Articles

Pete Buttigieg and the Importance of Philosophy

At only 37 years old, ΦBK member Pete Buttigieg has made history as the first openly gay person to run for President of the United States.

If You Can See It, You Can Be It

Sandra Spiroff, President of the ΦBK chapter at the University of Mississippi, advocates for better representation in higher education.

Home Is Where You Are

John Chappell (ΦBK, University of Mississippi) discusses his role in the relocation of a Confederate monument on the UMiss campus.

History as a Means to Empathy: An Interview with Alexander Bevilacqua

Alexander Bevilacqua (ΦBK, Harvard University) discusses his recent book The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment.

Teaching Liberal Arts as an Agent for Change

Recent Fulbright awardee Paige Melin (ΦBK, University of Buffalo) will be teaching poetry and writing in Senegal this coming academic year.

Morehouse ΦBKs Talk About Graduating Debt Free

Billionaire investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith eliminates student loan debt for Morehouse’s entire 2019 graduating class.

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ΦBK Visiting Scholar Nicola M. Courtright

Nicola M. Courtright, William McCall Vickery 1957 Professor of the History of Art at Amherst College, lectures on “Imagining Feminine Power in European Art.”

ΦBK Visiting Scholar Lisa Anderson

As a ΦBK Visiting Scholar, Anderson’s tenure has been just as edifying for her as it has been for the students, faculty, and local community guests who benefit from hearing her talks and speaking with her in class.

Perspective, Politics, and Pedagogy

For Stu Lourey (ΦBK, Carleton College) a liberal arts education does more than teach you how to think. It teaches you to ask good questions…

ΦBK Visiting Scholar Alfred Spector

Through ΦBK’s Visiting Scholar Program, Spector has laid out some of the most significant impacts of computer science and big data on modern society.

Interdisciplinary Learning Leads to Better Public Policy

Peter Frosch (ΦBK, Northwestern University) is a coalition-builder. He is also the new CEO at GREATER MSP (Minneapolis-Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership).