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Embry-Riddle Campuses Awarded Top 10 Status in 2024-25 Military Friendly Schools Rankings
For the first time, all three of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s campuses were awarded Top 10 status in the 2024-25 Military Friendly Schools ranking.
The rankings, which…
Embry-Riddle Researchers to Launch Rockets Into Solar Eclipse as Part of NASA Mission
On Earth, an otherworldly twilight at midday, a sudden temperature drop, dead-calm winds and a chorus of birdsong can be expected when the moon blocks the sun during a total solar eclipse…
Eagle Uses Numbers to Help Solve National Security Challenges
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University senior Emily Diegel arrived on the Daytona Beach Campus nearly four years ago determined to become an aerospace engineer. She soon found that engineering…
New Embry-Riddle Study Explores Gender and Ethnic Biases in Aviation
In two separate studies, when more than 700 study participants looked at photographs of 240 potential aviation job candidates, they selected white males for pilot and co-pilot positions…
Cultural Diversity the Key to Unlocking Dream Career, Says Kenyan Student
MicHalifax “Mike” Wanyeki’s childhood in Nairobi, Kenya, was spent playing with clay model airplanes while watching aircraft soar high above him in the sky. He dreamed…
Four Eagles Named to National Fellowship Class, Bound for Industry Internships
Four Aerospace Engineering students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have been selected to receive 2024 Patti Grace Smith Fellowships, guaranteeing them paid internships at…
Embry-Riddle Cyber Scholars Score Jobs, Connections at D.C. Event
When Calla Robison was growing up, she wanted to be like agent Benji Dunn, the computer-savvy sidekick who employs technology to support superspies and thwart imminent disaster in the…
Four New Research Grants to Help Solve Key Mysteries of Space
Major research funding, newly awarded to investigators at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, will support a space weather sensor that also might be capable of detecting orbital debris,…
Energy-Saving Innovation Lands Students Internships With U.S. Department of Energy
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University engineering students Jared Williams and Spencer Marinac were recently awarded highly competitive paid summer internships at the U.S. Department…
NTSB Chair Urges Students to Work Hard, Keep Learning and Ignore ‘Toxic’ Critics
The head of the federal agency responsible for investigating all major transportation accidents recently advised Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students to work hard, network,…
Fulbright Scholar Program Honors Two Embry-Riddle Faculty Members
Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University academicians are being honored as part of the 2024 U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program.
Dr. Kelsi Matwick, assistant professor of technical and professional…
Embry-Riddle Celebrates Historic Moon Landing
Cheers roared through the Mori Hosseini Student Union Thursday night, Feb. 22, at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as students, faculty and staff watched Intuitive Machines’…
EagleCam Updates: Public Comments by Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus
During a NASA, Intuitive Machines Moon Mission update, captured on YouTube, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said today:
“With respect to EagleCam — what an amazing…
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Embry-Riddle Team Up to Explore Potential Advanced Air Mobility Impacts on Airspace
Researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are conducting a systematic evaluation of the impact of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles, such as air taxis and autonomous…
Aviation Week Op-Ed: Embry-Riddle President Lauds Hands-On Learning and Collaboration with Industry to Advance Engineering Education
In his latest “Aviation Week”essay, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., notes that collaborations among industry, academia and government…