Why has confidence fallen, and how can higher education restore it? Phi Beta Kappa has a unique role in answering these questions in our semi-quincentennial year as we commemorate the ideals that inspired our start in 1776. Continue reading →
This spring, the Society named 20 students as its Class of 2026 Key into Public Service Scholars. Continue reading →
This year’s winner is America, América: A New History of the New World (Penguin Press, 2025), by historian Greg Grandin (ΦBK, Brooklyn College). Continue reading →
The University of San Diego’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducted Noelle Norton and Nicholas Santilli as honorary members on April 27 in a campus ceremony held on the eve of the Society’s first regional program in its 250th celebration. Continue reading →
Elijah Anderson, Sterling Professor of Sociology and of Black Studies at Yale University, visited Bowdoin College as part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program. Continue reading →
A planned gift is a way to carry that legacy forward, ensuring that future generations have access to the same spirit of inquiry, discovery, and freedom of thought. Continue reading →
Odd Arne Westad. Henry Holt, 2026. 256 pages. $27.99. Continue reading →
James Shapiro. Penguin Press, 2024. 358 pages. $30.00. Continue reading →
