Articles

You Can Change the Equation

Now is the time to make a clear and compelling case for the public value of arts and sciences education to your elected officials. Use our Arts & Sciences are Key toolkit!

An Education In Art

Omaha Association President Jenny Schlossman says her students learn more than how to look at a painting. Studying art teaches them patience, discipline, and writing skills.

Thomas H. Cox Receives China Residency

Thomas H. Cox (ΦBK, Birmingham-Southern College, 1994) has been selected to receive a 2015 China Residency at Renmin University of China.

Discussing Complex Issues through Collaborations in the Liberal Arts

Department of Justice grant funds a play at Wheaton College, What Happens When by Charlotte Meehan, to engage students in discussion of campus sexual assault through liberal arts study.

New Alumna Member at Creighton

The Beta of Nebraska Chapter awarded an alumna membership to historian Melissa Kean on April 24 for her distinguished career in public service to higher education.

Social Justice & the Liberal Arts

A liberal arts education is essential in understanding why and how certain racial attitudes function in society and the impact these attitudes have had on social institutions.

The Nature of Love

Irving Singer (ΦBK, Harvard University, 1948) wrote extensively on the meaning of love, unearthing historical philosophic perspectives on it and its relation to sexuality.

150 Years of ΦBK at Williams College

Founded in 1861 after an extended struggle with Harvard, the Williams chapter has long been passionate in its pursuit of knowledge.

Sweet Briar College Resists Closing

If Sweet Briar shuts its doors in August, Theta of Virginia will become the first chapter in the Society’s history to lose its sheltering instituton.

Anti-HIV Agent Discovered

Phi Beta Kappa member Michel C. Nussenzweig has contributed to innovative research that may provide the key to preventing the future spread of HIV.

A Glimmer of Hope in the Dark Age of School Reform

The Re-Inventing Schools Coalition, a new movement of school reform that centers on competency and not semester hours, has begun to edge out the standardized testing point of view.

Gerald L. Early at the University of Georgia

Early’s lecture, “The Birth of the Cool: Race, the Military, and the Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson,” marks the 100th Anniversary of ΦBK at the University of Georgia.