Latham Science Engagement Fellow Nicholas McCarty selected for Phi Beta Kappa Writing Internship

No more than 15 undergraduate students are selected from a national pool
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Nicholas McCartyThe Phi Beta Kappa Society has announced that Nicholas McCarty of the University of Iowa has been selected for a 2016 Phi Beta Kappa Writing Internship.

The Phi Beta Kappa chapter at the University of Iowa recommended McCarty to write from Iowa City for the Society’s national office. The internship begins in January and continues through May 2016.

Originally from Geneva, Illinois, McCarty is majoring in Biochemistry with minors in Clinical and Translational Science, Chemistry, and Entrepreneurial Management. He has conducted research on diabetes and heart disease for the last three years with Professor E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD.

McCarty has been nationally recognized for this research, receiving fellowships from the Endocrine Society and American Heart Association. He is also a current fellow of the Latham Science Engagement Initiative, based in CLAS, which focuses on improving the discussion and understanding between scientists and their communities. He plans on enrolling in an MD/PhD program after graduation.

Phi Beta Kappa’s writing internships are for juniors and seniors majoring in the liberal arts or sciences who attend institutions where its chapters are located. Interns must make a five-month commitment to the program and prepare a minimum of six publishable articles for the Society’s publication for news and alumni relations, The Key Reporter.

The program has two deadlines annually, for internships in the fall or spring of each academic year.

No more than 15 students are selected from a national pool in each round.

For more information about the Phi Beta Kappa Writing Internship Program, visit www.keyreporter.org or write to keyreporter@pbk.org.

About The Phi Beta Kappa Society

Founded on December 5, 1776, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s oldest and most recognized academic honor society. It has chapters at 286 colleges and universities in the United States and more than half a million members throughout the country. Its mission is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, to recognize academic excellence, and to foster freedom of thought and expression. www.pbk.org

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.