Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences
The Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences provides a high quality, comprehensive arts education to a diverse student population. Encouraging an integrated approach to instruction, this college helps to prepare students to make a difference in the world.
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Faculty PROfiles: This sociology professor has made it her mission to research how to close the wealth gap
April 25, 2024
Prairie View A&M University Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Asheli Atkins wants to help marginalized entrepreneurs overcome barriers.
The Promise of Living : Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 5:00 PM
April 23, 2024
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music as The Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences proudly presents the highly anticipated SPRING CHOIR CONCERT! Join Dr. Demetrius Robinson and the PVAMU Choir for an enchanting showcase featuring the masterpieces of renowned talents, including Mozart, Moore, Hogan, Carter, Mulholland, Anderson, Work, Whitacre, Busto, and Stoddart.
PVAMU’s Consular Tour Program is forging international connections close to home
April 18, 2024
Houston is home to nearly 100 consulates, the third-highest concentration of consular offices in the U.S. These diplomatic missions, smaller than embassies, primarily focus on assisting citizens of their home countries in the host country, promoting trade and tourism, and providing visa services. As with an embassy, when you enter a consulate, you are considered […]
Spring 2024 Choir Concert
April 15, 2024
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music as The Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences proudly presents the highly anticipated SPRING CHOIR CONCERT! Join Dr. Demetrius Robinson and the PVAMU Choir for an enchanting showcase featuring the masterpieces of renowned talents, including Mozart, Moore, Hogan, Carter, Mulholland, Anderson, Work, Whitacre, Busto, and Stoddart.
PVAMU receives new grant to help train students in computing to address social issues affecting rural communities
April 11, 2024
Prairie View A&M University has received a Responsible Computing Challenge award from the Mozilla Foundation, aimed at developing “curricula that empowers students to think about the social and political context of computing.” Mozilla, most widely known for developing the Firefox browser, has made making the internet a force for good its mission. Through its Responsible […]
Dr. Jeanelle Hope talks with KPRC-TV about syllabus created surrounding Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ album
April 1, 2024
Dr. Jeanelle Hope, Prairie View A&M University Director and Associate Professor of African American Studies, explains Beyoncé’s album’s significance within Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
PVAMU becomes 33rd recipient of Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road
March 21, 2024
In a beautiful celebration of history, courage and the arts, Prairie View A&M University unveiled the prestigious Bench by the Road monument in a rousing program on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in the Opal Johnson Smith Auditorium. The event marked the beginning of Inauguration Week for PVAMU’s ninth president, Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande.
First-Gen Forward: Dina Tekle is closing gaps in medical research, women in STEM
March 18, 2024
“Prairie View Produces Productive People” is how the adage goes. Dina Tekle, a senior biology student at Prairie View A&M set to graduate this spring, is redefining it: being a woman in medical research and working to close gaps in knowledge in the understanding of diseases and illness. She is hoping to play a part in eliminating […]
VIDEO: An Interview with PVAMU's 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence, Attica Locke
March 8, 2024
Attica Locke is Prairie View A&M University’s 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence for the Toni Morrison Writing Program. Locke is a distinguished American fiction author and acclaimed writer-producer for television and film. In this video, she discusses her passion for storytelling, writing styles, how to write, and her special connections to PVAMU.
Opinion| Sitcoms from Weezy Jefferson to Captain Holt
February 23, 2024
In the 1970s, studios exploited two major trends to appeal to different racial demographics, or white viewers who were curious about them. First, a fascination with Far Eastern cultures created a deluge of domestic and imported martial arts movies. Audiences saw the white David Carradine wandering the Old West as a half-Chinese Shaolin monk in Kung […]
‘Living in Color’: Fourth TEDxPVAMU event planned this month
February 8, 2024
Prairie View A&M University will host its fourth TEDxPVAMU talk on Feb. 28. Six scheduled speakers will discuss topics related to the theme for the TED talk, Living in Color. The idea behind the theme is to embrace curiosity, boldness and creativity and face challenges with a solution-oriented mindset, all while unapologetically pursuing individualism.
Professors take part in interdisciplinary study of the South, social change
February 7, 2024
A group of Prairie View A&M University professors, authors, and researchers hope to change the conversation about how social change is catalyzed in the South. Reflecting on “The Social, Cultural, and Political Contours of the Black and Brown Experience in the Bayou City,” their special edition journal aims to highlight the struggles and travails of […]
Opinion| The Transformative Power of Restorative History
February 1, 2024
In a world submerged with narratives often overshadowing the stories of resilience and courage, it’s time to shift the spotlight to little-known disrupters, historical information, artifacts, and narratives that have been lost, removed, neglected, or suppressed. Among historical and contemporary challenges to change the narrative of the Black experience in the United States of America, […]
Professor Dr. Tammy Holmes named AT&T Black Future Maker
December 14, 2023
Dr. Tammy L. Holmes, a tenured Prairie View A&M University professor, has been honored as a 2023 Black Future Maker through AT&T’s prestigious Dream in Black program.