Articles

Christian Gauss Award

Jane Austen’s Cults and Cultures by Claudia Johnson is the winner of the 2013 Christian Gauss Award for scholarly and critical literature.

The Liberal Arts Debate: Looking the Wrong Way?

The Eckerd College Education Alliance focuses a liberal arts college’s love of learning on giving back to the community.

ΦBK Handshake 101

Alex Zafran, the student speaker at George Washington University’s commencement this spring, shared a memorable handshake with keynote speaker and fellow alum Kerry Washington.

Plastic Surgeon Creates Hair Care Line to Fund Scholarships

100% of the profits from Mandel Beauty Products goes to the Foundation for the Advancement of College Education, founded by ΦBK member Mark A. Mandel.

Tiny Dancer

The remarkable Doris Eaton Travis, last of the Ziegfeld Follies girls, became a ΦBK member at the University of Oklahoma at the age of 88.

The Value(s) of the Liberal Arts

The ΦBK Chapter at Elon University hosts a panel discussion on the role of liberal arts in contemporary society, especially with regard to employment post-graduation.

Robert Wah Voted President-Elect of the AMA

Robert M. Wah, M.D., a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of Oregon, will begin his presidency of the AMA in June 2014.

Pay Forward, Pay Back

The state of Oregon drew the attention of the higher education community when its legislature voted to explore an income based repayment system for college tuition.

Connecticut College Announces New President

Katherine Bergeron (ΦBK, Wesleyan College, 1980), a scholar of music history and senior administrator at Brown University, will become Connecticut College’s 11th president.

Mathematical Excursions to the World’s Great Buildings

In our age of digital building plans and computerized construction, it is often forgotten that the most prized ancient spaces are upheld, quite literally, by simple applications of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus.

ΦBK Member Gloria Steinem Honored by President

Steinem is one of five women to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year, a testament to her work and women’s growing presence on the national and global stage.

Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural

Victoria Nelson’s new book, Gothicka, wins Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for excellence in literature.