UCSB’s David Gross wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics The former Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics director wins one of six $3-million Breakthrough Prizes, popularly known as “Oscars® of Science”

Congratulations to KITP Permanent Member Dr. David J. Gross for receiving the 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics!

Read the full story from UC Santa Barbara here: tinyurl.com/David-Gross-...

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My dad won a Breakthrough Prize last night for lifetime achievement in fundamental physics. “The Oscars of Science” - strangest event I’ve ever attended. Tech bro billionaires, celebrity performers and presenters, and scientists. But the main thing is I got a photo with my favorite actor!

Congratulations to UC Santa Barbara's David Gross, who just won the 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, for a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics—from the strong force to string theory.

Full story: https://ow.ly/ZzyO50YMjzv

speaker prepared an elaborate science talk on the chalkboard in preparation for discussion

Elaborate chalkboard for the upcoming talk by Tim De Coster of the Max Plank Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) with the KITP Program: Multi-Scale Physics of Normal and Diseased Heart: from Ion Channels to Whole Organ.

Online talks here: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/cardi...

Having a brilliant time, learning loads at @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social's multiscale physics of the normal and diseased heart program! Massive thanks to the organizers for including me.

KITP Teachers' Conference 2026: The Physics of the Heart and Teaching BioPhysics in the Classroom Recorded as part of the The Physics of the Heart and Teaching BioPhysics in the Classroom (#cardiot-c26) conference from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical ...

2026 Teachers' Conference: The Physics of the Heart and Teaching BioPhysics in the Classroom

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KITP Conference | Probing our Understanding of Quark-Gluon matter (#quarkgluon-c26) Recorded as part of the Probing our Understanding of Quark-Gluon matter (#quarkgluon-c26) conference from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) ...

Watch all recorded talks from this week at the #KITP Conference: Probing our Understanding of Quark-Gluon matter (#quarkgluon-c26)

Welcome to the Multi-Scale Physics of Normal and Diseased Heart: from Ion Channels to Whole Organ (#cardio26) program at KITP!

March 30 - April 23, 2026

Learn more: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/c...

Welcome to the Frontiers of Quark-Gluon Matter (#quarkgluon26) program at KITP!

March 9 - May 7, 2026

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Rigidity (or not) on the Earth's surface and beyond | Karen Daniels (NC State) The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…

Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Karen Daniels (NC State) —
Rigidity (or not) on the Earth's surface and beyond

Fingerprints of the Later Universe in the CMB... | Gilbert Holder (Univ. of Illinois) Full title: Fingerprints of the Later Universe in the Cosmic Microwave Background The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP…

Watch "Fingerprints of the Later Universe in the Cosmic Microwave Background" by Gilbert Holder (Univ. of Illinois) for the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk

KITP Conference | New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology #cmblss-c26 Recorded as part of the New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology (#cmblss-c26) conference from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the Univer...

Watch all recorded talks from the New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology (#cmblss-c26) #KITP conference buff.ly/sIbyQV8

Stay tuned for the associated program, Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys, next week!

Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on New Synergies in Multi-Probe Cosmology (#cmblss -c26) this week!

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Welcome to the Soft Earth Geophysics program at KITP!

January 5 - March 26, 2026

Learn more: buff.ly/b5WkU3A #softearth26

Welcome to the Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure Surveys program at KITP!

January 12 - March 5, 2026

Learn more: buff.ly/iDJdfjm #cmblss26

KITP Conference | Hard Problems in Soft Earth Geophysics (#softearth-c26) We live on a soft matter landscape. Earth materials such as soil, mud, ice and rocks exist in a fuzzy state between solid and fluid, depending on the timesca...

Watch recorded talks from this week at #KITP's Hard Problems in Soft Earth Geophysics conference buff.ly/UjqsoZ8

Stay tuned for the associated program, Soft Earth Geophysics (#softearth26), continuing next week!

Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on Hard Problems in Soft Earth Geophysics (#softearth-c26) this week!

Learn more at buff.ly/3CDctlh and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/LxBiw3W 🌎

UCSB’s Munger Residence is science’s Chateau Marmont.

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A roadmap to stellar-mass black holes | Ilya Mandel (Monash Univ.) The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…

Get "A roadmap to stellar-mass black holes" from Ilya Mandel (#MonashUni), and watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk 🧪

Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries Boris Shraiman is awarded the American Physical Society’s Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics.

Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries news.ucsb.edu/2025/022264/... 🧪

KITP Conference | The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes Gravitational wave detections are revolutionizing our knowledge of the stellar mass black hole population. Gaia is unveiling a new population of dormant blac...

The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes #KITP conference has concluded, and recorded talks are now available to watch at buff.ly/NHhUJiY

Find more talks from the associated program #stellarbh25, continuing on at buff.ly/9PaN1jv

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Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)

Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes (#stellarbh-c25) this week!

Learn more at buff.ly/F0ybxbu and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/2qnU3O4 ⭐

Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Yi Zhuang You (ucsandiego.bsky.social) and learn about "Generative Models and Physics"
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Listening to Black Holes with Gravitational Waves | Maya Fishbach (CITA) Black holes are the most extreme objects in our universe. Thanks to incredibly sensitive instruments — known as gravitational-wave observatories — we can “hear” when two black holes crash into each…

Dr. Maya Fishbach (CITA) summarized what gravitational waves are, how we detect them, and what they teach us about black holes, progenitor stars, and cosmic expansion history in the latest #KITP Public Lecture.
Watch "Listening to Black Holes with Gravitational Waves" to learn more

Welcome to the Generative AI for High & Low Energy Physics (#genai25) program at KITP!

November 3 - December 19, 2025

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The Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications
conference has concluded today, and recorded talks are now available to watch at
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Watch more talks from the associated program online at buff.ly/QHE8YtH
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Welcome to the Stellar-Mass Black Holes at the Nexus of Optical, X-ray, and Gravitational Wave Surveys (#stellarbh25) program at KITP!

October 27, 2025 - December 19, 2025

Learn more: buff.ly/F4Tqqun 🧪

Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications! 🧪

Learn more: buff.ly/B9VNeWi and stay tuned for recorded talks at buff.ly/WL8Hp30 + buff.ly/OugAt1C

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Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, "Learnable and unlearnable in quantum dynamics" by Matteo Ippoliti (Texas), coordinator of the Learning the Fine Structure of Quantum Dynamics in Programmable Quantum Matter #finestructure25 program 🧪