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Dear FAS Supporter, Right now, students are in unique positions to influence future scientific and political practices in response to these challenges. All they need is the opportunity to be heard and the resources to act. FAS plays a significant role in the mission of providing opportunities for the planet’s future leaders in engineering, science, and public policy. Three years ago, Ravi Patel, an undergraduate student studying biology and international relations at Stanford, participated in an FAS summer mentor program where he collaborated with FAS-affiliated scientists on ways to reduce the likelihood of nuclear war between India and Pakistan through cooperative projects. On an FAS project on reducing risks of weapons-usable uranium in naval propulsion, Naomi Egel and Erika Suzuki, two political science students, then at UC, Berkeley, contributed to a peer-reviewed journal article (with Dr. Bethany Goldblum, a mid-career nuclear engineering professor) on an innovative method that could be applied to preventing the diversion of nuclear material from naval propulsion to nuclear weapons programs. Several colleagues later praised Naomi for her poised presentation to several dozen government officials and nongovernmental experts at an FAS-convened Capitol Hill briefing this past March. These opportunities are made possible because of generous support from donors like you.    Thank you for working with FAS as we continue to support the next generation of scientists and policy leaders. With gratitude, Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. President Federation of American Scientists