Caltech

British

/ ˈkælˌtɛk /

noun

the California Institute of Technology

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He was part of the Caltech Christian Fellowship and Nerf Club, according to his profile.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

The California Institute of Technology confirmed to CBS in an email that Allen graduated from Caltech in 2017, but provided no further details.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

George Daghlian, who was in the Caltech Christian Fellowship club with Allen, was shaken by the news when reached by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Koch, who works at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and previously taught at MIT and Caltech, has played a major role in advancing the study of consciousness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The evidence from the Cavendish, the Carnegie Institute, and Caltech had to be judged irrefutable.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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