I was asked what America and Princeton University mean to me. With the University’s help we made a very short video, where I talk about Princeton and why all of our academic enterprises are so important to the US and to the world. As you can see, this is very personal for me. If you feel as strongly as I do, please join me and and the community of Princeton alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends who are committed to making the case for America’s colleges and universities: standup.princeton.edu I believe that all scientists truly care about making our society better for everyone. We are not “the elite,” if anything, we are the working class of society. We are not the people at the top of the mountain looking down, we are the people at the bottom of the mountain trying to help everyone else get to the top. To my mind there is no more noble profession than being a scientist and an educator.