The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Beta of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
is an academic honor society with chapters on more than 250 campuses
across the United States. The Beta of Rhode Island chapter is based
at the University of Rhode Island.
Requirements for membership
Juniors and Seniors may be
invited to join Phi Beta Kappa if they satisfy certain
scholarly qualifications.
Chapter news
- A public forum on the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics, featuring
talks by Prof. James Opaluch and and Prof. Thomas Sproul, will be held
Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Weaver auditorium, room 100, Coastal Institute, 1 Greenhouse
Road, Kingston.
Officers for 2011–2012
- President: Rebecca Brown, Department of Plant Sciences
- Historian: Louis Kirschenbaum, Department of Chemistry
- Secretary: Karen Stein, Department of English
- Treasurer: Travis D. Williams, Department of English
- Past President: Laura Meyerson, Department of Natural Resources Science
Last modified: October 26, 2012