regent
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For many Thai royalists, Princess Bajrakitiyabha seemed the most promising figure to succeed her father, either as queen or as a regent to help Prince Dipangkorn.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The sole student regent position was approved by voters in 1974.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
It was only blocked after pushback from USC and Michigan, where one regent branded the deal a “payday loan.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
“The regents will make this decision with the input of the governor,” said former regent George Kieffer, who chaired the board during the first Trump administration and ended his term in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025
A regent of the University of California, Crocker had offered $12,000 to fund Lawrence’s construction of a Sloan tube for the medical school.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
During a regents meeting last week, faculty and students spoke passionately about UC admissions, including the course requirements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The regents, with the support of then-UC President Janet Napolitano, voted unanimously in May 2020 to end testing requirements and said UC should study the feasibility of creating its own standardized test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
During his three-year reign, the boy king was shielded from real power by a triumvirate of regents and advisers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
UC gained national attention in May 2020 when regents unanimously voted to suspend testing requirements and eliminate them entirely by 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Soon, however, he seized the reins of the affair as leader of the regents bloc pressing for dismissal of nonsigners.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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