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Anyone who has spent time in the Idea Forge has come to know Shirley Chessman. After working as the Idea Forge mechanical lab engineer for the past seven years, Chessman is retiring this summer.

Effective July 1, Professor Yonca Ertimur will be the acting dean of the Leeds School of Business. She will succeed Sharon Matusik.

Dean Sharon Matusik of the Leeds School of Business has accepted a dean position at the University of Michigan. Her final day at CU Boulder will be June 30.

CU Boulder’s acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences has accepted a dean position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jim White will remain at CU Boulder through June 30.

CU Boulder Chief Operating Officer Patrick O’Rourke has named Chris Ewing acting vice chancellor for infrastructure and sustainability, effective May 1.

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.