Featured Newsletter Articles

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Quantum Metals Meet Gravity

Our Fall 2018 KITP program “Chaos and Order: from Strongly Correlated Systems to Black Holes” was triggered by progress that occurred in two distinct steps over a period of more than twenty years. A paper in 1993 and a series of talks at KITP in 2015! These remarkable insights are now referred to as the SYK (Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev) model.
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Mark Bowick, KITP Deputy Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2019

Director's Letter - Spring 2019

Our cover image for the Spring Newsletter is from Gary Smaby, a long-time KITP friend and supporter. Read more

Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2019

Director's Letter - 2018 Impact Report

I joined the Institute for Theoretical Physics nearly twenty years ago as a Permanent Member. Then Director David Gross explained why the move to Santa Barbara would enable me to expand my research and career in new directions.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
2018 Impact Report

A Visionary Return on Investment - 2018 Impact Report

Carl Feinberg commits $1.45M to establish a chair in theoretical physics
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2018 Impact Report

A Friend for New Knowledge - 2018 Impact Report

Virginia Castagnola-Hunter shares inspiration behind her philanthropy
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2018 Impact Report

Investing by Intuition - 2018 Impact Report

The Troxels gift $1M to establish the Troxel Family Chair in Theoretical Physics
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2018 Impact Report

Why Invest in the KITP? - 2018 Impact Report

If you share in our passion for collaborative curiosity-driven science, consider making a difference by investing in sustaining the KITP’s legacy of impact and excellence.
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2018 Impact Report

Science at the Edge of Discovery - 2018 Impact Report

KITP’s visiting scientists cite the Institute as the catalyst for new ideas
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2018 Impact Report