Featured Newsletter Articles
Articles curated from our KITP Newsletters archive, please click the article's title or image to read the featured story.
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Fueling Science at KITP, One Cup at a Time
When KITP’s visitors arrive at Kohn Hall before they dig into their science and collaborations, they wonder, “How do I get into the building? Where is my office?” And of course, “Where is the coffee?”
Read moreDemi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2025 -
A rewarding dissertation on the strong nuclear force
KITP Postdoc Bruno Scheihing-Hitschfeld is awarded for outstanding dissertation in nuclear physics by the American Physical Society.
Read moreHarrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs & Communications
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2025 -
The contagious brilliance of Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton ingrained himself into astrophysics, and into the astrophysics community, in an indelible manner.
Read moreHarrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs & Communications
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2025 -
Rethinking Math Readiness for First-Year Physics and Engineering
For us, the KITP has come to symbolize the cementing of a deep friendship and the inception of a lasting professional partnership.
Read moreJames Dent and Joel Walker
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2025 -
The Joseph Polchinski Papers: A Legacy of Theoretical Physics
The UCSB Library recently finalized the processing and digitization of the faculty papers of renowned theoretical physicist and string theorist Joseph Polchinski (1954–2018).
Read moreUCSB Library
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2025 -
Director's Letter - Fall 2025
The banner image is a rendering of KITP House, our newest project aimed at enhancing collaborative science for the next century by providing housing for our postdoctoral scholars, graduate fellows and long-term sabbatical visitors.
Read moreLars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2025 -
FACTS
An international collaboration to advance condensed matter physics
Read moreby Lucile Savary, FACTS Director, CNRS Permanent Researcher
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2025 -
Astrophysical Simulators Team Up to Better Understand Binaries and Disks
In the Spring of 2022, KITP hosted the program Bridging the Gap: Accretion and Orbital Evolution in Stellar and Black Hole Binaries.
Read moreby Paul Duffell, Professor, Purdue University
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2025