Having asked the approximately 1500 living Fellows of CASBS to write for the web site at the time of the 60th birthday of the Center and having received about 30 wonderful responses, I thought it would only be fit and…

I remember the sunny autumn day in 2014 when I got my office key, standing there, scanning the ‘Ghosts in the Study’ list. There was a pleasurable shock of recognition when I saw Joseph Weizenbaum’s name for the year 1973.…

My year at CASBS (in 2003-2004) was transformational and deeply meaningful for me. It changed my scholarly identity, making my historical research more thoughtful, my statistical research more rigorous. My writing improved and I found myself truly humbled by the…

I first heard of a renowned “Center” set in the hills above Stanford while still an undergraduate at Columbia University, sometime in 1984, as a place with no application process. There, it was said, one could pursue research in interdisciplinary…

“It is a universal truth” that no Fellow wants to write a summary of their time at the Center for Advanced Studies for the Behavioral Sciences( CASBS) because that would presage the reality of their leaving. Indeed, I have personally…