Mark Kennedy spent his first official day as president of the University of Colorado visiting the four campuses and meeting with a variety of students, faculty and staff. Photos by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado.

CU President Mark Kennedy, second from left, chats with Dan Baker, center, director of the Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Provost Russ Moore and Terri Fiez, Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation during a tour of the facility on July 1, 2019, Kennedy’s first official day on the job. Chancellor Phil DiStefano is at far left.
CU President Mark Kennedy, left, points to the CU Boulder athletic logo on a model of a space device during a tour of the CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) on July 1, 2019, Kennedy’s first official day on the job. In background: Debbie Kennedy, Mark’s wife, LASP director, Dan Baker, and LASP director of engineering, Tom Sparn.
CU President Mark Kennedy, center, and his wife Debbie, share a light moment with students and staff in the control room during a tour of CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) on July 1, 2019, Kennedy’s first official day on the job. Jerry Jason, LASP, director of mission operations and data system, is visible at left. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)
CU President Mark Kennedy, standing at left, and his wife Debbie, listen to undergraduate student staff answer questions during a tour of CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) on July 1, 2019, Kennedy’s first official day on the job.
CU President Mark Kennedy, center, holds a magnesium casing for an instrument model that went on mission to Mercury of the Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), during a tour of the facility on July 1, 2019, Kennedy’s first official day on the job. LASP director of engineering, Tom Sparn, explains how devices are made in-house and Kennedy’s wife, Debbie, is at left.
CU President Mark Kennedy, in glasses, chats with Dan Baker, center, director of the Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), during a tour of the facility on July 1, 2019, Kennedy’s first official day on the job. Kennedy’s wife, Debbie and Chancellor Phil DiStefano is visible in the foreground.
New CU President Mark Kennedy, left, greets Chancellor Phil DiStefano during his first official visit to the CU Boulder campus.
New CU President Mark Kennedy, left and his wife, Debbie, center, walk down the steps of the CASE building with Carole Capsalis, deputy chief of staff from the ChancellorÕs office, at the start of a tour of the campus.
New CU President Mark Kennedy greets Katherine Schultz, Dean of the School of Education, as Lori Bergen, Dean of the College of Media, Communication and Information, looks on during a lunch meeting during his first official visit at the CU Boulder campus. Provost Russell Moore is at far left.
New CU President Mark Kennedy, center, and his wife, Debbie, left, stand on the stage for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the Mary Rippon Theatre during a tour of the CU Boulder campus with Chancellor Phil DiStefano.
New CU President Mark Kennedy, center, and his wife, Debbie, left, greet set builders for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the Mary Rippon Theatre during a tour of the CU Boulder campus with Chancellor Phil DiStefano.
New CU President Mark Kennedy, right, and his wife, Debbie, over a costume room in the University Theater with Timothy Orr, artistic director for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival during a tour of the CU Boulder campus with Chancellor Phil DiStefano, left.
New CU President Mark Kennedy and his wife, Debbie, pose next to the Ralphie sculpture in front of Folsom Field during a tour of the CU Boulder campus with Chancellor Phil DiStefano.