Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Students from Class of 2026
Heidi Opdyke
- Associate Dean of Marketing and Communications, MCS
- Email opdyke@andrew.cmu.edu
- Phone 412-268-9982
On May 7, Carnegie Mellon University’s Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) inducted 43 new members from the class of 2026, 14 of whom are affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. They joined an additional 20 students who were selected for early induction on Oct. 8, 2025.
The nation’s oldest and most distinguished undergraduate academic honors society, PBK was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Its primary goal is to emphasize the intrinsic value of liberal arts and science education and to champion freedom of thought. Top universities nationwide host fewer than 300 chapters, with each chapter selecting only 10 percent of their schools’ arts and sciences students for initiation.
"Election to Phi Beta Kappa is an achievement that will follow these students for a lifetime,” said Joseph Devine, associate dean for undergraduate students. “Wherever they go, whatever they do, they will always be recognized as members of Phi Beta Kappa. This will single them out as members of an intellectual elite in the most positive of ways."
2025-2026 Phi Beta Kappa (* indicates early induction)
Molly Abramson
Physics/Astrophysics Track
Tala Hassan Areiqat
International Relations & Political Science
Amanawit Assefa*
Political Science, Security & Technology
Davison John Baldwin
Hispanic Studies & Music Technology
Ashveen Banga
Human-Computer Interaction
Nikash Bhardwaj
Computer Science
Arini Bhargava
Neuroscience
Ava Grace Black*
Policy & Management
Kwon Ryul Cha
Computer Science
Yee Kit Chan
Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction
Emma Chen
Computational Finance
Kei-Li Chen*
Psychology and Biological Sciences
Jia Nuo Daniel Chia
Decision Science
Hailey Isabel Cohen
Social & Political History
Matthew Aaron Cohen*
Mathematical Sciences
Rohit Dasanoor
Artificial Intelligence
Claire de Saint Phalle
Artificial Intelligence
Buckley DeJardin
Business Administration
Ruby Springsteen Dihiansan
Japanese Studies
LiLi DiMuzio
Psychology
Lucy Feng
Business Administration
Sophie Feng*
Computer Science
Aleksaundra Handrinos*
Ethics, History, and Public Policy
Audrey Hasson*
Computer Science
Owen Kashmiri Batra Hershey*
Neuroscience
Kayley Ji*
Social & Political History and Art
Anna Giraldo
Biological Sciences
Arrim Jung*
Film & Visual Media and Drama
Kiran (Kat) Kadewari*
Decision Science and Art
Shujin Li
Physics
Yuqing Lin*
Physics
Juncheng Lu
Chemistry and Robotics
Lara Diane Marinov*
Computer Science
Zsofia Bren Markus*
Literature & Culture and Art
Mia Michel
Biological Sciences
Kira Monji*
International Relations & Political Science
Andrea-Beryl Ofunneamaka Okogwu
Biological Sciences
Ryan Podnar
International Relations & Political Science
Peyton Caroline Putnam
Chemistry
Jessica Qiu
Business Administration
Whitney Ribnick*
Chemistry
Johann Saldana
Economics & Mathematical Sciences
Audrey Shao
Chemistry
Daisy Sheng
Artificial Intelligence
Sheng Shu
Chemistry and Computer Science
Kathlyn Song
Chemistry
Vivian Sui
Statistics & Machine Learning
Adarsh Suresh
Economics
Glenda Hui En Tan
Artificial Intelligence
Heidi Tao
Information Systems
Madeline Turner
Linguistics
Theodor Urban*
Artificial Intelligence
Catherine (Ekaterini) Vassiliadi
International Relations and Political Science
Sofia Morgan Venezia
Decision Science & Art
Daniel Wang
Mathematical Sciences
Yiyao Wang*
Information Systems
Peter Winstel
Physics
Shuang Wu
Computational Biology
Brook Xiao*
Statistics & Machine Learning and Music Performance
Jiabao Ye
Economics
Cory Yu
Economics & Mathematical Sciences
Paige Yu
Business Administration
Shunyi Zheng
Statistics & Decision Science
