KITP News Archive

Articles about KITP and featured articles from KITP newsletters

Café KITP: Tuesday, November 19 @ 6:00 PM

Physics with a twist: The new world of moiré materials
Dive into the wonderful and rapidly developing physics of moiré materials with KITP Postdoctoral Scholar Tessa Cookmeyer.
About Café KITP.

KITP Call for Proposals 2024

Now is the time to submit program pre-proposals or full proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Submissions will be of greatest use if they arrive by November 8, 2024.

KITP Public Lecture: Monday, October 14, 2024 @ 6:00 PM

Professor Manu Prakash presents "Recreational Biology: From Animals in Flatland to Cellular Origami"  learn more and join us for this lecture: RSVP in-person or register to watch online.

Summer 2024 KITP Newsletter

The Summer 2024 KITP Newsletter is now available! Read more.

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2025. For more information, and to apply, please visit https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/apply/fellowships/postdoctoral-scholars-theoretical-physics.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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.
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Dedicating the Paul V. McEnroe Hall of Flags at the Munger Residence

Earlier this year, longtime Friend of KITP and UCSB Foundation Trustee, Tina McEnroe, made a generous planned gift commitment to the institute in honor of her husband and esteemed engineer, Paul McEnroe.
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Kristi Newton, KITP Senior Director of Development
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

Physicists gather to remember the father of quantum cosmology

Physicists from around the country converged at KITP from February 12-13, 2024, for two days of talks and camaraderie in memory of esteemed physicist Professor Jim Hartle, one of KITP’s four cofounders who passed away in May 2023.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

KITP Teacher’s Conference

When the teacher becomes the student for a day
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

Working with Charlie and Glen

I had the distinct privilege of working closely with Glen Mitchel and Charlie Munger to design and build the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

Director's Letter - Summer 2024

The banner image displays how KITP programs create collaboration networks. One of the institute’s most important goals is curating events where scientists who would otherwise not have the chance to interact in a significant way can spend enough time together to form scientific connections.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

KITP Announces Research Programs for 2025-2026

Working with KITP’s Advisory Board and the international physics community, KITP has developed new programs for the 2025-2026 academic year. Applications are now open for participation in all programs. View upcoming 2025-2026 programs and apply at https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/programs.

Controlling the chaos of active fluids

Physicists Cristina Marchetti and Mark Bowick develop design rules that take advantage of topological defects to control flows in active fluids.
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KITP Public Lecture: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 6:00 PM

Professor Clifford V. Johnson presents "Living in the Matrix: Recent Advances in Understanding Quantum Spacetime"  learn more and join us for this lecture: RSVP in-person or register to watch online

Physicists gather to remember the father of quantum cosmology

Physicists from around the country converged at UC Santa Barbara for two days of talks and camaraderie in memory of esteemed physicist Professor Jim Hartle
(Read more.)

KITP Fall 2023 Newsletter

The Fall 2023 KITP Newsletter is now available!
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Questions of the Universe - Support for KITP’s early-career scientists

Support for KITP’s early-career scientists
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by Jillian Tempesta, Associate Director of Content Strategy, UCSB Development
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023

Artist Profile: Joel Sansone

We have had the pleasure of engaging many artists over time to enhance KITP’s intellectual environment with their wonderfully inspirational pieces. One such artist is Joel Sansone...
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by Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023

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