KITP News Archive
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.
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
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Kristi Newton, KITP Senior Director of Development
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024
Physicists gather to remember the father of quantum cosmology
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024
KITP Teacher’s Conference
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024
Working with Charlie and Glen
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024
Director's Letter - Summer 2024
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024
KITP Announces Research Programs for 2025-2026
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
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Questions of the Universe - 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
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by Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023
Performing Science: Conducting Theater Research at KITP
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by Cole Remmen, UCSB, Ph.D. 2023
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023
Director's Letter - Fall 2023
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023