KITP News Archive

KITP Public Lecture, Wednesday, February 24, 8:00 pm

Professor Paul Nurse presents “The great Ideas of biology”
[Flyer] [Public lecture page]

KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, December 16, 8:00 pm

Professor Nima Arkani-Hamed presents “Exploring the Dark Universe”

[Flyer] [Public lecture page]

Message From the Director

David Gross Reports on State of the KITP as Presented to Recent NSF Review Committee.
[Director’s Message][Presentation to Review Committee]

New Type of Supernova Explosion Detected Was Predicted by KITP Theoretical Physicists

A class of supernova, discovered by scientists at Berkeley, may be the first example of a new type of exploding star. A team of astrophysicists at KITP and UC Santa Barbara had predicted this kind of explosion in their theoretical work.

Entrepreneur Endows Susan F. Gurley Chair in Theoretical Physics and Biology

In honor of his mother, Gus Gurley establishes a chair whose first holder is KITP permanent member Boris Shraiman.
[Full Story][Talks]

Kachru and Silverstein to Join KITP

Shamit Kachru and Eva Silverstein will join the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) in the fall of 2009, jointly filling a KITP permanent member position.

KITP Fosters Collaboration Between Physicists and Ecologists That Leads to Crucial New Insights Into the Role of Fire in Climate Change

An article, “Fire in the Earth System,” published in the April 24, 2009 issue of “Science,” calls for the dynamic incorporation of fire as both an effect and a cause in models of global climate and its change. The article’s insights came from a workshop on fire ecology that occurred in the summer of 2008 as part of the KITP program “The Physics of Climate Change.”

KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, May 13, 8:00 pm

Professor Maria Spiropulu presents “The Universe in Collisions”
[Flyer] [Public lecture page]

KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 pm

Professor Sankar Das Sarma presents “Quantum Reality”
[Flyer] [Public lecture page]

Former KITP Director Receives Einstein Prize

Hartle Honored for 'Outstanding Accomplishments' in Gravitational Physics

KITP Public Lecture Wednesday, November 5, 8:00 pm

Professor Michael Freedman presents “Topology, Physics, and Complexity: The Birthing of the Quantum Computer.”
[Flyer] [Public lecture page]

Polchinski Shares Prestigious Dirac Medal

Award to KITP Permanent Member Commemorates Dirac's Birthday.

School Newletter article by participant Terry Hipsher

[PDF Article]

Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - Boston.com

[Boston Globe article]

Rice Endows Fund to Make KITP More Family Friendly

[Rice Family Fund Information] [Rice Family Fund Questionnaire]

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

KITP Hosts a Public Forum on Controlling the Climate

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".
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