News Archive
Articles about KITP and featured articles from KITP newsletters
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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.
Read moreMaggie Sherriffs, KITP Program Manager
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016 -
The Nose Knows
Collaboration among international scientists is helping to resolve questions about the sense of smell
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016 -
A Cutting-Edge Research Tool
Summer school teaches astrophysicists how to use an open source computational code
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Winter 2016 -
Curious Properties
KITP Researchers analyze flocking behavior on curved surfaces
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017 -
Charles T. Munger Residence Inauguration
At the Inauguration, Chancellor Henry T. Yang presented Charlie Munger with the Santa Barbara Medal, the highest honor UCSB bestows on a friend of the University, which was inscribed with the following message...
Read moreKristi Newton, Development Officer
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017 -
Hearing: A Biophysical and Neurological Enigma
Humans harbor an extraordinary auditory capacity: the cocktail party effect. We can tune out background noise in a room full of conversation and focus on the speaker we intend to converse with. We can tune out the constant tick-tock of a clock in a room just as we can ignore a car’s motor running while driving. At the same time, we can instantly tell when a car makes a peculiar noise or a glass breaks at a dinner party.
Read moreErin Haque, UCSB Daily Nexus
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017 -
The Mysteries and Inner Workings of Massive Stars
On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected the mergers of two black holes in a distant galaxy, ushering in the era of gravitational-wave astrophysics. This event has opened up a large range of questions that were addressed over the 11 weeks of the “The Mysteries and Inner Workings of Massive Stars” program in Spring 2017.
Read moreIlya Mandel, University of Birmingham
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017 -
Residence Highlights
The Charles T. Munger Physics Residence officially opened on January 1, 2017 and is always full.
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Inspiration in the Stars
Lars Bildsten wins the 2017 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017 -
Another Major Breakthrough
Joseph Polchinski wins prestigious 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Read moreShelly Leachman, UCSB Public Affairs & Communications
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017 -
Turbulence Mixes Up Particles and Physicists
The flows can be found everywhere
Read moreStephanie Pernett, UCSB Daily Nexus
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017 -
International Kudos
Science academies in China and Russia recognize Nobel laureate David Gross for his continuing work in theoretical physics
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017 -
International Kudos
Science academies in China and Russia recognize Nobel laureate David Gross for his continuing work in theoretical physics. The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences awarded Gross an honorary doctorate degree, an event so rare in that country that it requires government approval. And more recently, the Russian Academy of Sciences confirmed Gross as a foreign member and awarded him the Medal of Honor in recognition of his “outstanding and fundamental contributions to quantum chromodynamics.”
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Nuclear Physics in the Spotlight
From exploring nature’s most extreme environments to testing its most fundamental symmetries
Read moreZohreh Davoudi, MIT
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017 -
Stellar Simulators
Astrophysicists Matteo Cantiello and Yan-Fei Jiang at KITP will use a supercomputer to explore the driving forces behind mass loss in massive stars. The pair have been awarded 120 million CPU hours over two years on the supercomputer Mira — the sixth-fastest computer in the world — through the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.
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Breaking Science Barriers: How the Munger Residence Makes a Difference
The recent KITP Program "Resurgent Asymptotics in Physics and Mathematics" benefited greatly from the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence. Many participants had taken part in previous KITP Programs, staying in random housing locations scattered around town, and all were amazed by the many differences made by the simple fact that the participants now live under the same roof.
Read moreGerald Dunne, University of Connecticut
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018 -
Remembering Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, who died Mar. 14 — Albert Einstein’s birthday and Pi Day —had a brilliant mind and a puckish sense of humor
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018 -
From a Burrito Bag to Science Magazine
It often takes a few years for KITP collaborations to yield
Read moreThomas Gasenzer, University of Heidelberg
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018 -
An Entanglement of Physicists
An eclectic gathering at the KITP produces unexpected breakthroughs
Read moreRoger Melko, University of Waterloo Associate Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018 -
Of Spins, Entanglements and Spooky Actions
KITP permanent member Leon Balents is appointed to the Pat and Joe Yzurdiaga Chair in Theoretical Physics
Read moreJulie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018