Phi Beta Kappa

In a ceremony to be held both on campus and livestreamed, Rochester students will be inducted into the nation’s oldest academic honor society.

The annual award recognizes undergraduate students who excelled academically and in leadership roles during their first year at the College.

The University’s newest inductees into the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society include 118 seniors and 16 juniors.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society for liberal arts and sciences. On it's birthday, we recognize the 13 students named to the Rochester chapter this year.

Rochester’s latest members of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society will be formally inducted in a noon ceremony on Saturday.

Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society for liberal arts and sciences, celebrates its birthday this month, and we honor the 17 students who were elected last spring as juniors.

The University’s Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recognizes students who excelled both academically and in leadership roles during their first year at Rochester.

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa invites for induction the most outstanding students at America’s leading colleges and universities. Membership is by invitation only, and students are selected by faculty members who are members of the society.

Richard Feldman, a noted professor of philosophy who serves as dean of undergraduate academic and cocurricular programs, has been named the Romanell–Phi Beta Kappa Professor in Philosophy for 2017–18.

Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious honor society in the nation for the liberal arts and sciences, turns 240 years old this month. In celebration, the University honors the 13 members of the Class of 2017 who were elected as juniors last May.