Professor Ester de Jong, SEHD’s New Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ester de Jong has accepted the associate dean for research and academic affairs position in the School of Education & Human Development (SEHD.)
 
From training as an Army Ranger and flight test engineer, to life as an astronaut in the microgravity of space, to educating the next generation of aerospace engineers, Jim Voss (MAero’74; HonPhD’00) has a list of career achievements a mile long.
From training as an Army Ranger and flight test engineer, to life as an astronaut in the microgravity of space, to educating the next generation of aerospace engineer has a list of career achievements a mile long.
 
Alexis Keyworth, PA-C.
Keyworth, director of the APP fellowship in surgery, was given the award by the Colorado Academy of PAs.
 
Burke Hilsabeck, new Director of Faculty Relations and Community
The Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) is excited to announce Burke Hilsabeck’s appointment as the new Director of Faculty Relations and Community, effective June 1.
 
Kaushik Jayaram and his colleagues debuted a small, shapeshifting robot named CLARI in 2023. The team later designed an even smaller model called mCLARI. (Credit: Casey Cass/CU Boulder)
Kaushik Jayaram envisions a day when swarms of tiny robots, some weighing no more than a paperclip, will crawl through airplanes or into buildings after an earthquake—searching for survivors or repairing components that no human could ever reach.
 
Zina L. Evans as the next Vice Chancellor for Strategic Enrollment and Student Success (SESS),
The University of Colorado Denver is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Zina L. Evans as the next Vice Chancellor for Strategic Enrollment and Student Success (SESS), following a national search.
 
Ehlmann, currently a professor of planetary science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Director of Caltech’s Keck Institute for Space Studies, will begin her role as LASP’s director on September 1, 2025.
Dr. Bethany Ehlmann has been named director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder.
 
Tammy Ewin as Next Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications
The University of Colorado Denver is pleased to announce the appointment of Tammy Ewin as its next Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications, following a national search.
 
Jamie L. Studts, PhD, co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center,
Jamie L. Studts, PhD, is the 2025 recipient of the Elliot J. Coups Improving Health Through Behavioral Medicine Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
 
Russell “Russ” Moore is the longest, continuously serving provost among all institutions in the Association of American Universities, the consortium of the nation’s major research universities.
Russell “Russ” Moore is the longest, continuously serving provost among all institutions in the Association of American Universities, the consortium of the nation’s major research universities.

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