The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has shut in more than 90-percent of Americans, caused an economic downturn, and strained the global health care system. Given the rapid spread of the virus, there has been a global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) used by medical professionals to protect themselves from contamination. This shortage has put [...]
Zui Ng moved to Houston in 2000 to pursue a bachelor’s degree in architecture, even though his credits didn’t transfer. “I had to start over,” he says, “but it was worth it.” He went on to get his master’s degree from Cornell and, after stints in other cities, returned to Houston, where he’s now an [...]
Women’s History Month at Prairie View A&M University kicked off Tuesday with two School of Architecture alumnae who are becoming political forces in the greater Houston area.
Ann Johnson, assistant professor of practice in Prairie View A&M University’s School of Architecture, is one of the featured artists in “Re/Devaluing Colorism: Intersections of Skin Color and Currency,” showing through April 5 at The Southwest School of Art in San Antonio.
One of the murals featured in Prairie View A&M University's new Panther Collaboration and Innovation Commons was designed by student winner and senior architecture major Nancy Guerrero.
Dr. Clarence Talley Sr. When he was in the third grade, Dr. Clarence Talley Sr., professor and director of Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) art program under the School of Architecture, was captivated by a friend’s drawings. He wanted to learn how to do it himself and was soon drawing his own renditions [...]
SoA graduating students with Bachelor's degree - Fall 2019.
It’s a great time to be on ‘The Hill’! PVAMU’s community development program is the only interdisciplinary graduate program in the state of Texas, and that’s something we should be proud of. Our diverse and talented faculty continue to enhance teaching, apply theory through service and are engaged in research to help us remain an [...]
The American Society for Microbiology announced the winners of their 5th annual Agar Art Contest. Korey Abram, a digital media arts undergraduate student at Prairie View University, won first place in the Maker category. Submissions of artwork were created using living, growing microbes ‘painted’ on agar, a gelatin-like substance that serves as food for the [...]
Dr. Rania Labib, an assistant professor in Prairie View A&M University’s School of Architecture, presented a paper at the International 2019 Building Simulations Conference (BS2019) in Rome. Typically, around 300 abstracts from more than 1,000 admissions are accepted for full oral presentations at the conference. “My paper tilted ‘Automated Execution of Large-Scale Daylighting and Glare [...]
