On the Move
Commander Tom Matlock with the CU Police Department has been promoted after three years on the job and 20 years in university policing.
Acting Dean Keith Molenaar has selected Shideh Dashti to serve as the acting associate dean for research in the engineering college. Dashti will lead the Research Support Office team in offering support across the life of research proposals from idea to submission, execution and publication.
Keller has been named the director of CU Boulder's Institute of Behavioral Genetics, which conducts and facilitates research on the genetic and environmental bases of individual differences in behavior.
David Kang, vice chancellor for infrastructure and sustainability, will leave CU Boulder in May to take a position in California. Campus leadership will soon announce the appointment of an interim vice chancellor, as well as search plans for a successor to Kang.
Effective June 1, Professor Massimo Ruzzene will be the acting vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes. He will succeed Terri Fiez, who is retiring.
CU Boulder Provost Russell Moore named Austin Jamar “JB” Banks to the post of acting vice chancellor for student affairs, effective on March 15.
Provost Russell Moore announced that Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Dean of the Institutes Terri Fiez will retire on June 1.
Carla Ho’a will retire after more than 30 years of service to CU. Campus leadership will launch a national search for Ho’a’s replacement in the spring.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Akirah Bradley-Armstrong has accepted the post of vice chancellor for student affairs and success at the University of California Santa Cruz. Her last day at CU Boulder will be April 1.
In Strategic Resources and Support news, Jennifer Barrett McDuffie will assume the chief of staff role. Also, the Office of Government and Community Engagement will now report to the chancellor.