 The Public Interest Technology University Network is dedicated to building the field of public interest technology and cultivating a new generation of civic minded technologists. Public interest technologists apply not only technical skills like computer coding but an interdisciplinary understanding of technology's impacts on society and in particular impacts on communities that are most vulnerable to technology's harms. That's been sort of my charge I think at the University Network is to think about how do we create new technologists who can imagine designing and developing technological tools that are about the majority of people. Not the early adopter, not the folks who know exactly how they're going to use it. Since 2019 the Network Challenge has provided over $15 million to 145 grantees building the field of public interest technology. These projects have created new courses, research centers, community partnerships, certificates, degree programs, internships, fellowships and more. The year five Network Challenge awardees include projects that will train medical students and local community members in the development and use of healthcare technology, pair undergraduate researchers with high school students and local nonprofits to co-create a civic research agenda for artificial intelligence, develop training and career pathway programs for BIPOC, LGBTQI and first-generation college students interested in public interest technology and establish overarching competencies that can become industry standards for the field. PIT-UN is a unique collaboration with the potential to place ethics, equity and the common good at the heart of technology. You have to start that in the academy at professional schools, undergrad and then grad because that's where people not only start charting their careers but they also respond to peer pressure and so to say, hey, now I'm going to be a public interest technologist, we wanted to see that carry the same validation as saying I'm going to be a public interest lawyer. This is a bit of a win for us that we have a thing called a public interest tech faith and that you all are part of that space. That was not something that existed quite easily when I started this work at New America in 2018. Technology impacts every area of society from climate to healthcare to democracy and education. As PIT-UN continues to grow, we are eager to engage new partners who will share our commitment to advancing the public interest in our ever more technological world. We want to thank our funding partners who have been our partners from the very beginning in supporting our efforts to establish PIT as a viable academic and professional field. It's an invitation to think about your role in higher ed and academia and how are we going to nurture our students as co-creators of the technologies of the future. Can university help our students use their love of technology with their love for justice? They have it. And they're looking for you all to help guide that conversation. So that is our charge.