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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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Sonia Fernandez, UCSB Public Affairs, Senior Science Writer
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

Building Systems of Support

Scientific excellence drives all of KITP’s endeavors, and it is achieved through unfettered intellectual exchanges between each scientist who visits.
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

Streaming Instability: Bringing Dust Particles and Scientists Together

The Earth and other planets started out as particles of dust in the disk of a young star.
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Maggie Sherriffs, KITP Special Programs & Evaluation Manager
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

Free to Speculate

The convergence of physics and biology has enriched contemporary science research, even leading to new fields like evolutionary cell biology...
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

Director's Letter - Fall 2024

We celebrated 30 years in Kohn Hall this summer.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

Nature at the Munger Physics Residence

Over the last seven years that the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence has been housing KITP’s visiting researchers, an unexpected member of the community has become a local celebrity among the building’s staff and guests.
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 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

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