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 [...]
2019 Architecture of Necessity Exhibition is an international triennial at Virserum Art Museum, Sweden for sustainable community building. This exhibition showcases innovative sustainable designs that address consumption patterns of our society developed during the last century. It intends to encourage dialogues about the basic values of architecture. The triennial had attracts 600 entries from more [...]
This past Saturday, August 24th, 2019, the 33rd annual American Institute of Architecture Sandcastle Competition was held at East beach Galveston, TX. Our students were there representing the school of Architecture. They chose to commemorate recently passed architect I.M. Pei’ who designed the new addition of the iconic Louvre museum building in Paris. Altogether, 50 teams of [...]
On April 9th, 2019, The School of Architecture presented the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMAS) Career Panel. The organization’s mission is to bridge the gap between students and professionals. With the panel, students got a better understanding of the professional field and an introduction to the proficient world that they will be facing after graduation. The [...]
It was announced on Earth Day that the Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture Race to Zero team has won the prestigious American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten for Students Competition for their project, The Fly Flat. The 2018-2019 COTE Top Ten for Students Competition: Innovation 2030 recognized [...]
Community Development students participate in the 14th Annual Research Symposium Five research topics were accepted by community development graduate students to present at the 14th Annual Research Symposium. This was the first time the Community Development program participated in the campus-wide research event. • Stephen O. Aisabokhae presented “Mentoring as a Tool for Fostering Personal [...]
Please join the Community Development graduate program, Texas Institute for Preservation of History and Culture and RISE for a discussion on how sports influence our communities. We’re witnessing the greatest expansion of athlete activism in modern history – never before have we seen athletes, teams and leagues speak out so regularly for social justice movements. [...]
“Tiffany Taylor Hicks was featured on KPRC’s Newsmakers to discuss the Capital One Small Business Program on March 18, 2019. She placed 3rd in the program as a graduate student in 2017. She currently serves as an Ambassador of the program and received her master’s in community development in 2018.” Video Link
REQUIREMENTS OF ALL APPLICANTS: Be an incoming freshman, transfer or currently enrolled student (undergraduate or graduate) with a declared major in Architecture, Construction Science, Digital Media Arts or Community Development. Be in good academic and disciplinary conduct standing with the university. Have a minimum of 3.0 GPA for current/transfer students; for incoming freshmen a cumulative [...]
