Sally Ride Science
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Founder | Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy, Karen Flammer, Terry McEntee, Alann Lopes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | San Diego, California |
| Official website | www |
Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego is a nonprofit science education organization operated by the University of California, San Diego, focused science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literacy among K–12 students and educators.
The organization was founded in 2001 by astronaut Sally Ride and collaborators Tam O'Shaughnessy, Karen Flammer, Terry McEntee, and Alann Lopes.
Sally Ride Science was relaunched as a non-profit at UC San Diego on October 1, 2015.
Sally Ride Science was founded in 2001 as a company by astronaut Sally Ride, along with Tam O'Shaughnessy, Karen Flammer, Terry McEntee, and Alann Lopes, with the goal of increasing interest and participation in STEM fields among young people.[1][2][3][4]
The organization developed out of Ride's earlier science education initiatives in the 1990s, when she researched contributing factors to lower participation in STEM fields. She began planning educational outreach programs and creating educational materials aimed at increasing student interest.[5]
Sally Ride Science was relaunched as a nonprofit program at the University of California, San Diego on October 1, 2015.[6] It is based at UC San Diego Extension, and its programs are coordinated jointly by UC San Diego Extension, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and San Diego Supercomputer Center.[7] Currently Tam O'Shaughnessy serves as executive director and Karen Flammer is director of education.
