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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.Read more
Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024
KITP Teacher’s Conference
When the teacher becomes the student for a dayRead more
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.Read more
Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024
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.Read more
Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023
Disorder lends robustness to the embryonic development of a tiny shrimp
Consider the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a tiny crustacean with some interesting attributes.Read more
By Sonia Fernandez, Senior Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
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.Read more
by Cole Remmen, UCSB, Ph.D. 2023
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...Read more
by Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023
Questions of the Universe - Support for KITP’s early-career scientists
Support for KITP’s early-career scientistsRead more
by Jillian Tempesta, Associate Director of Content Strategy, UCSB Development
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2023