 Welcome everyone to the fall term. I am always excited when semesters begin to see the students come back to campus. They bring such energy and passion and commitment and it conveys the entire ASU communities. But the second thing I'm really excited about is the nation has really recognized the importance of research for our future. And there are many federal funding opportunities starting to become available. For example, the CHIPS Act has been passed. The nation has really identified that the microchip supply chain in the U.S. needs to be more resilient. In fact, the entire chain from the laboratory to prototypes with startups to production at scale in the fabrication facilities. So as we say, that's from lab to fab. An ASU will play a central role in shoring up that bridge. We're just entering our second year of the new economy initiative, which is a bipartisan investment in the three state universities to propel Arizona into the new economy. An economy that's data driven, virtual, digital, an economy that will provide high paying jobs that are resilient to economic downturns. One of the things I'm most excited about is the addition of bios to ASU. As you know, oceans cover the majority of our planet and the health of the ocean is inextricably linked to the overall health of our planet. So it's exciting to see our new Bermuda colleagues join us. There will be many research opportunities that are now available to us. They have an ocean going vessel as part of their institute, which is now part of ASU. And in addition, there will be incredible educational opportunities for our students. Last year, Knowledge Enterprise established a DEIB task force, which stands for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. And that last word is so important, belonging. Everyone at Knowledge Enterprise is vital to our success and we are all key in creating an environment and culture of welcoming and belonging. Sometimes humanities doesn't get as much tension as we put on technology, engineering, and science. Humanities looks at history. It looks at language, written, spoken, artistic. It looks at cultures. And those are so important to augment scientific discovery and experimentation. I look forward to working with all of you this semester as together we change the way the world solves problems. Thank you for all you do.