KITP News Archive
KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, July 30, 8:00 pm
Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf presents "Mathematics and the Quantum Universe".
[Flyer] [Public lecture page]
David Gross Receives 2008 Honorary Degree From Cambridge
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh conferred an honorary doctorate on the KITP Director at Cambridge University ceremonies on June 23.
2008 Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience Announced
(Oslo, Norway) Seven pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics have become the first recipients of the million-dollar Kavli prizes.
[L. A. Times profile of Fred Kavli]
KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, April 16, 8:00 pm
Professor Samuel S.-H. Wang presents "Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life".
[Flyer] [Public lecture page] [Blog]
Simon and Diana Raab make generous gift to KITP Teachers Conference
Simon and Diana Raab have made a generous gift to establish the Simon and Diana Raab Presentation Prizes to be awarded for 3 years to winning presentations by Teachers' Conference attendees.
[Contest Details]
KITP Public Lecture Thursday, January 24th, 8:00 pm
Professor W. Patrick McCray presents "Citizen-Scientists and the Dawn of the Space Age".
KITP Introduces a New Application System!
The KITP is introducing its new online user interface called Herald for applying to programs and registering for conferences.
KITP Public Lecture Tuesday, December 4th, 8:00 pm
Professor Nathan Lewis presents "Challenges for Global Energy".
[flyer] [public lecture page]
KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, April 11th, 8:00 pm
Professor Robert Kirshner presents "Einstein's Blunder Undone - the discovery of cosmic acceleration".
[Flyer]
KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, February 7th, 8:00 pm
Julian Nott, celebrated aeronaut, on scientific explorations with modern ballooning, including Saturn's moon Titan.
[Flyer] [Public lecture page]
Institute Produces Second Newsletter
The institute announces Volume 2, Number 1, the Spring/Summer 2006 issue of the KITP Newsletter (PDF), written and edited by Jacquelyn Savani and designed by Charmien Carrier. News and stories include the Rapid Response to Supersolidity, and Matthew Fisher's Quantum Choreography Inside Crystals.
Mini-Workshop "Interdisciplinarity and Discipline in Education," at KITP June 11th
A mini-workshop: "Interdisciplinarity and Discipline in Education," coordinated by Phil Nelson, Rob Phillips and Boris Shraiman will be held on Sunday June 11th in the KITP Auditorium - UCSB Kohn Hall Room 1403.
The KITP Marks The Passing Of Beloved Santa Barbara Philanthropist Eli Luria
Friend to the Institute and a member of its community board, The Director's Council.
[Article]
Friends of KITP presents Lisa Randall at the Lobero Theater
Lisa Randall, noted Harvard Physicist and author of the new book "Warped Passages" will be giving a talk at 7:30PM, December 5th at the Lobero Theater. Tickets are $19.
[Flyer]
KITP Postdoc Uses Half Million $1 Bills to Model Human Travel
Scientists use bill tracking data collected at a popular internet game site to quantify the movement of individuals within the United States.
Fred Kavli Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Arts & Sciences has elected philanthropist Fred Kavli to the 2006 class of Fellows.
KITP Presents the Thirty-First Public Lecture
Alain Karma, "Bringing Order to Chaotic Hearts", July 26th in the KITP Main Seminar Room. RSVP info forthcoming.
[Activity Page] [Flyer & RSVP Info] [Parking Directions]
George Johnson: New journalist-in-residence at KITP
George Johnson, science writer for the New York Times and author of 6 acclaimed books on topics and people in physics, is Journalist-in-Residence during October and November 2006 at the KITP. Watch for his Friday workshops.
Polchinski to Receive Prestigious Heineman Prize
Santa Barbara, Calif.--Joseph G. Polchinski, professor of physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and a permanent member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), has been named 2007 recipient of the prestigious Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.