University of Michigan president expected to take same role in Florida The University of Florida's board of trustees on Tuesday approved Santa Ono to be the next leader of Florida's flagship ...

U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Caledonia, sent a letter Oct. 31 to former university President Santa Ono urging the end of UM’s partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

The University of Florida Board of Trustees had voted unanimously in May to approve Ono as the school’s 14th president, and it is unprecedented for the governors to reverse such an action.

Former University of Michigan President Santa Ono will not return to a faculty position after he pursued the presidential role at the University of Florida and was rejected.

Florida Board of Governors rejects Santa Ono as University of Florida president due to concerns over his DEI advocacy and inadequate handling of anti-Israel protests.

Santa Ono, the president of the University of Michigan, was unanimously approved by Florida’s board despite criticism from conservatives of his past views on diversity programs.

Dr. Ono had supporters in Florida. The chair of the university’s board of trustees, Mori Hosseini, who has aimed to move the university in Gainesville, Fla., up in rankings, had supported Dr. Ono.