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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Feng Xu, Secretary-Parliamentarian
of the Academic Senate</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Date: May 22, 2026</span></p>
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Action Report</i></span></b></p>
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the May 19, 2026 Meeting of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate, the
following actions were taken:</span></p>
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Minutes from the February 24, 2026 Division Meeting</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This item can be
found on page <a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=5" target="_blank">5</a> of this Division Meeting agenda.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Recognition of the
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative
Achievement Faculty recipients:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Karine Le
Roch, Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology</span></p>
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Tiwari-Woodruff, Biomedical Sciences</span></p>
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found on pages </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=8" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">8</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> & <a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=9" style="color:blue" target="_blank">9</a>
of this Division Meeting agenda.</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Recognition of
2025-2026 Distinguished Campus Service Award recipients.</span></b></p>
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Abbaschian, Mechanical Engineering</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Kimberly
Hammond, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology</span></p>
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found on pages </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=205" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">205</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> & </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=206" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">206</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> of this Division
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2025-2026 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients.</span></b></p>
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Society, Environment, and Health Equity</span></p>
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Psychology</span></p>
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found on pages </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=207" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">207</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> & </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=209" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">209</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> of this Division
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2025-2026 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/ Mentoring Award recipients.</span></b></p>
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Mobasher, Physics & Astronomy</span></p>
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History of Art</span></p>
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found on pages </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=211" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">211</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> & </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=212" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">212</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> of this Division
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of the 2026- 2027 Faculty Research Lecturer Award recipient.</span></b></p>
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found on page </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=213" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">213</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> of this Division
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Changes to the Committee on Committees Bylaw 8.8-8.87: Lived Name Policy,
Service Permissions, & Name Correction.</span></b></p>
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found on page </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=215" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">215</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> of this Division
Meeting agenda. These changes can also be viewed in the Academic Senate Manual
under Riverside Division Bylaw 8.8.</span></i></p>
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Changes to the Charge of the Committee on Preparatory Education (Bylaw
8.24.2.1).</span></b></p>
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found on page </span></i><a href="https://ucr-senate-public.s3.amazonaws.com/agenda/2025-26/05-19-2026/spring-2026-division-meeting-agenda-v2red-6a0e2185a243d.pdf#page=229" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">229</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> of this Division
Meeting agenda. These changes can also be viewed in the Academic Senate Manual
under Riverside Division Bylaw 8.24.</span></i></p>
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Combined Data Science B.S. + Statistics M.S. Program.</span></b></p>
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Name Change from the Department of Psychology to the Department of
Psychological and Brain Sciences.</span></b></p>
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Changes to the School of Medicine Bylaw 5.2 (Dean Title).</span></b></p>
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Meeting agenda. These changes can also be viewed in the Academic Senate Manual
under School of Medicine Bylaw 5.2.</span></i></p>
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