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Musician and entrepreneur Kevin Woelfel has been appointed director of the Entrepreneurship Center for Music in the University of Colorado at Boulder's College of Music. He succeeds interim Director Michael Millar. Woelfel's diverse career in the music industry has included performance, composition and manufacturing. He has held trumpet positions with many orchestras including the Chicago Lyric Opera, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, Spokane Symphony, Grant Park Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Sacramento Symphony.

Harrison Shull, former chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder, died July 28 in Monterey, Calif. He was 79. Shull, a distinguished scholar, educator and administrator, was appointed chancellor of CU-Boulder in 1982 and held the position until stepping down in 1985. Later that year he became provost at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He retired in 1995.

Law enforcement training and the belief among police in the United States that their lives are likely to be in danger at any moment encourages the use of deadly force in any potentially dangerous situation, according to CU-Boulder sociology Professor AnnJanette Rosga. Rosga studies police use of force and the training of police in human rights-respecting practices in emerging democracies around the world, such as Bosnia-Herzegovina where she was a Fulbright Scholar in 2002.

Before they begin classes, new students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will participate in a variety of fun and information-packed activities starting Aug. 19. Fall semester classes start Aug. 25, and besides the usual array of orientation sessions to cover the details of class registration, policies and student services at each college, students will have chances to socialize and get acquainted with Boulder during the week before school begins.