Articles

Ilyssa Levins Honored

Ilyssa Levins, a ΦBK graduate of New York University, has been named 2014 STAR by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association.

E-Reading in the Humanities

E-reading opens us to channels of knowledge with a largesse of offerings that proves dizzying to catalog. With the overabundance of information, however, come several challenges.

Experiential Learning

While many students chose to do internships or study abroad, these are not the only ways to gain an experiential learning credit at a liberal arts institution.

Chicago Association Honors Andrew Alexander

ΦBK Association of the Chicago Area honors Andrew Alexander of The Second City with their Distinguished Service Award.

Defending the Liberal Education Tradition

Fareed Zakaria’s newest book encourages students to follow their passions, pursue a broad education, and, above all, learn to think for themselves.

Phi Beta Kappa Member Publishes Book on Child Abuse

M.J. Payne’s recently published book, The Remembered Self: A Journey Into the Heart of the Beast, looks into the world of sex trafficking of children.

Phi Beta Kappa Member Gets MacArthur Fellow Honors

Tara Zhara, a professor of East European history at the University of Chicago, has been named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow.

Study Abroad: Not Just for Liberal Arts Majors

The benefits of studying abroad may be self-evident for students majoring in subjects like history or anthropology, but the benefits for science majors are less obvious.

On Edgar Rice Burroughs

Before J.K. Rowling and George Lucas, Burroughs captivated a generation, inspiring a thirst for adventure and opening minds to new ideas and worlds of possibility.

W.E.B. Du Bois on the Value of Liberal Education

Du Bois considered scholarly critique of social conditions to be the key to a healthy democratic society, a key often obtainable only by those with access to a liberal education.

The Future of College: Not an Either/Or

An essay on the value of a liberal education by Phi Beta Kappa Secretary John Churchill, Rhodes Magazine, Fall 2014.

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gangnus photo

Find a Common Language

Russian poet and honorary Phi Beta Kappa member Yevgeny Yevtushenko reads at the University of Dallas and shares his passion for the extended family of humanity.