CGS congratulates its affiliates who have been named Center for Advanced Study (CAS) Associates and CAS Beckman Fellow. The CAS Associates are Brett Kaplan from Comparative & World Literature, Soo Ah Kwon from Asian American Studies and Ned O’Gorman from Communication, while the CAS Beckman Fellow is Christina Bollo from Architecture. CAS Associates and Fellows form the intellectual core of the Center for Advanced Study community. They are also invited to participate in CAS events and present their work to the CAS community. The appointment also grants one semester of release time to pursue an individual scholarly or creative project.