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Phi Beta Kappa Rhode Island Alpha Chapter
Brown University

Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest and most prestigious academic honors society in the United States. Founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776, ΦΒΚ encourages intellectual distinction among undergraduates by recognizing outstanding academic accomplishment in the course of a broad liberal education.

Phi Beta Kappa is organized into chapters associated with particular colleges and universities; chapters in each state are named in the alphabetical order of ancient Greek, beginning with Alpha.