<div><div><div><div><div style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></p></div><div style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(79,129,189)"><div style="font-size:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">October 9, 2026</span></p><br style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear UCR Faculty,</span></p><br style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">On behalf of Academic Senate Chair Ken Barish, I forward this link to the Systemwide  </span><a href="https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/faculty-news-and-views-f26-newsletter.pdf" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Fall 2026 Systemwide Academic Senate Newsletter</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.  </span></p><br style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Prepared by Systemwide Senate Chair Susannah Scott, Vice Chair Amani Nuru-Jeter, and staff in the systemwide office, the newsletter highlights current Senate priorities and other issues of broad interest to UC faculty. </span></p><br style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This issue highlights several timely topics, including standardized testing and college readiness, faculty expressive activities and clinical faculty governance, UC budget issues, developments in California, and rapidly evolving federal policies affecting higher education.</span></p><br style="font-size:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:1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