In E.O. Wilson’s new book, The Meaning of Human Existence, the Pulitzer-prize winning biologist calls for a long overdue bridge between the sciences and humanities.
Jancy Mcphee (ΦBK, Cornell University, 1981), of Universities Space Research Association (USRA), makes another giant leap for the future of space exploration as the director of the Humans in Space Art Program.
The U.S. Professor of the Year Program is the only national award program to recognize top undergraduate teachers in the United States based on their teaching ability as well as the impact they have on students.
David Nirenberg’s book Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition (W.W. Norton, 2013) receives 2014 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award.
Jacob Lurie (ΦBK, Harvard University, 2000) recently received a MacArthur Award for his work in mathematics and is donating the $625,000 stipend to advance scholarship in his field.
On December 10, the Washington Consortium for the Liberal Arts (WaCLA) received our fourth Key of Excellence Award and its $10,000 prize at an evening reception in Seattle.
Paleontologist Timothy Rowe is one of thirteen prominent scholars selected to serve as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar during the 2014-2015 academic year.
Medicine Dog (Lyons Press, 2014) by nationally acclaimed pet reporter Julia Szabo (ΦBK, Vassar College, 1987) is a love letter to man’s best friend and so much more.
Noted American composer Augusta Read Thomas has been on tour this year as one of Phi Beta Kappa’s Visiting Scholars.
Abner Mikva (ΦBK, University of Chicago, 1951) receives highest recognition for his work as a “dedicated public servant who has served with distinction in all three branches of government.”
Sponsored by CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Phi Beta Kappa, the U.S. Professor of the Year is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate education
In November 2014, Phi Beta Kappa member and NBC journalist Tom Brokaw received a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor.
