June 10, 2021

Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Dietrich Students From Class of 2021

Fifty-nine students have been initiated into Carnegie Mellon University's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK), including 35 students affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Founded in 1776, PBK is the nation's oldest honors society. It celebrates high achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. There are only 290 chapters affiliated with top universities across the country, and each of those chapters select 10 percent of their school's arts and sciences students to join.

Students gathered in person on May 21, 2021 for the PBK initiation ceremony.

The Dietrich College students initiated to PBK are:

Nicholas Bellante
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Minor: Policy and Management

Jose Chacon
Primary Major: Mathematical Sciences
Additional Major: Computer Science
Minor: Social and Political History

Lavanya Chawla
Primary Major: Business Administration
Secondary Major: Statistics

Anirban Chowdhury
Primary Major: Statistics and Machine Learning

Julia Conti
Primary Major: Professional Writing
Additional Major: Hispanic Studies

Emma Cordray
Primary Major: Hispanic Studies and Drama

Fiona Dubrosa
Primary Majors: Decision Science; Psychology
Minor: Drama

Carlo Duffy
Primary Major: Economics and Statistics

Evan Feder
Primary Major: Information Systems
Secondary Major: Statistics and Machine Learning

Mikayla Gawarecki
Primary Major: Artificial Intelligence
Minor: Statistics

Maxine Graves
Primary Major: Statistics
Secondary Major: Hispanic Studies
Minor: Film and Media Studies

Kayla Griffin
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Secondary Major: Ethics, History and Public Policy

Aden Halpern
Primary Major: Behavioral Economics, Policy, and Organizations
Additional Major: International Relations and Politics

Muling He
Primary Major: Philosophy
Additional Major: Russian Studies

Krati Jain
Primary Major: Computer Science
Secondary Major: Linguistics

Andrew Joyner
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Economics and Statistics

Matthew Kern
Primary Major: Information Systems

Sarah Kim
Primary Major: Chemistry
Minor: Politics and Public Policy

Ananya Krishnan
Primary Major: Economics and Statistics

Zhi-Wei Leon
Primary Major: Mathematical Sciences
Additional Major: Computer Science
Minor: Computational Finance; Japanese Studies

Katherine Liu
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics

Nathan Moss
Primary Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Additional Major: Mathematical Science

Jean Namgoong
Primary Major: Biological Sciences and Psychology
Minor: Biomedical Engineering

Roshni Nischal
Primary Major: Psychology
Minor: Cognitive Neuroscience

Olivia Olshevki
Primary Majors: Technical Writing and Communication; Chemical Engineering
Additional Majors: English; Biomedical Engineering

Aditya Pillai
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Philosophy

Joshua Pinckney
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Additional Major: Hispanic Studies
Minor: Sociology

Ana-Maria Poole
Primary Major: Biological Sciences and Psychology
Additional Major: French and Francophone Studies
Minor: Biomedical Engineering

Vasily Potanin
Primary Majors: Business Administration; Economics

Samantha Ramsey
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Linguistics

Jay Rao
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics

Maxwell Robbins
Primary Major: Psychology and Music Performance

Emily Schneider
Primary Major: Chemistry/Biological Chemistry Track
Minor: Professional Writing

Shiv Sethi
Primary Major: Neuroscience

Myat Sint
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Policy and Management

Millie Zhang
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Minors: Cybersecurity and International Conflict; Societal and Human Impacts of Future Technologies

In fall 2020, an additional 13 members of the Dietrich College Class of 2021 were selected for early induction into PBK.