Phi Beta Kappa's quarterly for members offers news about the Society's diverse programs, the importance of our mission today, our accomplished alumni, and noteworthy books to satisfy a variety of interests in the liberal arts and sciences. The Key Reporter and all of Phi Beta Kappa's programs and activities are made possible by our donors.

Current Issue

Elijah Anderson

Race, Civility, and the Cosmopolitan Canopy: Elijah Anderson at Bowdoin 

Elijah Anderson, Sterling Professor of Sociology and of Black Studies at Yale University, visited Bowdoin College as part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program.

Honorary Inductions 2026

Good Things in Threes: 250th Celebration Begins with Honorary Inductions 

The University of San Diego’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducted Noelle Norton and Nicholas Santilli as honorary members on April 27 in a campus ceremony held on the eve of the Society’s first regional program in its 250th celebration.

America America Book Cover

Celebrating the 2026 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award

This year’s winner is America, América: A New History of the New World (Penguin Press, 2025), by historian Greg Grandin (ΦBK, Brooklyn College).

Secretary Fred Lawrence

Restoring Public Trust in Higher Education

Why has confidence fallen, and how can higher education restore it? Phi Beta Kappa has a unique role in answering these questions in our semi-quincentennial year as we commemorate the ideals that inspired our start in 1776.