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HBO's The Pacific Is ΦBK Behind the Camera

Bruce C. McKenna (ΦBK, Wesleyan University, 1984), creator, writer and co-executive producer for HBO’s hit miniseries The Pacific, says his liberal arts background is the key to his success in Hollywood...

ΦBK Member Elena Kagan Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court

President Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan (ΦBK, Princeton University, 1981) to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would replace Justice John Paul Stevens (ΦBK, University of Chicago, 1941)...

Who Cares About the Comics?

In the 21st century, where most of the information we need is conveyed to us visually, will the comics help us to remain verbally and visually literate, and possibly, more cheerful and humane?...

ΦBK Awards $20,000 Sibley Fellowship to Eve Morisi

Princeton University doctoral candidate Eve Morisi is spending a research year in France completing her dissertation on how Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire and Albert Camus expose capital punishment and its imaginaire...

Join ΦBK’s New Book Club on Facebook

ΦBK has launched a new online book club called FaceBookClub that is helping members reconnect with the Society, network with other members and exchange ideas online...

Marietta College Commemorates 150 Years of ΦBK

The new Anderson Hancock Planetarium at Marietta College will have generations to come looking to the stars above, and to the stars on their keys. It’s named for professors Les Anderson (ΦBK, Marietta College, 1955) and Whit Hancock (ΦBK, University of Virginia, 1963)...