University of Florida Board of Trustees defended its search process in a letter to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and U.S. Reps. Greg ...

Almost two months after the state Board of Governors voted down the University of Florida’s top pick to be its next president, silence has largely surrounded what happens next. Interim President Kent ...

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 ...

Former University of Michigan President Santa Ono's failed bid to lead the University of Florida has hurt his chances of presiding over a large university, higher education experts say, but he may ...

On May 27, the University of Florida Board of Trustees voted to unanimously select Santa J. Ono, Ph.D., as the next UF president. The trustees spent 2 ½ hours asking Ono tough, pointed questions ...

Santa Ono answers a question during a meeting of the Florida Board of Governors in Orlando, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, as Mori Hosseini, right, chairman of the UF Board of Trustees, listens.

University of Michigan President Santa Ono backed Jim Harbaugh and the football team during an interview Wednesday, and also touched on Connor Stalions and whether Harbaugh would be back next season.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Since becoming UM’s 15th president on Oct. 14, Santa Ono has made Ann Arbor his home. That’s meant selfies with Olympian Michael Phelps, throwing shirts to students during the ...

A tired-looking Santa Ono admits this right away at the start of the interview. One of a string of interviews, actually: CNN, the Associated Press, The Enquirer, a local TV station.

Ono said he was impressed with the university's "DEI 1.0" efforts and that he looked forward to launching "DEI 2.0," a renewed commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across UM campuses.

On its face, Ono's departure is a simple case of him wanting to return to Vancouver, where he was born in 1962. He's been UC president for four years, just one year less than the average tenure of ...