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From Idea to Impact: ICEED Guides Innovators Toward Success

Prairie View, Texas (December 12, 2024) — The " Division of Research & Innovations’ Innovation, Commercialization, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (ICEED) area of Prairie View A&M University hosted its “From Idea to Impact” seminar, providing a detailed roadmap for transforming innovative ideas into tangible results. The session emphasized the importance of starting with a well-defined [...]

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Jada Henry

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 11, 2024) — As an undergraduate biology student, Jada Henry has found her stride in scientific discovery through Prairie View A&M University’s Faculty-RISE (Research and Innovation Success and Excellence) program. Mentored by Lori Banks, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biology at PVAMU, Henry has tackled a complex and impactful project: A Computational [...]

Cui Secures $1M+ in NSF Grants for Cybersecurity Research and Workforce Development

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 11, 2024) –  Suxia Cui, Ph.D., a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Prairie View A&M University, has secured two National Science Foundation grants totaling over $1 million. The first, nearly $800,000, entitled “Excellence in Research: Security-aware Resource Management for Serverless Platforms” will focus on addressing security vulnerabilities in serverless [...]

PVAMU’s Anne Lippert’s Algeverse Project Aims to Revolutionize College Algebra Learning

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 9, 2024) – Anne Lippert, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Psychology in the Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences at Prairie View A&M University, has been awarded nearly $260,000 from the National Science Foundation. James Valles, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at PVAMU, will serve as co-principal [...]

Dr. Robinson Earns Grant to Advance Excellence in Digital Humanities

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 9, 2024) – Marco Robinson, Ph.D., has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies. Dr. Robinson is an associate professor of history and assistant director of the Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice at Prairie View A&M University. Ronald E. Goodwin, Ph.D., interim chair [...]

Dr. Clarence Bunch Champions Excellence at PVAMU with Forestry Grant

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 6, 2024) — Clarence Bunch, Ph.D., program manager for the College of Food and Natural Resources at Prairie View A&M University's Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC), has secured a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Inc. Through the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) program, [...]

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT- Jalen Thompson

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 6, 2024) Jalen Thompson, a senior music major at Prairie View A&M University, with a passion for community impact, is gaining firsthand experience in educational research and advocacy through PVAMU’s Faculty Research and Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Program. Under the mentorship of Beverly Miller, Ph.D., Thompson has embraced the opportunity [...]

Fernando Secures $659K Grant for Cutting-Edge XPS Technology at PVAMU

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 6, 2024) – Harshica Fernando, Ph.D., has been awarded $659,000 in grant funding from the Department of Defense. Fernando is an associate professor of chemistry in the Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences at Prairie View A&M University. PVAMU’s esteemed faculty researchers Sameh Abdelwahed, Ananda Amarasekara, Yunxiang Gao, Gururaj Neelgund, [...]

PVAMU’s Keisha Antoine Leads NSF Grant to Boost Engineering Student Success

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 2, 2024) – Keisha Antoine, Ph.D., a Lecturer I in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University, has secured a $22,000 planning grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant aims to establish a Track 3 S-STEM consortium among the chemical engineering departments at Prairie View A&M University, [...]

Revolutionizing Glucose Science: PVAMU’s Olanrewaju Earns National Recognition and Funding

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 3, 2024) – Kazeem B. Olanrewaju, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Prairie View A&M University, has been awarded more than $730,000 in grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute of General Medical Sciences, an institute under the National Institute of Health (NIH). The [...]