regent

When his father became ill in 1990, the crown prince became regent.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

The 26-member Board of Regents has one voting student regent and one nonvoting student regent-designate, who trains for a year before taking the voting seat when the prior member cycles off.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Built in 1938 with money from Berkeley regent William Crocker, the Crocker lab housed the new 60-inch atom smasher—the “Crocker Cracker”—in its two-story rear wing.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In 2021, the school’s board of regents approved the building of the 163,000-square-foot Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

In his farewell address to the regents that October, he warned against allowing the Smithsonian to become seen as affiliated with one party or ideological bent.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Pro-testing professors have dominated public comment at earlier regents meetings, pointing to all eight Ivy League campuses, Caltech and Stanford, which reintroduced testing after dropping it around the pandemic over test access and equity concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The senate plans to send its recommendation to regents by June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

With the $250,000 in operating costs that Sproul had managed to pry from the Berkeley regents, that essentially provided everything Lawrence had requested.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik