By Laura Margoni, This Week @ UC San Diego May 10, 2018 Sally Ride made history and captured the nation’s imagination when, blasting off aboard Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, she became the first American woman–and at age 32, the youngest American–to go into space. Now, the U.S. Postal Service will honor the legacy of this pioneering astronaut, […]
FOX 5 San Diego offered a preview of the Sally Ride Science Junior Academy, which is now registering students for hands-on summer classes, including dozens of innovative and exciting new offerings. The segment with correspondent Shally Zomorodi features Dr. Debi Kilb, a seismologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography who is the science outreach director […]
https://www.uctv.tv/steam/search-details.aspx?showID=32458 The STEAM Channel Date: 3/5/2018; 14 minutes Founded by the late Sally Ride and others to inspire young girls to pursue careers in STEM, Sally Ride Science is now housed at UC San Diego, offering opportunities for middle and high school students to embrace science in fun settings. Featured here is the Sally Ride […]
WATCH VIDEO: Sharon Jones previews experiments from the free “Science of Harry Potter” workshops she teaches through the Library NExT program. http://www.thecwsandiego.com/story/37462297/harry-potter-the-science-behind-the-sorcery See all the Library NExT STEAM workshops here: https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/next/ SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) – Love Harry Potter? How about learning the science behind the books. The free library NExT workshop lets middle school […]
Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Scripps alumna delivered keynote address at Blue Tech Week, engaged in roundtable discussion with students, and participated in Facebook Live Q&A during visit By Brittany Hook, thisweek@ucsandiego Nov. 16, 2017 Jessica Meir is one of a few scientists and UC San Diego alumni who also hold the prestigious […]
Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications By Kim McDonald, thisweek@ucsandiego Nov. 9, 2017 For Elizabeth Villa, 2017 was a banner year. Earlier this year, the biophysicist and assistant professor of molecular biology received her first of four years of research funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts following her selection last fall as a Pew scholar. […]
By HOWARD COHEN, Miami Herald Nov. 04, 2017 The women of NASA are going to become hidden figures all over again. That is, if we’re talking on the toy shelves at brick and mortal stores or in Amazon warehouses. Retailers are going to have to keep restocking to keep up with demand lest the Lego action […]
ARS TECHNICA By Eric Burger A new playset from LEGO will honor four key women in NASA history—astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, and pioneering astronauts Sally Ride and Mae Jemison. The 231-piece set will be released on November 1, with a recommended selling price of $24.99. First proposed in July, 2016 by the deputy editor […]
WATCH THE VIDEO Leveling the Scientific Playing Field SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Educators are trying to level the scientific playing field. Monday kicked off the Sally Ride Science Junior Academy at Mission Bay High School. The program encourages all children, especially young women, to get involved in STEAM programs of science, technology, engineering, art, and […]
By Ben Westcott @CNNTech, March 1, 2017 Lego announced Tuesday that a new set will feature some of the pioneering women who played vital but sometimes underappreciated roles in the U.S. space program. The figures have been commissioned under the toy maker’s Lego Ideas series that allows fans to propose concepts for new sets. The “Women […]