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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 run by the University of California, San Diego. It was founded as a company in 2001 by Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, along with Tam O'Shaughnessy, Karen Flammer, Terry McEntee, and Alann Lopes to inspire young people in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and to promote STEM literacy.[1][2][3] Sally Ride Science was relaunched as a non-profit at UC San Diego on October 1, 2015.[4] 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.[5] O'Shaughnessy is executive director and Flammer is director of education for Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego.
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- ^ "Sally Ride Science officially joins TDLC as a corporate partner". Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Bowler, Matthew (26 October 2015). "Sally Ride Science becomes part of UC San Diego". KPBS. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Piercey, Judy; Davies, Jennifer. "Sally Ride Science launches at UC San Diego". UCSD News. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
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