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ΦBK Honors the 2009 U.S. Professors of the Year

ΦBK and CASE honor the 2009 U.S. Professors of the Year with a Capitol Hill reception for awardees and members of the U.S. Congress at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. ...

2009 Book Award Winners

ΦBK’s Book Awards are given each year in December for outstanding scholarly works in the liberal arts and sciences. This year’s winners are Peter Trachtenberg, Christopher Benfey and Harold Varmus. Each receives a $10,000 prize...

John Seery and Douglas Greenberg Honored at 42nd Council

John Seery receives Sidney Hook Memorial Award and Douglas Greenberg receives Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities...

Four New ΦBK Chapters

Butler University, The College of Saint Benedict – Saint John’s University, Elon University and James Madison University will now shelter chapters of Phi Beta Kappa...

ΦBK Elects New President and Vice President

Fred H. Cate of Indiana University has been elected to serve as president of the Society and Katherine R. Soule of Dartmouth College has been elected vice president at the 42nd Triennial Council in Austin, Tex. ... 

Marketing Your Liberal Arts Skills Outside of Academe

“I confess: I was a liberal arts major and it has helped my career,” says ΦBK member Nick Corcodilos. What does this syndicated columnist and professional headhunter have to say that might give you the edge in a competitive job market? ...

Veteran NASA Astronaut Shares His Thoughts on ΦBK

Among his credentials, Tom Jones can count four space shuttle missions to Earth’s orbit and 53 days working in space, but it took him years to earn his key.  Find out why he thinks ΦBK is important to America’s future...

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