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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A Shot in the Dark
Researching one of the most puzzling unsolved problems in physics
Read moreby Kristi Newton, Senior Director of Development, KITP
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2025 -
Director's Letter - Spring 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, Spring 2025 -
A New Resource for KITP Postdoctoral Scholars
Establishing a permanent legacy and named endowment in honor of Glen H. Mitchel, Jr.
by Kristi Newton, Senior Director of Development, KITP
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2025 -
Physicists work toward theory to describe pattern formation in conserved fields
When it’s time for an E. coli bacterium to divide, proteins inside the single-celled organism start to chase each other around.
Read moreSonia Fernandez, UCSB Public Affairs, Senior Science Writer
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024 -
Building Systems of Support
Scientific excellence drives all of KITP’s endeavors, and it is achieved through unfettered intellectual exchanges between each scientist who visits.
Read moreDemi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024 -
Streaming Instability: Bringing Dust Particles and Scientists Together
The Earth and other planets started out as particles of dust in the disk of a young star.
Read moreMaggie Sherriffs, KITP Special Programs & Evaluation Manager
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024 -
Nature at the Munger Physics Residence
Over the last seven years that the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence has been housing KITP’s visiting researchers, an unexpected member of the community has become a local celebrity among the building’s staff and guests.
Read moreDemi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024 -
Director's Letter - Fall 2024
We celebrated 30 years in Kohn Hall this summer.
Read moreLars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024