News Archive

The Earth and other planets started out as particles of dust in the disk of a young star. 
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Maggie Sherriffs, KITP Special Programs & Evaluation Manager
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

Over the last seven years that the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence has been housing KITP’s visiting researchers, an unexpected member of the community has become a local celebrity among the building’s staff and guests. 
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

We celebrated 30 years in Kohn Hall this summer. 
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

The convergence of physics and biology has enriched contemporary science research, even leading to new fields like evolutionary cell biology... 
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2024

The Fall 2024 KITP Newsletter is now available! Read more.

Physics with a twist: The new world of moiré materials 
Dive into the wonderful and rapidly developing physics of moiré materials with KITP Postdoctoral Scholar Tessa Cookmeyer. 
About Café KITP.

Now is the time to submit program pre-proposals or full proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Submissions will be of greatest use if they arrive by November 8, 2024.

Professor Manu Prakash presents "Recreational Biology: From Animals in Flatland to Cellular Origami" — learn more and join us for this lecture: RSVP in-person or register to watch online.

The Summer 2024 KITP Newsletter is now available! Read more.

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2025. For more information, and to apply, please visit https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/apply/fellowships/postdoctoral-scholars-theoretical-physics.

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.

Earlier this year, longtime Friend of KITP and UCSB Foundation Trustee, Tina McEnroe, made a generous planned gift commitment to the institute in honor of her husband and esteemed engineer, Paul McEnroe. 
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Kristi Newton, KITP Senior Director of Development 
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

Physicists from around the country converged at KITP from February 12-13, 2024, for two days of talks and camaraderie in memory of esteemed physicist Professor Jim Hartle, one of KITP’s four cofounders who passed away in May 2023. 
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

When the teacher becomes the student for a day 
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Demi Cain, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

I had the distinct privilege of working closely with Glen Mitchel and Charlie Munger to design and build the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence. 
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

The banner image displays how KITP programs create collaboration networks. One of the institute’s most important goals is curating events where scientists who would otherwise not have the chance to interact in a significant way can spend enough time together to form scientific connections. 
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Summer 2024

When it’s time for an e. coli bacterium to divide, proteins inside the single-celled organism start to chase each other around. 
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Physicists Cristina Marchetti and Mark Bowick develop design rules that take advantage of topological defects to control flows in active fluids. 
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Professor Clifford V. Johnson presents "Living in the Matrix: Recent Advances in Understanding Quantum Spacetime" — learn more and join us for this lecture: RSVP in-person or register to watch online. 

Physicists from around the country converged at UC Santa Barbara for two days of talks and camaraderie in memory of esteemed physicist Professor Jim Hartle
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