and professionally [...]

2025 Panther Rise (PRISE) Grant Program – Apply Now for Research Funding

ANNOUNCEMENT The 2025 Panther Rise (PRISE) Grant Program, a collaboration between Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University, invites applications for research and scholarly collaborations between the two institutions to pursue multidisciplinary research and innovation projects. Key Dates: May 30, 2025: Proposal Deadline August 2025: Decision/PI Notifications October 1, 2025: Award Start Date Please adhere [...]

PVAMU’s Lippert’s Research Earns NIH Funding for Educational and Mental Health Solutions

Anne Lippert, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 11, 2025) — Anne Lippert, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Psychology in the Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences at Prairire View A&M University has been awarded more than $90,000 in grant funding from the National Institute of Health. Dr. Lippert's research focuses on understanding how [...]

PVAMU’s Amarasekara Secures Grant to Advance Sustainable Biofuel Research

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 21, 2025) — Ananda Amarasekara, Ph.D., a Texas A&M University System Regents Professor and head of the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Prairie View A&M University, has been awarded a $42,000 grant from Oklahoma State University through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Jesse [...]

PVAMU’s Chiarella Awarded Grant to Combat Arsenic Contamination in Fertilizers

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 18, 2025) —Gina Maria Chiarella, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Prairie View A&M University’s Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a $96,000 grant from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education to address a critical environmental concern — arsenic contamination in fertilizers. Gina [...]

PVAMU’s Salami Secures Grants to Combat Violence and Human Trafficking

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 18, 2025) — Temilola Salami, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Psychology at Prairie View A&M University, has secured two significant grants from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), totaling nearly $700,000. These awards aim to address critical issues related to violence against women and human trafficking through targeted research, training, and intervention [...]

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Evelyn Todd

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 6, 2025) — Evelyn Todd, a graduate student in the Master of Business Administration program at Prairie View A&M University, is making a lasting impact on the university’s historical preservation efforts through her work in the RISE Program. Her research project, Preventing Erasure of PVAMU History through Digitization – The Digital [...]

Prairie View A&M University reaffirmed as a prestigious high research R2 designated institution under new Carnegie Classification standards

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has once again secured its place as a distinguished R2 institution (Doctoral University; High Research Activity) under the newly revamped Carnegie Classification system. This reaffirmation highlights PVAMU’s ongoing commitment to research excellence, innovation and academic distinction among higher education institutions nationwide. The updated Carnegie Classification framework [...]