University News

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.

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.

Tyler Grinnell (’08) worked at Kennedy Space Center while he was still an Aerospace Engineering student at Embry‑Riddle, juggling a full load of classes.

This Aviation Week op-ed highlights the need for a genuine push to bring women and people of color into the professional ranks of the aviation industry.

Civic leaders Cici and Hyatt Brown, shown March 24, 2022 with an illustration of the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology, have donated $25 million to Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University to promote economic progress in Volusia County.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has selected Helicopter Institute Inc. (HI) as the sole provider of the Helicopter Flight Training Program to students at the university’s Prescott, Arizona, campus.

Aviation Week Op-Ed: Let’s Prove that Virtual Reality Enhances Pilot Training

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has been selected as the one university to recruit and train the next-generation workforce in aviation and aerospace cybersecurity under the National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program.

Eighteen people at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University tested positive for Covid-19 during the timeframe Oct. 29 to Nov. 4. That case count included 12 at our Prescott, Arizona, campus and six at our Daytona Beach, Florida, campus. There were no new positive cases at our Worldwide Headquarters campus.

This Aviation Week op-ed explores the booming space industry. Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., looks at how recent advancements in rockets, satellite technology, and suborbital flights have spurred a new generation of students to aim beyond Earth.

The Presidential Speaker Series at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University hosted its first event of the season last week, with alumnus Tom Conard (’85), the vice president for missile and weapon systems, global sales and marketing, defense space and security for The Boeing Company, as its featured speaker.