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The winners of the 2017 Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards have been announced! All three authors accepted the awards and did Q&A with audience members at the Book Awards Dinner in Washington, DC on December 1.

The winners are:

• Science Award: The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Award: From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton
• Christian Gauss Award: Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Frank

More details on the awards and the award-winning books are here: https://pbk.org/web/2017BookAwards

The Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa is hosting a fall luncheon with Frederick M. Lawrence, the Secretary of the national Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Fall Luncheon: Phi Beta Kappa Secretary Frederick M. Lawrence: “Phi Beta Kappa’s 21st-Century Mission: Advocating for the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Championing Free Expression”

Tuesday, October 24, 11:45 a.m.
Seattle Yacht Club, 1807 E. Hamlin Street, Seattle
$40 per person, guests welcome

For more information or to RSVP, visit the Association’s activities page.

Are you a newly inducted Phi Beta Kappa member? Or new to the Puget Sound Area?

This September, Phi Beta Kappa is sponsoring “Key Connections”, a nationwide series of events to introduce PBK members to regional associations. These associations are a great way to make friends, build connections, and continue the intellectual journey of being a lifelong PBK member.

The Puget Sound Association is holding a “Meet and Greet Sports Social” on September 7. Get more details on this free event and register here.

For information on other events around the country, see https://www.pbk.org/web/keyconnections .