March 24, 2014
…resulting in dramatic weight loss in formerly severely obese women reduces the risk of endometrial (uterine) cancer by 71 percent and as much as 81 percent if normal weight is maintained after surgery.
January 18, 2012
Women’s Basketball Ranked No. 1 in USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll Junior guard Emily Osga scored a game-high 22 points for UCSD, finishing 8-of-11 from the field. Courtesy: Jimmy Gekas/Sideline Studios After picking up victories over Cal State East Bay and No. 24 Cal State Monterey Bay over the weekend, the…
March 9, 2016
Scholarship, honoring late astronaut Sally Ride, will support students committed to protecting the planet
February 11, 2019
Using HIV genetic data, researchers discovered that transgender women in Los Angeles are at higher risk of being in an HIV transmission network than men who have sex with men. In addition, cisgender men in these clusters should be considered at higher risk for HIV than previously thought.
November 15, 2022
Lisa Ordóñez, dean of the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management, has been named among the San Diego Business Journal’s Business Women of the Year.
May 12, 2022
…leadership strategies for empowering women and girls The panelists for the 2022 Women in Leadership conversation hosted by Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego represent vastly varied fields, from social justice to space exploration to computer animation. Yet the three panelists—labor leader Dolores Huerta, NASA engineer Dr. Aprille J.…
September 23, 2013
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Boston University, in collaboration with the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), have found evidence of the H1N1 influenza vaccine’s safety during pregnancy.
August 6, 2020
…the university’s inaugural Triton Women Who Lead Forum gathered together earlier this year to discuss leadership pathways and strategies. Photos by Erik Jepsen/University Communications UC San Diego Ranks Second in Forbes’ ‘America’s Best Employers for Women’ Campus lauded among higher education institutions for gender equity, professional development and more The…
September 26, 2022
Jessica Meir, PhD ‘09, reflects on her historical mission to space. This story was published in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.
February 18, 2021
…as the first American woman in space and as a champion of diversity and equity in science education. But those were only two aspects of a rich and multi-faceted life. To mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of Sally Ride Science, here are 20 things you might not know…
