PRIAIRE VIEW, Texas (December 16, 2025) -- Prairie View A&M University junior Laura Upchurch, a Human Nutrition and Food major, has discovered a deeper sense of purpose through her experience in the RISE Program. Mentored by Jacklyn Sanders, Ph.D., Upchurch is studying how mentorship shapes student engagement and retention within the College of Agriculture, Food, [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 11, 2025) — The Texas A&M University System is proposing the launch of a Research Excellence Fund (REF) designed to strengthen research capacity, competitiveness, and impact across all member institutions—including Prairie View A&M University. The REF will support strategic, high-value initiatives that advance discovery, fuel innovation, expand workforce development, and bolster national [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 9, 2025) --- Prairie View A&M University has secured nearly $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH–National Cancer Institute, to develop a Certificate in Computational Genomics and Biomedical Data Science—a program designed to prepare students for rapidly growing careers at the intersection of biology, computation and health. [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 20, 2025) -- Prairie View A&M University’s Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Dr. Noushin Ghaffari has secured nearly $190,000 from Sandia National Laboratories to develop advanced machine learning techniques aimed at improving bioenergy crop research. Noushin Ghaffari, Ph.D. The project, titled “Machine Learning Analysis of Hyperspectral Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 18, 2025) — Senior mathematics major Trenton Jeffers is driven by curiosity and a passion for learning. Through Prairie View A&M University’s Research and Innovation Success and Excellence (RISE) Program, he’s turning that curiosity into action—using research to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping education. Under the mentorship of Shannon Solis, [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 17, 2025) -- Prairie View A&M University is launching a USDA-funded outreach initiative to help farmers in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama grow and market native grassland seeds that support sustainable and climate-smart agriculture. Therese Pennell, Ph.D. Therese Pennell, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 17, 2025) — Prairie View A&M University Chemistry Professor Matthew Minus, Ph.D., has secured nearly $200,000 in NASA funding through the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to support a three-year research project focused on advancing Earth science, expanding research capacity at PVAMU, and strengthening pathways into the national STEM workforce. [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 6, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University continues to strengthen its leadership in agricultural innovation through research that supports sustainable production and resilience. Zaira Estrada-Reyes, Ph.D., research associate professor in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (CAFNR), has secured more than $65,000 in funding from The 1890 Universities Foundation [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 4, 2025) — From The Hill to The Wall, Blessing Chinemerem Dike’s journey from Prairie View to Berlin reflects more than academic excellence—it symbolizes global impact. As a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering with a focus on wireless communications and AI, she represented Prairie View A&M University at the 14th IEEE [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 3, 2025) – Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) continues to strengthen its role in advancing Texas’ transportation infrastructure through two new research collaborations with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). TxDOT has awarded more than $1.2M across two projects led by Texas A&M University, with PVAMU serving as a co-principal investigator [...]