PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (October 26, 2023) — “Do it,” said Myltazaire Kynshasha (M. K.) Crayton, when asked what she would tell someone interested in joining the Faculty-RISE Program at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). The graduate student is currently participating in PVAMU’s Faculty-Research and Innovation Success and Excellence Program, an initiative created by Vice President [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (September 20, 2023) — On August 12, 2023, Daisaku Gicheha officially completed his master’s degree in chemical engineering as he crossed the stage at Prairie View A&M University’s 112th Summer Commencement Convocation. In doing so, he bid adieu to his time as a graduate student, which included participating in the University’s Faculty-RISE [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 14, 2023) — Throughout his research and academic journey, Sheikh Tareq Ahmed has been a Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Fellowship recipient, IEEE-published researcher, information security intern at Apple, and Faculty-RISE Program participant, to note a few of his impressive achievements thus far. Come next summer, he’ll add “2024 Prairie View [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 18, 2023) – On May 11, 2023, the Division of Research & Innovation (R&I) welcomed Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) student researchers and their faculty mentors to the University’s Juvenile Justice Auditorium for the Spring 2023 Research & Innovation Cording Ceremony. Instituted by PVAMU Vice President of Research & Innovation Magesh [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW and BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 11, 2023 - Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and Texas A&M University (Texas A&M) are awarding $600,000 to 15 teams of PVAMU-Texas A&M faculty investigators who belong to the third cohort under the 2023 Panther Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (PRISE) grant program. Both universities, which are [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 2, 2023) — Mechanical engineering plays a critical role in daily life – shaping far more than planes, trains and automobiles. When every one of our devices, products, machines and systems are devised and designed by mechanical engineers, it’s with the intention of enhancing our lives and environments. One such engineer [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 31, 2023) — Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) graduate student Oyomire Akenzua is focused on tackling one of the most defining issues of our time – climate change. While pursuing his master’s degree in Computer Information Systems (CIS), Oyomire also participates in PVAMU’s Faculty Research & Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (RISE)-Graduate [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 19, 2022) —John Auguste, a 2022 graduate of the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), is part of a distinguished group of teachers and health professionals from The Hill dedicated to advancing the education and well-being of culturally diverse populations. Faculty RISE Graduate student, [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 16, 2022) – On December 8, 2022, the Division of Research & Innovation held its third cording ceremony to honor candidates for graduation who have also been student researchers during their time at Prairie View A&M University Faculty-Research and Innovation Success and Excellence (Faculty-RISE) program. Graduate RISE Student John Auguste [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 9, 2022) — Dr. Ananda Amarasekara, professor of chemistry at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), was awarded $774,676 by the Department of Energy (DoE) for his project “Li-Ion Battery Critical Metal Recycling Using Sugars.” Dr. Amarasekara was thrilled about the opportunity this funding provides for the PVAMU Chemistry department. “I am [...]
