October 22, 2015
…until her death from pancreatic cancer in 2012 at age 61. “We are thrilled to extend the wonderful legacy of Sally Ride—astronaut, scientist and UC San Diego professor emeritus of physics,” said Becky Petitt, vice chancellor for the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. “Sally Ride Science at UC San…
October 20, 2016
…2012, Ride died of pancreatic cancer. Sally Ride Science will expand UC San Diego’s reach to build the STEAM pipeline. Ride’s legacy lives on, however, through the organizationSally Ride Science, a science education company she co-founded in 2001 that is now based at UC San Diego Extension. Sally Ride Science…
February 18, 2021
…lessons. Ride died of pancreatic cancer in 2012, and Sally Ride Science found a new home at UC San Diego in 2015. Extension’s Dr. Edward Abeyta, associate dean for Education and Community Outreach, oversees Sally Ride Science programs, and O’Shaughnessy serves as executive director. "We’re honored that UC San Diego…
February 18, 2021
…before Sally’s death from pancreatic cancer in 2012. She played tennis against Billie Jean King. Billie Jean King played Sally, then an undergraduate at Stanford, in a tennis mixed doubles exhibition in 1972. The male players were Dick Peters and Dennis Van der Meer. Photo courtesy of Molly Tyson. While…
December 6, 2011
The Leapfrog Group’s annual class of top hospitals – 65 from a field of nearly 1200 – was announced December 6th in Washington, D.C. and included UC San Diego Health System in San Diego, California for the first time. The 2011 list includes university and other teaching hospitals, children’s hospitals…
