Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of Greater Austin has been fostering life-long learning for more than two decades. Learn about their impressive record of providing scholarships for high school students and for older adults.
Delving into the most complicated, personal, implicative narratives in his own life and in the lives of those he cares about most, Dan O’Brien (ΦBK, Middlebury College) is doing for others what the confessional poets did for him.
Oregon State University President Emeritus Ed Ray (ΦBK, Queens College) almost skipped his induction until a neighbor, Kay Bowers, stepped in.
ΦBK Chapter President and Professor of Physics Donald Spector reflects on the enduring value of Phi Beta Kappa for our times.
Dennis Yamashita, president of Phi Beta Kappa’s Puget Sound Association, draws on the vital role of in-person networking for the area’s younger members.
Julie Story Byerley (ΦBK, Rhodes College) is the Dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, the President of Geisinger College of Health Sciences, and the Chief Academic Officer of Geisinger Health System.
An arts and sciences education is not a luxury for simple times—it is a necessity for challenging times.
ΦBK is pleased to announce the winners of our three annual book awards. These $10,000 prizes are given to outstanding works of non-fiction that engage a wide audience with important ideas in science, history, and literature.
Read about ΦBK’s role in the National Humanities Conference, co-hosted by the State Federation of Humanities Councils, the National Humanities Alliance, and Indiana Humanities in Indianapolis.
Amanda Holmes has been hosting The American Scholar’s popular Read Me a Poem podcast for five years and winning the hearts of listeners as far afield as the Philippines and Brazil.
Looking for your next great read? Curious to know what books other ΦBK members find interesting? Browse our selection of 2023’s first-year common reading choices from the Society’s 290+ chapters.
Josh Bernoff (ΦBK, Pennsylvania State University) left his doctoral program in math at MIT to become a leading author in social media studies and writing in the corporate world.
