Two-time Tony award-winning director Julie Taymor (ΦBK, Oberlin College) is perhaps best known for her work on Broadway’s The Lion King. Her films include Frida (2002), Across the Universe (2007), and most recently The Glorias (2020).
“College is a time to be educated, it is a time to learn,” says Thompson (ΦBK, University of Washington). “Focus on that, and the rewards will be there in your career even if you can’t draw a direct line between then and now.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed received Phi Beta Kappa’s Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities at the 2021 triennial council.
Nguyen has written numerous books, including The Sympathizer, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and its sequel, The Committed.
Churchill’s posthumously published book, The Problem with Rules: Essays on the Meaning and Value of Liberal Education, offers an accessible, persuasive testament for the continued need and value for liberal education.
The Society is pleased to announce the selection of 20 remarkable recipients of $5,000 undergraduate scholarships given to liberal arts and science majors with a demonstrated interest in public sector work.
Camille Reiko Acosta from UCLA and Annie Laurens de Saussure from Lafayette College are this year’s fellowship recipients.
Ned Block, Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neural Science at New York University, and Ian Phillips, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, are this year’s winning professors.
Published nearly two decades ago, Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis (ΦBK, Brandeis University) gains renewed attention in an age of mass protests.
The Phi Beta Kappa New York Association’s highly successful mentorship program provides industry-based networking for young professionals.
Neil Krishnan advises his fellow ΦBKs to be open to change, as he talks about his journey from a degree in the sciences to work in creative development for Picturestart.
Author, attorney, and two-time heart transplant survivor Amy Silverstein (ΦBK, New York University) prepares to launch a new Apple TV+ series based her latest memoir, My Glory Was I Had Such Friends.
