University News

Rudy R. Miller, chairman, president and CEO of The Miller Group of entities, has been invited to join two influential boards at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.

Six Embry‑Riddle students have been selected this year to receive Gilman Scholarships, which will fund opportunities for them to study internationally.

At a recent mathematics conference, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University faculty member Matthew Brenneman presented a method of teaching statistics, his specialty.

Imagine you’re a pilot. In preparation for an upcoming flight, you open your portable Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to review your flight plan. Suddenly, air traffic starts displaying on your map and continues flooding in until the app crashes. You attempt to re-open the app, but it won’t load.

Devanshi Shinde, an entrepreneur with a passion for aviation, was running two companies and contemplating her next step when a pilot friend suggested she look into Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has named alumnus Dr. Kelly M. Austin (’04) — a nationally recognized champion for students’ academic success — to serve as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

Amy Paglialunga (’23) fell in love with aviation when she was a little girl gazing up at paragliders flying over her house. Although she initially started working in property management, her passion for flight ultimately led her to become a flight attendant at GoJet Airlines and then to the Charlotte County Airport Authority, which manages the Punta Gorda Airport.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University hosted its annual ESHIP TECH TALK event, showcasing student-led startups with revolutionary ideas, scalable transformative technologies and cutting-edge technologies that utilize technology transfer programs like NASA T2U.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s online bachelor’s programs ranked No. 2 in the nation, tied with the University of Illinois Chicago, according to the 2023 issue of the U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs ranking. The university has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in this category every year since 2016.

Debilitating nerve and joint pain from a severe back injury have been part of life for Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University junior Keri Weaver for years now, but she has never lost sight of her goal to complete her degree.

Calvin Freeman II, an Aviation Business Administration senior on an accelerated MBA track, recently moderated a Presidential Speaker Series event with former FAA chair Dan Elwell. That discussion was just one of many things Freeman has led since the start of his time at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

This Aviation Week op-ed describes efforts to advance aviation data analytics. Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., writes that the rapidly growing field has the potential to save lives and reduce accidents.