Columbia College is pleased to announce the names of 102 members of the senior class who will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at Faculty House. The students were chosen by a faculty selection committee of Phi Beta Kappa members based on the breadth, depth, and rigor of their academic programs, as well as by recommendations from faculty members who have worked closely with them.
Each year, 10 percent of the Columbia College graduating class is elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Two percent (Junior Phi Beta Kappa) is elected in the fall and the remaining eight percent is elected in the spring.
Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 for the pursuit of “friendship, morality, and literature.” It was the first student group to adopt Greek letters, standing for the Greek words Philosophia Biou Kybernētēs, or “love of knowledge is the guide of life.” Today, the honor society celebrates and promotes excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. To be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa is one of the highest academic honors for undergraduate students and recognizes their intellectual promise, character, and achievement inside and outside of the classroom.
Class of 2023 Spring Phi Beta Kappa Initiates
- Alexander Ahn
- Umar Ali
- Charlotte Atkins
- Luke Bennett
- Correia Borba
- Samantha Breslauer
- Julia Butler
- Gabriel Chan
- Gloria Charite
- Eric Che
- Zirui Chen
- Yuxin Chen
- Bryan Chen
- Nathan Chong
- Elsa Chung
- Sydney Contreras
- Vivian Cribb
- Stanislav DeLaurentiis
- Steven DiSilvio
- Adiba Ejaz
- Ella Epstein
- Joshua Fagan
- Berkley Fang
- Ethan Feng
- Meghan Forcellati
- Crystal Foretia
- Frederique Fyhr
- Evan Glick
- Sophie Grant
- Nicholas Greenspan
- Andersen Gu
- Levin Guerra
- Zoe Juhi Gupta
- Rebecca Hale
- Richard He
- Zoe Heller
- Natalie Hissong
- Eumin Hong
- Shayan Hooshmand
- Yilun Hua
- Jeffrey Huang
- Elliot Blake
- Elisabeth Jahn-Morrissey
- Brian Jiang
- Ralph Johnston
- Sonia Kahn
- William Kanellopoulos
- Madeline Kim
- Timothy Kinnamon
- Alexandra Kirk
- Max Knight
- Emily Kohn
- Clara Kraebber
- Arjun Kudinoor
- Camden Lee
- Yulong Li
- Aochong Li
- Kunyu Li
- Astrid Liden
- Ariana Christin Linara
- Anthony Ma
- Amber Magnuson
- Habiba Mbugua
- Jane McBride
- Rosa McCann
- Zoe Meshel
- Mckenzy Metter
- Maya Mitrasinovic
- Benjamine Mo
- Victoria Mueller
- Caitlin Mulvihill
- Leonidas Pappajohn
- Olganydia Plata Aguilera
- Sophia Prud'homme
- Emmanuel Ramirez Ruiz
- Harrison Rovner
- Alyssa Cassandr Sales
- Asa Saperstein
- Francis Seminara
- Boaz Shaham
- Aleah Shockley
- Jessica Sidrak
- Dante Silva
- Charles Smith
- Alexandra Starovoitov
- Eve Strickberger
- Aryana Swanson
- Nicolas Turrill
- Joshua Uhlfelder
- Daniel Vaz
- Olivia Vella
- Silvia Venturelli
- Karuna Vikram
- Philippe Wu
- Sarah Xi
- Chen Xing
- Ziyi Yang
- Katherine Ying
- Hanyi Yu
- Yundi Zhang
- Jennifer Zhang
- Sophia Zhang
- Yue Zuo