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A Fruitful Collaboration Continues
Each summer, the Santa Barbara Advanced School of Quantitative Biology runs alongside a KITP biology program, distinguishing itself by linking the program’s critical discussion and exploration of important theoretical topics to the lab projects.
Read moreHonour McCann, Massey University’s New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2019 -
A Missing Flag
My journey in Physics started in my home country of Cameroon, completing a Master in Physics at the University of Buea in 2013 on the modelling of nerve impulses in biological neural networks. I then obtained a postgraduate diploma scholarship to study Condensed Matter Physics at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).
Read moreEstelle Inack, Perimeter Institute
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2019 -
Leon Balents Appointed Co-Director of CIFAR’s Quantum Materials Program
Scientists have known for a long time that nature is quantum, following physical principles — at the atomic and molecular levels — that to the naked eye would seem counterintuitive and downright surreal.
Read moreSonia Fernandez, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2019 -
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.
Read moreMark 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 moreLars 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.
Read moreLars Bildsten, KITP Director
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A Friend for New Knowledge - 2018 Impact Report
Virginia Castagnola-Hunter shares inspiration behind her philanthropy
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Investing by Intuition - 2018 Impact Report
The Troxels gift $1M to establish the Troxel Family Chair in Theoretical Physics
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