Chalk Talks
Friends of KITP have the opportunity to spend an evening four to five times a year with some of the world’s most exciting theoretical physicists, sharing refreshments and conversation about big questions such as how the universe began, how stars and planets form, how the brain works, and where dark matter lurks!
Frequent Chalk Talks allow Friends of KITP to stay current on the latest breakthroughs in science through engaging and informal presentations by KITP’s leading visiting scientists. In keeping with the custom of the academic physics community, these presentations are informal and questions are encouraged during and after the talk.
Chalk Talks Archive
Speaker | Event Date | Event Title | Talks | |
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Sam Stevenson | June 13, 2018 | Megadrought, Extreme El Nino, and California's Climate Future | |
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Alex Drlica-Wagner | May 16, 2018 | Small Galaxies, Big Science: Probing Fundamental Physics with Dwarf Galaxies | |
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Douglas Jerolmack | March 28, 2018 | The Physics of Debris Flows: Making the Montecito Mudslides | |
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Greg Huber | November 15, 2017 | Alien Technology 101: From Cells to Neutron Stars | |
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Mark Bowick | September 28, 2017 | Fragile Objects: The Hard Science of Soft Matter | |
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Rachel Dutton | August 9, 2017 | The Science of Cheese |