2026 Induction Ceremony
Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter 021, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has initiated 100 students and seven honorary members into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society this year. The 106th Phi Kappa Phi Induction Ceremony, was held on April 12 in Tripp Commons; Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor in Political Science Jon Pevehouse was the keynote speaker; the keynote address was titled “International Trade in a Time of Geopolitics and Polarization.”
Honorary membership was granted to five UW-Madison Deans: Nita Ahuja, Dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health; Anjon Audhya, Senior Associate Dean, School of Medicine and Public Health; Jim Franzone, Associate Dean, Wisconsin School of Business; Steven Swanson, Dean of the School of Pharmacy; and Dan Tokaji, Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Two faculty members were also granted honorary membership: Corey Jackson, Assistant Professor at The Information School; and Amanda Smith, Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
A list of new members is available here.
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine by a group of students who felt a need for an honor society that would recognize excellence across the whole range of academic disciplines Under the leadership of student Marcus L. Urann, the group formed the Lambda Sigma Eta Society, later renamed Phi Kappa Phi from the letters of the Greek words forming its motto, Philosophìa Krateìto Photôn, “Let the love of learning guide humanity.” Today, Phi Kappa Phi recognizes and promotes academic excellence in all fields of higher education and engages the community of scholars in service to others.
Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society that is open to students across disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi recognizes the achievements of the most outstanding students in every school and college at UW-Madison. The UW-Madison chapter of Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1920 and has had a continuous presence on this campus ever since. Each fall invitations are sent to the top 10 percent of graduate students, the top 10 percent of seniors and the top 7.5 percent of second-semester juniors in each school and college.