University News

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University was selected to participate in a national effort to bolster the engineering workforce, receiving a grant of $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to provide STEM scholarships to students in accelerated bachelor’s-plus-master’s degree programs.

In his latest “Aviation Week” essay, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., describes efforts to advance aviation data analytics — a rapidly growing field aimed at saving lives and preventing accidents.

Dan Elwell, former FAA administrator and a pilot with more than 6,000 hours of civilian and military flight time, spoke to an engaged audience on Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus last week, offering advice drawn from a varied and exciting career in aviation.

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.

Meaningful, high-paying jobs for young people are the focus of a plan set forth on Sept. 27, 2022, by The Boeing Company and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

The networking opportunities and financial assistance that Shaddi Abdala received as a Boeing Scholar at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University helped position the recent graduate right where she wants to be — in a two-year job-rotation program offered as an introduction to a full-time position at The Boeing Company.

Before Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Rebekah Francis (’21) became the first member of her family to graduate from college, the prospect of higher education seemed almost overwhelming.

To help all students at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University persist and succeed, personal attention and experiential learning opportunities are key, President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., said during his 2022 State of the University address.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus is partnering with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) this fall to offer a new Airline Management specialization for the existing Master of Business Administration in Aviation (MBAA) program through its College of Business.

The leadership of Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeremy V. Ernst, an accomplished professor in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as currently the associate chancellor for research for the Embry‑Riddle Worldwide Campus, has accepted the position of vice president for research and doctoral programs at the university.

University study abroad programs were all but leveled by the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused them to vastly reduce their offerings or halt international travel altogether for the past two years.

To help jump-start a thriving innovation corridor offering high-quality, high-paying job opportunities in Volusia County, Florida, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has partnered with StarterStudio to relaunch its successful business accelerator program.