PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 25, 2026) – With a new grant, Prairie View A&M University’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) plans to show Panthers that entrepreneurial spirit is more than a new business idea— it’s a novel way of thinking. The Center has been awarded a $25,000 Entrepreneurship Education Innovation Grant through the [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 24, 2026) – Apple has named Bharath Kumar Chintada, a PhD student at Prairie View A&M University, the winner of a chip design contest. Since joining Prairie View this spring, Chintada, a PhD student in electrical engineering working under Dr. Avra Bandyopadhyay, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and [...]
Around $4 million invested to transform hands-on training, research capacity and pathways into advanced manufacturing at the university PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 19, 2026) — Prairie View A&M University is advancing a major semiconductor workforce development initiative through the modernization of a 700-square-foot clean room in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering. Supported by a [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 6, 2026) —Prairie View A&M University’s 2026 Research & Innovation Month brought the university’s expanding research enterprise into full view, giving students, faculty, staff, university leaders and partners a shared stage to show how research is growing across campus. Held under the theme “Where Legacy Meets Impact” the month was [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 6, 2026) -- Biochar research at Prairie View is transforming crop residue into far-reaching environmental solutions, and a new biomass processing and biochar production unit is set to accelerate that work. Led by Dr. Ram Ray, the initiative centers on a waste-to-value model that converts unused biomass into biochar, a [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 17, 2026) -- Ram Ray, Ph.D., P.E., a leading researcher and professor in the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources at Prairie View A&M University, has secured a nearly $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support the training of the next [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 22, 2026) — Prairie View A&M University senior Alliere Murphy has her sights set on transforming both science and smiles. A biology major and participant in the RISE Program, Murphy is already shaping her future through hands-on research, leadership, and a passion for serving her community. Mentored by Lori Banks, Ph.D., [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (January 22, 2026) — As drought conditions intensify across Texas and agricultural regions worldwide, a Prairie View A&M University researcher has secured federal funding to study how plant growth patterns can be optimized to improve crop resilience and productivity. Tesfamichael Kebrom, Ph.D., a research scientist in the College of Agriculture, Food and [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 17, 2025) — Prairie View A&M University is advancing the future of food safety through a new $100,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The award supports a collaborative research project led by Sameh Abdelwahed, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, working alongside Keyan [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 16, 2025) -- Raghava Kommalapati, Ph.D., Honeywell Endowed Professor and professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Ananda Amarasekara, Ph.D., Regents Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Prairie View A&M University, have been awarded a $320,000 grant from Shell Global Solutions to support research in sustainable aviation fuels. [...]