Fred Lawrence is traveling around the country as he settles into his new role as Phi Beta Kappa Secretary. A recent trip took him to Atlanta …
The Society and the Detroit Association cohosted a lively reception for Detroit-area ФВК members at the popular restaurant 220 Merrill in Birmingham…
ΦBK member Everett Pope fought at Guadalcanal, New Britain and on Peleliu in the Pacific, and was awarded the Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and the Congressional Medal of Honor…
“I finished my big year with a strong sense of the rising generation,” writes Carol J. Greenhouse, “and the essential value of liberal education to anything we might like to contemplate as the future.” Read more about her tour as a Visiting Scholar!
ФВК is proud to name Portland, Oregon as our second Arts & Sciences City of Distinction. Register now for the October 19 reception in Portland!
As the director of IBM’s Cambridge Scientific Center at MIT, MacKinnon spent eighteen years spearheading the development of personal computers…
As an investment manager, Rick Witmer (ΦBK, Brown University, 1974) has found a new way to deploy the skills gained from his liberal arts education.
The MacArthur Foundation recognized the power of Stillman’s long-form journalism to craft intimate, yet far-reaching stories into an accessible package to raise awareness and prompt public discourse.
Megan Guarnier (ΦBK, Middlebury College, 2007) recently competed in cycling for the United States at the 31st Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…
To recognize that next time, during the next election, someone who failed in the past or some group dissatisfied with the current landscape can enact change ensures the continuation of democracy and the peaceful transition of power.
Johns Hopkins University—home of the Alpha of Maryland chapter of ΦBK, founded in 1895—may face the closing of its Humanities Center in July of next year.
The humanities should not be limited to the academic world, and all Americans should be able to draw upon them to learn, grow, and celebrate our shared culture.