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, Ģą˝Av’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 AbramsonÂ
Physics/Astrophysics Track
Tala Hassan AreiqatÂ
International Relations & Political Science
Amanawit Assefa*Â
Political Science, Security & Technology
Davison John BaldwinÂ
Hispanic Studies & Music Technology
Ashveen BangaÂ
Human-Computer Interaction
Nikash BhardwajÂ
Computer Science
Arini BhargavaÂ
Neuroscience
Ava Grace Black*Â
Policy & Management
Kwon Ryul ChaÂ
Computer Science
Yee Kit ChanÂ
Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction
Emma ChenÂ
Computational Finance
Kei-Li Chen*Â
Psychology and Biological Sciences
Jia Nuo Daniel ChiaÂ
Decision Science
Hailey Isabel CohenÂ
Social & Political History
Matthew Aaron Cohen*Â
Mathematical Sciences
Rohit DasanoorÂ
Artificial Intelligence
Claire de Saint PhalleÂ
Artificial Intelligence
Buckley DeJardinÂ
Business Administration
Ruby Springsteen DihiansanÂ
Japanese Studies
LiLi DiMuzioÂ
Psychology
Lucy FengÂ
Business Administration
Sophie Feng*Â
Computer Science
Aleksaundra Handrinos*Â
Ethics, History, and Public Policy
Audrey Hasson*Â
Computer Science
Owen Kashmiri Batra Hershey*Â
Neuroscience
Kayley Ji*Â
Social & Political History and Art
Anna GiraldoÂ
Biological Sciences
Arrim Jung*Â
Film & Visual Media and Drama
Kiran (Kat) Kadewari*Â
Decision Science and Art
Shujin LiÂ
Physics
Yuqing Lin*Â
Physics
Juncheng LuÂ
Chemistry and Robotics
Lara Diane Marinov*Â
Computer Science
Zsofia Bren Markus*Â
Literature & Culture and Art
Mia MichelÂ
Biological Sciences
Kira Monji*Â
International Relations & Political Science
Andrea-Beryl Ofunneamaka OkogwuÂ
Biological Sciences
Ryan PodnarÂ
International Relations & Political Science
Peyton Caroline PutnamÂ
Chemistry
Jessica QiuÂ
Business Administration
Whitney Ribnick*Â
Chemistry
Johann SaldanaÂ
Economics & Mathematical Sciences
Audrey ShaoÂ
Chemistry
Daisy ShengÂ
Artificial Intelligence
Sheng ShuÂ
Chemistry and Computer Science
Kathlyn SongÂ
Chemistry
Vivian SuiÂ
Statistics & Machine Learning
Adarsh SureshÂ
Economics
Glenda Hui En TanÂ
Artificial Intelligence
Heidi TaoÂ
Information Systems
Madeline TurnerÂ
Linguistics
Theodor Urban*Â
Artificial Intelligence
Catherine (Ekaterini) VassiliadiÂ
International Relations and Political Science
Sofia Morgan VeneziaÂ
Decision Science & Art
Daniel WangÂ
Mathematical Sciences
Yiyao Wang*Â
Information Systems
Peter WinstelÂ
Physics
Shuang WuÂ
Computational Biology
Brook Xiao*Â
Statistics & Machine Learning and Music Performance
Jiabao YeÂ
Economics
Cory YuÂ
Economics & Mathematical Sciences
Paige YuÂ
Business Administration
Shunyi ZhengÂ
Statistics & Decision Science
