More Than 50 Seniors Inducted Into Phi Beta Kappa

Fifty-three seniors were inducted into Carnegie Mellon University’s chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK) in spring 2020. Only about 10 percent of college students across the United States are invited to join PBK.

In a virtual ceremony, William Alba, PBK chapter president, assistant dean for diversity in the Mellon College of Science and director of CMU’s Science and Humanities Scholars Program, welcomed the seniors into a society “where friendships and interactions between its members are paramount.”

Students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in spring 2020:

Rahul Ahuja
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics

Aditri Bhagirath
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Creative Writing

Naren Bhandari
Primary Majors: Physics; Mathematical Sciences

Kaimeng Cao
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics

Wanhe Chen
Primary Major: Japanese Studies
Minor: Musicology

Ariel Davis
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Japanese Studies

Lisanne De Groot
Primary Major: Chemistry
Minor: Computer Science 

Puja Dutta
Primary Major: Biological Sciences
Minor: Biomedical Engineering

Corey Emery
Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Additional Major: Human-Computer Interaction

Rebecca Enright
Primary Major: Creative Writing
Minors: Animation and Special Effects; Film and Media Studies

Elizabeth Goncharova
Primary Majors: Russian Studies and Art

Alexis Hoane
Primary Major: Chemistry
Minor: Statistics

Jarrek Holmes
Primary Major: Information Systems
Minor: Computer Science

Julia Hou
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Creative Writing

Ya Xin Hou
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Linguistics

Joshua Kalapos
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Robotics

Hee-Jung Kim
Primary Major: Chemistry (Biological Chemistry Track)

Jaehyun Lee
Primary Major: Biological Sciences
Minor: Computer Science

Eric Lester
Primary Major: Physics
Minor: Computer Science

Zhiyao Li
Primary Major: Physics
Minors: Mathematical Sciences; Photography

Ivori Liu
Primary Major: Business Administration
Minor: Human-Computer Interaction

Jay Liu
Primary Majors: International Relations and Politics; Chinese Studies
Additional Major: Social and Political History

Sana Miyauchi
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics

Conlon Novak
Primary Major: Information Systems
Additional Major: Human-Computer Interaction
Minor: Film and Media Studies

Rie Ohta
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Psychology

Satoru Ozaki
Primary Major: Linguistics
Minor: Computer Science

Beata Purvina
Primary Major: Business Administration
Minor: Computer Science

Victoria Reiter
Primary Major: Global Studies
Additional Majors: Chinese Studies; Hispanic Studies

Samantha Runke
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minors: Chemistry; Biological Sciences

Erik Sargent
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minors: Music Theory; Sonic Arts 

Cassandra Scanlon
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Additional Major: Professional Writing

Natalie Schmidt
Primary Majors: Professional Writing; Drama
Minor: Game Design

Clarissa Scoggins
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematical Sciences

Naomi Shimada
Primary Major: Creative Writing
Additional Major: Professional Writing

Jamie Slomka
Primary Major: Decision Science
Minors: Policy and Management; Politics and Public Policy

Anurati Sodani
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Human-Computer Interaction

Francesca Starvaggi
Primary Major: Chemistry
Minor: Biomedical Engineering

Isobel Stephen
Primary Majors: Cognitive Neuroscience; Art
Minor: Human-Computer Interaction

Regina Wai Sung Tse
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics and Machine Learning

Isabella Velasco
Primary Major: Business Administration
Minor: Politics and Public Policy

Gregory Volynsky
Primary Major: Behavioral Economics, Policy and Organizations
Minor: Social and Political History

Dongqi Wang
Primary Major: Computer Science
Additional Major: Philosophy
Minor: Physics

Qian Weng
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics and Machine Learning

Xinci Weng
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics and Machine Learning

Lantian Xu
Primary Major: Mathematical Sciences (Operations Research and Statistics)
Minor: Computational Finance

Marika Yang
Primary Major: Professional Writing
Additional Majors: Creative Writing; Social and Political History
Minor: Film and Media Studies

Yuepeng Yang
Primary Major: Mathematical Sciences
Minor: Computer Science

Qiya Yin
Primary Major: Computer Science and Music Technology
Minor: Game Design; Music

David Zhang
Primary Major: Information Systems
Additional Major: Computer Science

Nancy Zhang
Primary Major: Computer Science
Additional Major: Social and Political History

Zefeng Zhang
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics and Machine Learning