February 2023

Experienced commercialization leader and influential venture capitalist brought on board BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A boom in startups is primed to begin in Aggieland. Leaders within The Texas A&M University System said this week that they expect a new approach to commercialization to lead to the creation of thousands of original discoveries, hundreds of innovative…

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Chancellor John Sharp today named Dr. Michael L. McFrazier as acting President at Prairie View A&M University, beginning March 1. McFrazier, currently Dean of Prairie View A&M University’s Whitlowe R. Green College of Education, will serve until Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande assumes leadership as the ninth President at Prairie View A&M…

The University is the First HBCU to Lead a National Transportation Center   BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The U.S. Department of Transportation notified the Texas Congressional Delegation that Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) was selected to lead a historic national-tier University Transportation Center (UTC).  Joined by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M Engineering…

Reruns of “Around Texas With Chancellor John Sharp” Begin This Week BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas —Around Texas With Chancellor John Sharp is getting a statewide encore. The third season of the show that features the leader of The Texas A&M University System will be re-broadcast beginning this week on most of the state’s television markets. “We…

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday almost doubled the construction budget—from $85 million to $150 million—for Phase One of the Texas A&M-Fort Worth urban research campus. Responding to greater-than-expected demand for space in the Law & Education Building, the Regents authorized approximately 225,000 gross square feet—an estimated… Read More