 Good morning, good morning. Welcome to the University of Michigan. I'm looking out at an incredibly talented, intelligent, creative group of people. I know that because we have outstanding faculty here. And our faculty have a very high bar for the students they consider and the students they admit. So congratulations on being admitted to graduate school here. And we're so delighted that you've joined us. I want to tell you a little story. It's a story about two graduate students and a professor who were walking across our diag one day. And they came across an oil lamp. And what do you do when you find an oil lamp? You rub it. And what happens? A genie pops out. So this genie pops out. This happens all dressed in maize and blue. And the genie says, you know, traditionally, we give three wishes. There are three of you. I'm going to give each of you one wish. And the first graduate student gets really excited and says, genie, I want to be on a beach in Tahiti. Genie says, sure. And poof, the graduate student is gone. So now the second graduate student gets really big eyes and says, I want to be hella skiing in the Canadian Rockies. No problem, says the genie. Poof. And that graduate student is gone. And the genie turns to the professor and says, what about you? What do you want? And with a twinkle in her eye, she says, I want those two back in the lab right after lunch. Now, like all good stories, there's a grain of truth to this story. You're going to work incredibly hard in graduate school, probably harder than you ever have in your life. Your professors are going to push you. But they're also going to encourage you and guide you and help you and cheer lead. So work closely with them. And if you do that, what I can almost guarantee will happen is that you'll come upon what Richard Feynman, the physicist called the kick of discovery, that magical moment when you come to understand and see something that no one else before has ever understood or seen. And the rewards will be enormous. The other thing I want you to do, I want you to work incredibly hard, but I want you to remember to find at least a little bit of time for interest outside of your studies, for your family, for your friends, for outside activities. Even the professor in my story didn't have the students come back right away. She gave them the morning off. So welcome to Michigan. Work hard. Find that kick of discovery. And have a great time here. It's now my great pleasure to introduce the 14th president of the University of Michigan, Dr. Mark Schlissel. Dr. Schlissel, we'll talk to you for a second. I was going to tell you a little bit about him. He got his undergraduate degree from Princeton. And his MD and PhD from Johns Hopkins University, where after a postdoc, he was on the faculty. He then joined the faculty at Berkeley, where he became dean of the biological sciences and went on to Brown University, where he served as provost before joining us here at Michigan this past August. Today, he is not only president, he is also professor of microbiology and immunology in the College of Medicine, and professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology in LSNA. Please welcome President Schlissel.