Altimeter

High points at Embry-Riddle

  • The Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus won the Architizer Popular Choice Award in Architecture+Engineering.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration selected Embry-Riddle to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative.
  • The Daytona Beach Campus women’s basketball team was named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25. The squad compiled a 3.671 cumulative GPA in 2019-20.
  • The Prescott Campus was named No. 1 Undergraduate Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering program for non-doctorate degree awarding institutions for the fourth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges guidebook.
  • Embry-Riddle was awarded $515,000 in Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) grants from the FAA.
  • The department of Civil Engineering at the Daytona Beach Campus was awarded $500,000 in research grants from the Florida Department of Transportation.
  • Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy L. Matthew Haffner co-authored a report on the first-ever measurement of Fermi bubbles in the visible light spectrum.
  • The Embry-Riddle chapter of the College Panhellenic Association (Prescott, Arizona) received the Innovation in Leadership award from the international organization.
  • Arizona Business Magazine named Prescott Campus Chancellor Anette M. Karlsson one of the Most Influential Women in Arizona Business for 2020.
  • Daytona Beach Campus Women’s Golf Head Coach Maria Lopez (’12) was named the 2020 LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Coach of the Year. This is the second time she’s been honored with this award.