Dr. Santa J. Ono, the current president of the University of Michigan and the only finalist to become the University of Florida's 14th president, met with students and faculty on May 6 in a series ...

Illustration by The Chronicle; Getty Images He Wanted a Presidency. He Became a Pariah. How Santa Ono’s botched appointment became an allegory for a perilous political moment.

UF president-elect Santa J. Ono responds to a question at the Florida Board of Governors meeting in Orlando on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Photo by Juleidi Machuca | The Independent Florida Alligator ...

On Tuesday, June 3, Santa J. Ono, former president of the University of Michigan, learned that the world loves treason, but it does not love the traitor. In a 10-6 vote, the Board of Governors of ...

Minutes from the UM board's May 15 meeting show that it convened a May 8 meeting for "emergency" action in which the board, in a unanimous vote, "accepted the resignation of President Santa J. Ono ...

Christopher Rufo — a Washington-State based conservative activist and key architect of DeSantis’ anti-DEI crusade — helped orchestrate a public pressure campaign, celebrating Ono’s defeat as a victory ...

That’s the message Gov. Ron DeSantis sent this week when he reappointed Hosseini — a strong-willed and politically formidable Volusia County real estate magnate — as chairman of UF’s board of trustees ...

The Florida Board of Governors rejected Santa Ono as UF’s next president in a 10-6 vote. Board members drilled Ono on his record through an over three-hour-long meeting, including his statements ...

The state university system’s Board of Governors on Tuesday rejected the appointment of former University of Michigan President Santa Ono as president of the University of Florida.

Just one week after Dr. Santa Ono was unanimously selected by UF’s Board of Trustees to become the president-elect, the Florida Board of Governors rejected the selection in a 6-10 vote on ...

A federal lawsuit modified on Friday claims the University of Michigan was made aware of Matt Weiss' illegal activity and still allowed him to coach in the 2022 Fiesta Bowl.