What we want in Ireland is a National University which will bring students together and educate them upon national lines.

NASA has and will always continue to involve colleges and university students. As the agency moves forward to implement the vision for space exploration, those students will play a vital role in its success.

I know a lot of students who will not attend the university simply for the things they have heard.

This will be a grand occasion because it will create a two-way street with Peking University so that students can study there and learn not only Chinese language, but also China's politics, culture and history, so that when they come back to the United States, they will be able to represent China's point of view much better.

We will be adding more academics in the next few years to accommodate a wider variety of students, such as those from the School of Architecture. Syracuse got a reputation as a 'traditional, does-it-well' program, and it's so much better than that. Seeing it come back to the forefront of study abroad centers is really exciting.

Local legislatures, politicians, friends of the university and students will be able to come see the building.