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Research Reunions

A new program enables visiting scientists to return to UCSB’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics to work together again in small groups
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016

Director's Letter - Fall 2016

I am writing to you this Fall, as we complete construction of KITP’s new Residence...
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016

KITP Residence Designed to LEED Specifications

LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices.
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KITP Newsletter, Fall 2016

A Cutting-Edge Research Tool

Summer school teaches astrophysicists how to use an open source computational code
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016

Importance of the Family Fund to Visiting Scientists

Because it takes extended interactions to substantively explore ideas together and do collaborative work, visits of several weeks to entire academic years are integral to the success of our programs. The Family Fund is a crucial resource for enabling scientists to make these extended visits to the KITP.
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Maggie Sherriffs, KITP Program Manager
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016

Going International

KITP Graduate Fellows Program grows to include students from foreign institutions
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016

Moving the Internet

Residence Project Required a Delicate Operation
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Matt Erickson, UCSB ETS Communications & Outreach Manager
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016

Tissue Cartography

Postdoctoral scholars have developed a way to reduce dynamic bio-image data to 2-D
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016