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Preliminary Regents' Agenda: March 20-21, 2024

Note: The original schedule was for a three-day meeting, March 19-21. March 19 has been removed, probably by shifting the Investments Committee to the afternoon of March 21.

Agenda: March 20-21, 2024 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

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8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session) 

  • Public Comment Period (30 minutes)
  • Remarks of the Chair of the Board
  • Remarks of the President of the University
  • Remarks of the Chair of the Academic Senate

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Concurrent Meetings:

9:30 am Compliance and Audit Committee (open session) 

   Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023

   C1 Action: Appointment of Regents’ External Auditor

   C2 Discussion: Results of Internal Audit Quality Assessment Review

Upon end of open session:

Compliance and Audit Committee (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of January 24, 2024

C3(X) Action: University of California Digital Risk Appetite Statement

[Note: "Risk appetite is the amount of risk, on a broad level, an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of value." Source: https://www.ucop.edu/enterprise-risk-and-resilience/erm/tools-templates/risk-assessment-toolbox-content/uc-risk-appetite-definition-and-assessment-of-risks-uc-radar.html]

C4(X) Discussion: Digital Risk Update

C5(X) Discussion: Review of Recent Cybersecurity Incidents

C6(X) Action: Recommended Settlements for Board Action

[Various settlements including one involving departure of UC-Berkeley from Pac-12]

C7(X) Discussion: Appellate, Trial Court Developments and Updates 

[Various developments including dismissal of a challenge to DEI hiring statements]*

C8(X) Information Settlements and Separation Agreements under Delegated Authority Reported from December 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024

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9:30 am Public Engagement and Development Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of January 24, 2024

P1 Discussion: Update from the Interim Senior Vice President of External Relations and Communications

P2 Discussion: Demystifying AI and Its Impacts in Higher Education

P3 Discussion: The UCLA BruinHubs: Bridging Basic Needs, Well-Being, and Community in One Place

[Note: The BruinHubs are on-campus spaces designed to meet the needs of students who commute long distances to campus. We have two locations located at the John Wooden Center and Strathmore Building. The BruinHub spaces were designed in recognition of commuters' routines and needs. Source: https://campuslife.ucla.edu/bruinhub]

P4 Discussion: UC Impact: A New Digital Resource

[Unclear what this item refers to: Possibly: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/new-university-california-website-shows-impact-of-10-campus-system]

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1:00 pm Governance Committee (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of January 24, 2024

G1(X) Discussion: Collective Bargaining Matters

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1:30 pm Joint Meeting of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee & Compliance and Audit Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of January 24-25, 2024

J1 Action: Adoption of Regents Policy on the Use of University Administrative Websites

[Note: As blog readers will know, this item - really about departmental political statements - was continued from the last Regents meeting. Whether the Regents will again become hung up on such esoterica as trying to define a website "landing page" or will focus on whether entire departments (as opposed to individuals), as UC entities, should make political statements is unknown. Possibly, a draft resolution of whatever is being proposed will be released before the meeting.]

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2:10 pm Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 15, 2023 and the Joint Meeting of the Health Services Committee and the Finance and Capital Strategies Committee of January 24, 2024

F1(X)2 Action: Life Science Building and Associated Improvements, Los Angeles Campus: Acquisition

[Note: Unclear if this item refers to the $700 million acquisition of the Westside Pavillion or yet another real estate purchase by UCLA]

Upon end of closed session:

Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of January 24, 2024

F22 Action: Stair Tower and Exit Corridor Upgrades, UC Davis Health, Sacramento Campus: Amendment of the Budget, Hospital Seismic Upgrade

F3 Action: East Campus Loop Road, San Diego Campus: Budget, Scope, External Financing, and Design Following Consideration of Addendum No. 10 to the 2018 Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report, Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act

F4 Action: Classroom and Office Building III, Merced Campus: Preliminary Plans Funding

F5 Action: Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility, Riverside Campus: Budget, Scope, External Financing, and Design Following Consideration of an Addendum to the 2021 Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act

F6 Information: Mid-Year Report of the UC Office of the President’s Budget to Actual Expenditures and Second Quarter Forecast for Fiscal Year 2023-24

F7 Discussion: Significant Information Technology Projects Report for the Period September 1, 2023, Through December 31, 2023

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2:10 pm Academic and Student Affairs Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of January 24, 2024

A1 Discussion: Mathematics Preparation for UC Admission – Past, Present, and Future

[Note: This item may refer to the controversy regarding substitution of "data science" for a more traditional math course. See: https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/03/doing-math-boars-vs-ucop.html]

A2 Action: Approval of Multi-Year Plans for Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition for Six Graduate Professional Degree Programs

A3 Discussion: Astronomy at the University of California

[Presumably, there will be at least some mention of the stalled Hawaiian Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) project in which UC is involved and which blog readers will be familiar. See: https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/02/checking-in-on-ever-contentious-tmt.html (and many other blog postings)]

A4 Discussion: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Update

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

8:30 am Board (open session - includes public comment session) 

Public Comment Period (30 minutes)

Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of January 24, 25, and February 14, 2024

Remarks from Student Associations

B1 Discussion: Advances in CRISPR Technology

[Note: As blog readers will know, there have be prolonged patent litigation battles concerning CRISPR intellectual property and UC. See: https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/03/patent-loss.html and many other blog postings]

9:45 am Board (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of January 25 and February 14, 2024

B2(X) Discussion: Incidents of Concern

[Note: "Incidents of Concern" most likely refers to incidents such as recently at Berkeley and Santa Barbara related to the Israel-Gaza War. The rationale for discussion behind closed doors is "litigation."]

Committee Reports Including Approval of Recommendations from Committees

[Note: The reports and approvals refer to various committee closed-door activities.]

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10:30 am Board (open session) 

Committee Reports Including Approvals of Recommendations from Committees:

  • Academic and Student Affairs Committee
  • Compliance and Audit Committee
  • Finance and Capital Strategies Committee
  • Health Services Committee (meeting of February 14, 2024)
  • Public Engagement and Development Committee
  • Joint Meeting: Academic and Student Affairs Committee and Compliance and Audit Committee

B3 Discussion: University of California Basic Needs Annual Report, 2022–23

B4 Discussion: Annual Report on Sustainability Practices

Officers’ and President’s Reports:

  • Report of Interim, Concurrence, and Committee Actions
  • Report of Materials Mailed Between Meetings

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1:00 pm Investments Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 16, 2023

I1 Discussion: Review of Performance for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023–2024 of UC Pension, Endowment, Blue and Gold Pool, Working Capital, and Retirement Savings

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*See https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/01/dei-lawsuit-against-uc-dismissed-on.html. The Haltigan case was dismissed without a ruling on the merits. Haltigan said he did not apply for a position at UC because of the required statement. The judge in the case ruled that Haltigan didn't have standing to sue because he had never applied.

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