I am back at George Mason University after 3 years of heading up the Biological Sciences Directorate at the U.S. National Science Foundation. For those of you who have not followed my career, this was after 16 years heading up the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason and Chairing the Molecular Neuroscience Department. These days find me at the Schar School of Public Policy and Government where I am University Professor of Neuroscience and Public Policy.