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Board of Regents

June 2026 – Academic and Student Affairs Committee Meeting

Regents: Rhoads (Chair), Barsness, Constantine, Forsman, Fuller, Hernandez, Schumacher, Stiffarm, Tamaki, Walker, Zeeck

Date and Location

  • Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • Time: 10:30 a.m.
  • Place: Waterfront Activities Center

Consent Agenda

Approve Minutes of the Committee Meeting on May 14, 2026 (Action)

Academic and Administrative Appointments (Action) (Item A-1)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Approve Title Change for the Graduate Certificate in Data Science for Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, UW Seattle   (Action) (Item A-2)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Approve Establishment of Graduate Certificate in Statistics– Advanced Methods and Data Analysis, College of Arts and Sciences, UW Seattle (Action) (Item A-3)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Approve Master of Medical of Sciences, School of Medicine (Action) (Item A-4)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Approve Master of Science in Robotics and Graduate Certificate in Robotics, College of Engineering, UW Seattle (Action) (Item A-5)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Approve Establishment of Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence in Business, Foster School of Business, UW Seattle (Action) (Item A-6)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Approve Granting of the Degrees for 2025-26 (Action) (Item A-7)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Live Agenda

Provost’s Report (Information) (Item A-8)

  • Presentation: Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

Research Resilience and Transformation (Information) (Item A-9)

  • Presentation: Mari Ostendorf, Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Presentation: Xiaosong Li, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Presentation: Suzie Pun, Professor of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and School of Medicine

Updates on Promotion and Tenure Guidelines (Information) (Item A-10)

  • Presentation: Fred Nafukho, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
  • Presentation: Marjorie Olmstead, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

Conflict and Resolution Training (Information) (Item A-11)

  • Presentation: Fred Nafukho, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
  • Presentation: Alan Kirtley, Emeritus Associate Professor, School of Law
  • Presentation: Christine Cimini, Professor, School of Law

Other Business