News Archive
Articles about KITP and featured articles from KITP newsletters
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Monica Curry’s Legacy
With her support, visiting scientists hit the ground running upon arrival
Read moreLisa Skvarla, UCSB Development
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2015 -
A Black Hole Enigma
Physics postdoctoral scholar Iair Arcavi will use the Harvey L. Karp Discovery Award to learn more about supermassive black holes
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2015 -
At KITP: Report from a Writer-in-Residence
“Art is I, science is we,” wrote the nineteenth-century physiologist Claude Bernard.
Read moreGraham Farmelo, KITP Writer-in-Residence
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2015 -
Teaching the Teachers
A new program allows science educators to participate in a cutting-edge information exchange
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2015 -
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
KITP hosts physics café to begin an ongoing dialogue between physicists and the public
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015 -
Investing in the KITP
With $65 million gift, business titan Charlie Munger invests in Residence for KITP Visitors
Read moreShelly Leachman, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015 -
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Bolsters Research Connections
Program draws professors who teach at primarily undergraduate institutions
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015 -
One Kind of Supersymmetry Shown to Emerge Naturally
Tarun Grover outlines how this unique phenomenon occurs in a condensed matter system
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015 -
Professor Polchinski Wins 2014 Physics Frontiers Prize
Theoretical physicist Joseph Polchinski is recognized for work that has advanced the understanding of string theory
Read moreSonia Fernandez, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015 -
Funding Boosts Quantum Materials Theory Research
KITP to receive $1.5 million over five years to support Moore postdoctoral scholars
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015 -
The Dynamics of Morphogenesis
New approaches to quantifying how animals acquire shape and form
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015 -
Getting Ready for the Precision Frontier at the LHC
High-energy physics has entered a new era of discovery as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory has begun colliding protons at an energy almost 7 times greater than the best previous machine.
Read moreRadja Bougezhal, Lance Dixon, Frank Petriello, Laura Reina, and Doreen Wackeroth;
LHC Run II and the Precision Frontier Program Coordinators
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016 -
KITP Residence Designed to LEED Specifications
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices.
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Research Reunions
A new program enables visiting scientists to return to UCSB’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics to work together again in small groups.
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016 -
Getting Ready for the Precision Frontier at the LHC
High-energy physics has entered a new era of discovery as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory has begun colliding protons at an energy almost 7 times greater than the best previous machine.
Read moreRadja Bougezhal, Lance Dixon, Frank Petriello, Laura Reina, and Doreen Wackeroth;
LHC Run II and the Precision Frontier Program Coordinators
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016 -
See you in the Smellyverse
Olfaction is the final frontier of our senses, the one that is still mysterious to us. Despite large amounts of genetic, physiological, and perceptual data, many fundamental questions about our sense of smell remain unresolved.
Read moreAlexei Koulakov, Deconstructing the Sense of Smell Program Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016 -
In Memoriam: Dr. Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn saw the very worst the world has to offer — and he also saw the very best
Read moreShelly Leachman and Andrea Estrada, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016 -
Moving the Internet
Residence Project Required a Delicate Operation
Read moreMatt Erickson, UCSB ETS Communications & Outreach Manager
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016 -
Tissue Cartography
Postdoctoral scholars have developed a way to reduce dynamic bio-image data to 2-D
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016 -
Magnetic Hide and Seek
Researchers develop a new technique to detect magnetic fields inside stars
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016