Eight CAHS Undergraduates Participate in the R.O. Berry Memorial Lecture
Several Undergraduates and members of the International Goat Research Center attended the 22nd Annual R.O. Berry Memorial Lecture in Reproductive Immunology, held in Navasota, TX on October 21, 2016....
View ArticleSweetpotato Breeding Program: It’s the Harvesting Season
On October 20, Senior Cooperative Agricultural Research Center Research Scientist Ming Gao’s research group harvested their sweet potato hybrid lines, which are new purple-fleshed varieties. A total of...
View ArticleMentorship and Accountability presented at National Conference in New Mexico
The 9th Annual Mentoring Conference was held at the University of New Mexico last week featuring proposals that critically and innovatively analyzed different types of developmental relationships and...
View ArticleCucumbers Grafted on Black-seeded Pumpkin
Billy Lawton, Program Leader Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Cooperative Extension Program (CEP), and Ming Gao, Senior Research Scientist in the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center...
View ArticleThe Story of an HBCU Experience
Nebraska native Zhane Latrice Brown explains why she chose to pursue her education in agriculture and to dream of becoming a veterinarian at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Brown hails from a...
View ArticleChoose Health: Food, Fun & Fitness Curriculum Implemented in County High Schools
The Choose Health: Food, Fun and Fitness curriculum was implemented in Maverick County though health classes at CC Winn and Eagle Pass High Schools. The lessons focused on topics such as sugary...
View ArticleCAHS Graduate Student Presents Research
Research is one of the fundamental activities of the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences and Prairie View A&M University. Many graduate assistants participate in research that influences...
View ArticleDistributions of Starch Granules in Developing Sweet Potatoes
Ming Gao, Senior Research Scientist in the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC), just published his work on starch granules. The goal of the study was to better understand genetic control of...
View ArticleCARC Research Demonstrations Offered to Pathways Symposium Participants
Several participants at the Texas A&M University System’s 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, hosted by PVAMU this year, visited the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC)...
View ArticleLeadership Development Alumni Share Next Steps for Continuous Improvement
Twelve employees in the College of Agriculture & Human Sciences (CAHS) representing Academics, CARC and CEP and who are alumni of leadership development programs convened to discuss next steps for...
View ArticleCAHS Employees Get Energized Through Skill Enhancement Workshops
Employees in the College of Agriculture & Human Sciences (CAHS) have been engaged in a series of training and development workshops designed to enrich staff skill sets and competencies. The Staff...
View ArticleCAHS Undergraduate Student is National Award Winner
Chatera Claybon, a CAHS undergraduate student who is currently enrolled in Fundamentals of Agricultural Engineering taught by Eric Risch, Interim Research Scientist Leader of the Natural Resources and...
View ArticleSeven Students Conducting Research with CAHS Researchers Win Big
Twenty-five PVAMU undergraduate and graduate students conducting research with CAHS’ researchers and faculty participated in the 13th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium on November 3-4,...
View ArticleLeaders Encourage Students to ‘Go Beyond Their Imagination’
Advisors for the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences Student Leadership Apprentice Program (S.L.A.P) have received excellent feedback from the apprentices regarding what they are learning and...
View ArticleEstwick Teaches Outside the Classroom
Students learn well through active participation, both physically and mentally. Dr. Noel M. Estwick took a different approach for his AGEC 4233: Land Resources Economics class. This class exposes...
View ArticleLivestock Club Assists with American Dairy Goat Judges Training
On Sunday, October 30, seven members of the PVAMU Livestock Club travelled to Bastrop, TX to assist with the American Dairy Goat Association’s judges training conference. The students were able to...
View ArticleStudents, Scientists and Faculty Submit 37 Abstracts
Students, CARC’s Researchers and CAHS’ faculty members, submitted 37 abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the 1890’s Association of Research Directors Research Symposium, to be held April...
View ArticleAgriculture Workshops Presented
Beginning farmers, gardeners and gardening enthusiasts took part in three Agriculture workshops hosted by the Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). The...
View ArticleFares Invited to 2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forum
This one-day forum, a facilitated charrette, was organized and sponsored by the Texas Water Development Board and National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network on Climate, Energy,...
View ArticleExtension Specialists Attend White House Initiative
According to the U.S. Department of Education, President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order in 1980 establishing a federal program “to overcome the effects of discriminatory treatment and to...
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