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Faculty PROfiles: Aruna Weerasooriya, a cultivator of knowledge at PVAMU

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Oct. 12, 2023) – All the roads Aruna Weerasooriya, Ph.D., took on his career path led him to Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources. A lifelong researcher, the professor and chair of plant and environmental sciences' desire to find new species and life in areas barely uncovered [...]

PVAMU scientists exploring hemp as sustainable alternative to grain in animal feed

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 22, 2023) — Scientists and agriculturalists started cultivating grain thousands of years ago, and society hasn’t stopped finding uses for it since. It’s a culinary staple the world over, a core component of animal feed, and it’s even become critical to bioenergy production. However, some experts say the resource is being [...]

PVAMU’s CAFNR receives state ā€œAg Match;ā€ will double community impact

PRAIRIE VIEW,Ā Texas (Sept. 18, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (CAFNR) has successfully lobbied for the state of Texas to match the amount of funding CAFNR receives from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The ā€œAg matchā€ will help the College further its mission to enhance lives [...]

PVAMU’s Class of 2027: First-year students make history with inaugural Jamaican expedition

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 13, 2023) – Since 2017, nearly 500 PVAMU students have traveled internationally, excluding 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, 47 first-year study abroad students embarked on uncharted waters in a place that’s lovingly called the ā€œRock,ā€ a.k.a. Jamaica, to become exposed to a new area, gain knowledge, develop socially [...]

New degree takes root in PVAMU’s newly renamed College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 1, 2023) - For Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, the fall semester brings a new degree program and a new name. The Master of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) has enrolled its first students, and starting Sept. 1, the CAHS will be officially [...]

Ali Fares

Prairie View A&M University Professor Ali Fares, Ph.D., had a busy childhood growing up in a small village in Tunisia just ten miles from the Mediterranean coast. Between looking after the family’s cows and lambs, irrigating their crops, and helping out at his father’s convenience store, there was no time for playing. However, the [...]

New research project at PVAMU hones in on livestock management, beef industry best practices

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 20, 2023) - To boost recruitment efforts and student interest in livestock production and management, researchers from Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University are partnering on a project that will offer an ā€œExperiential Approach to Beef Cattle Production Feedlots for Undergraduate Students.ā€ The United States Department of Agriculture’s National [...]

Opinion| The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season is predicted to be near-normal, but here is why that is not entirely good news.

Every year, the Northern Hemisphere region of the Atlantic Ocean embraces the annual hurricane season that officially starts on June 1 and ends on November 30. This period has been adopted by convention; it’s when most tropical cyclogenesis occurs in the Atlantic. Though the formation of subtropical or tropical cyclones is possible at any time [...]

Unlocking the Future of Public Health: PVAMU leads Texas students in informatics boot camp

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (July 6, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University students are learning, alongside other students from institutions across Texas, how to make public health information technology more fair, inclusive and equitable. The ultimate goal of public health information technology, also known as public health informatics, is to use information, computer science and technology [...]

PVAMU faculty, staff honored at ā€˜Reach for Excellence’ 2023 awards luncheon

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (May 19, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University recently honored those who bring excellence to the University. The "Reach for Excellence" Faculty and Staff Awards Recognition Luncheon on May 2 honored more than a dozen exceptional PVAMU faculty and staff. ā€œI’m very proud of the accomplishments and numerous contributions these individuals have [...]