It's only when we free ourselves of those self-imposed boundaries, when we listen to our hearts and give wing to our natural curiosity, that we can truly see and tap the breadth of opportunity available to us.

Edward Teller's genius has produced monumental contributions to physics, ... This professorship constitutes an honor that will, above all else and in perpetuity, remind us of that genius and those contributions.

The sparks are really at the interfaces. That's where the new discoveries take place,

This is going to be glorious ... and the reason it is going to be so wonderful is it's going to subconsciously tell people about the history of the campus,

It's a theme that encourages us to deliberately seek experiences and conversations that extend our understanding, that challenge our firmly held beliefs, that honor the new and the unfamiliar and that take us a bit out of our comfort zones,

I'm worried about that, ... It's a widening gap.