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May
11

[Seminar] A finite-temperature quantum memory in three dimensions

KITP Simons Amphitheater  | 3:30pm
May
12

[Colloquium] Transformative Insights into the Cosmic Baryon Cycle from JWST

Kavli Auditorium, KITP | 3:30pm
May
14

[HEG] Fighting non-locality with non-locality: microcausality and boundary conditions in QED

Zoom | 4:00pm
May
15

[SMaLS] Precise experimental evaluation of coarsening of quasi-2D droplet patterns

Elings Hall, Room 1605 | 12:30pm
Oct
08

[Labs&Lectures] The Rapid Growth of Galaxies and their Black Holes at Cosmic Dawn

Kavli Auditorium in the KITP | 12:00pm
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UCSB’s David Gross wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
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On Physics: Black holes and quantum spacetime
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Physics researcher Skyler Palatnick awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship
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UCSB researcher bridges the worlds of general relativity and supernova astrophysics
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