News Archive

KITP permanent member Leon Balents is appointed to the Pat and Joe Yzurdiaga Chair in Theoretical Physics 
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018

KITP hosts a rapid-response program to explore myriad new astrophysical insights from a double neutron star merger 
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Julie Cohen, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018

UCSB astrophysicists and LCO astronomers study a supernova that challenges known theories of how certain stars end their lives. UCSB Press Release

The Fall 2017 KITP Newsletter has now been released! Fall 2017 Newsletter

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2019. For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11540. Apply by November 15, 2018 for primary consideration. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Spring 2017 KITP Newsletter has now been released!

Professor A. James Hudspeth presents "How Hearing Happens"

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The aim is for informal interactions to stimulate creativity and collaborations.

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Professor Saul Teukolsky presents "Black Holes & Gravitational Waves - Was Einstein Right?" 

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The next Café KITP at SOhO features visiting KITP astrophysicist Josiah Schwab. Join him over dinner and drinks as he gives us a tour of the many kinds of stellar mergers and the varied ways in which astronomers and astrophysicists observe them. The event is on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 6-7pm. Doors open at 5:00 pm. 

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The next Café KITP at SOhO features Le Yan. Join him over dinner and drinks as he discusses the function and structure of proteins and explains how they can perform action at a distance. The event is on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 6-7pm. Doors open at 5:00 pm. 

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Nigel Goldenfeld presents "Beyond Chaos: The Continuing Enigma of Turbulence

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KITP Director Lars Bildsten was just named the 2017 awardee of the Heineman Prize for Astrophysics given jointly by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Astronomical Society (AAS)

The Fall 2016 KITP Newsletter has now been released! 

Fall 2016 Newsletter

Joe Polchinski, KITP Permanent Member and the Pat and Joe Yzurdiaga Professor of Theoretical Physics was named a recipient of the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in San Francisco on December 4, 2016.

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Astrophysicists at KITP will use a supercomputer to explore the driving forces behind mass loss in massive stars 
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017

KITP’s Greg Huber worked with nuclear physicists to confirm a structural similarity found in both human cells and neutron stars.