Welcome to the Mongolian Yurt

Suzzane Fernandez , Honors Program
May 15, 2013

A bright Monday morning, Embry-Riddle spotted a Mongolian yurt on the West Lawn. Call it a pancake house for April Fools or a bubble on the world as some manufacturers do, but this yurt (or ‘ger’) dates back to ancient Mongolia. Students of Honors Seminar 250 learn about the rise and fall of Genghis... Read more »

Solar power employed at local middle schools

Angela Durston-Ryan , Civil Engineering Senior Designer
May 15, 2013

The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Civil Engineering senior design team, consisting of Angela Durston-Ryan and Jonathan Brasch, have been assigned the task of designing and constructing a waterfall pump alteration system that will run solely off solar power. The pump and solar panels, from local... Read more »

Open House IV: the return of Saturn

Floyd Perkinson , Entertainment Editor
May 6, 2013

This Friday April 19, the Embry-Riddle Amateur Astronomy Club and the Physics Department will be hosting the final Astronomy night of the semester which will be featuring the return of Saturn to the night sky. Friday’s open house will run from 8 P.M. to 11 P.M., weather permitting, behind the Lehman... Read more »