<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">September 15, 2026</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">To:  Members of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Re: </span></font><span style="background-color:transparent">Items of Interest to the Academic Senate <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">at the</span> 9/16/26 Regents Meeting</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good Afternoon,</span><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">On behalf of Academic Senate Division Chair Ken Barish, I write to share that th</span>ere are several items on tomorrow’s Regents meeting agendas that may be of interest to Senate members<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">.</span><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">September 16, 9:00 am (<i>approximate</i>)<u></u><u></u></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Meeting of the Board of Regents (see <a href="https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept26/board9.161.pdf" target="_blank">agenda</a>)<u></u><u></u></font></p><ul type="square" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="m_-6050174019003010418MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Item B4 Discussion: <a href="https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept26/b4.pdf" target="_blank">Update on Artificial Intelligence</a><u></u><u></u></font></li><li class="m_-6050174019003010418MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Item B5 Discussion: <a href="https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept26/b5.pdf" target="_blank">History and Background on Standardized Testing at UC</a><u></u><u></u></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">September 16, 10:45 am (<i>approximate</i>)<u></u><u></u></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Meeting of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee (see <a href="https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept26/acas.pdf" target="_blank">agenda</a>)<u></u><u></u></font></p><ul type="square" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="m_-6050174019003010418MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Item A1 Discussion: <a href="https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept26/a1.pdf" target="_blank">UC STEM Outcomes and Math Innovation</a><u></u><u></u></font></li><li class="m_-6050174019003010418MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Item A2 Discussion: <a href="https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept26/a2.pdf" target="_blank">What Future is UC Preparing Students For?</a><u></u><u></u></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Live video streaming of the meeting is available on the Regents website:<u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/videos/sept2026.html#board2" target="_blank">https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/videos/sept2026.html#board2</a><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Kind regards,</span></font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(79,129,189)">Cherysa Cortez</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></p>

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