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Articles curated from our KITP Newsletters archive, please click the article's title or image to read the featured story.

Performing Science: Conducting Theater Research at KITP

In my graduate career, I observed many KITP lectures and outreach events; however, my Ph.D. is not in Physics, but in Theater and Performance Studies.
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by Cole Remmen, UCSB, Ph.D. 2023
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023
Director's Letter - Fall 2023

The banner image is from our October 5, 2023 pre-picnic soccer match between the two programs that were in residence that day.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023
Disorder Lends Robustness To The Embryonic Development of a Tiny Shrimp

Consider the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a tiny crustacean with some interesting attributes.
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By Sonia Fernandez, Senior Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023
A Fellow’s First Winter at KITP Summer Camp

When I told my friends about my 8-week visit to KITP, the running joke became that I was at 'physics summer camp'.
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by Louise Edwards, Associate Professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo & 2022-2023 KITP Fellow
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2023
A Muon Accelerator

Physicists gather at KITP to chart a path for the next kind of particle collider
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by Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2023
KITP’s Secret Weapon

Repeat visitors often come to recognize more and more familiar faces with each visit, especially those of KITP’s dedicated staff, like Systems Administrator Craig Kunimoto...
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2023
Physics of disaster: How mudslides move

Research by KITP program participants aids our understanding of natural disasters
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Katherine Unger Baillie, Senior Science News Officer, University of Pennsylvania
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2023
Director's Letter - Spring 2023

As KITP’s Director for 15 years, David Gross led a remarkable expansion of KITP’s activities...
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2023