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High points at Embry-Riddle

  • U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges’ guidebook ranked the Prescott Campus No. 1 Best Undergraduate Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering program for schools without a doctorate. The Daytona Beach Campus’ Undergraduate Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering program was ranked No. 4 (tie), for schools with a doctorate.

  • Men’s Basketball Head Coach Steve Ridder celebrated his 700th career victory in November 2019.

  • The Prescott Campus was designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through 2024.

  • U.S. News & World Report ranked Embry-Riddle No. 1 for online undergraduate degrees tailored to veterans; and No. 2 for its online bachelor degree programs, overall.

  • Eduardo Rojas, assistant professor of computer and electrical engineering, received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award.

  • Terry Oswalt, chair and professor of engineering physics, was named an inaugural American Astronomical Society Fellow.

  • Susan Allen, associate dean of research and distinguished professor of mechanical engineering, was named a National Academy of Inventors 2019 Fellow.
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