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A* Model

Physicists' innovative model provides insight into the behavior of the black hole at the center of our galaxy (read more)

Director's Letter - Fall 2017

I open this Newsletter with a heavy heart. Our good friend and colleague Joe Polchinski passed away in early February 2018. I’ve since had a chance to meet with his wife Dorothy and speak with her about Joe’s remarkable legacy across all of science.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017

Director's Letter - Fall 2005

2004-05 has been an exciting year for the KITP.
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David Gross, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2005

Director's Letter - Spring 2006

This spring we have run two programs that get to the heart of quantum mechanics.
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David Gross, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2006

Director's Letter - Spring 2007

At the end of May, the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (KITPC) was inaugurated in Beijing in a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People.
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David Gross, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2007

Director's Letter - Winter 2009

Last April the KITP was reviewed by the NSF in a midterm review of our five-year contract.
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David Gross, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2009

Director's Letter - Fall 2015

We have had a very exciting and productive start this year!
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2015

Director's Letter - Winter 2015

2014 was quite the year for KITP.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2015

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

Director's Letter - Winter 2016

Construction continues apace, and you can actively monitor our progress...
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016

Director's Letter - Spring 2017

We housed our first physicists and their families in the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence on January 1, 2017.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017

Director's Letter - Fall 2018

I hope that by now you have seen our 2018 Impact Report, which is the first edition of what will become our annual report to all KITP supporters.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2018

Director's Letter - Spring 2018

I open this Newsletter with a heavy heart. Our good friend and colleague Joe Polchinski passed away in early February 2018. I’ve since had a chance to meet with his wife Dorothy and speak with her about Joe’s remarkable legacy across all of science.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018

Director's Letter - Fall 2019

Fall is the time of change.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 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

KITP Statement of Solidarity

Understanding the Brain

The Ultimate Interdisciplinary Rendezvous?
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KITP Newsletter, Fall 2005

Optimization: the Renewed Quest for a Physics of Biology

One of the main missions of the KITP is to catalyze and to promote collaborations, the hallmark of 21-century science.
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KITP Newsletter, Fall 2005

Point of View: Physicists and Biologists Watch Fruitfly Movie

An English literature professor remarked to his graduate students in a class on 20th century American novelists, “Point of view is everything in fiction.”
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KITP Newsletter, Fall 2005

Eminent Biologist Embraces Physics

Arnold Levine, a molecular biologist, and an authority on the molecular basis of cancer, gave one of the KITP 2005 Public Lectures on “Genetic Predispositions for Cancer in Humans.”
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KITP Newsletter, Fall 2005