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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