Caltech
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Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford and Caltech each restored standardized testing requirements for applicants in 2024 or 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
"The strings just fell out," says Clifford Cheung, professor of theoretical physics and director of the Leinweber Forum for Theoretical Physics at Caltech.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
In 1974, Caltech physicist John Schwarz and French physicist Joël Scherk recognized that string theory could also include gravity.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
He joined the Caltech Christian Fellowship, taking on a leadership role in which he organized Bible discussions, as well as the fencing team and the Nerf Club.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
These particles were named quarks by the Caltech physicist Murray Gell-Mann, who won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his work on them.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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