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UF presidential finalist defends decision to dismantle Michigan DEI program
Ono sung the praises of UF and Gov. Ron DeSantis during public forums, while some of the governor’s allies started attacking ...
UF presidential candidate would bring political baggage to Gator Country
Santa J. Ono, University of Michigan’s controversial president of nearly three years, plans to trade in “The Big House” in ...
Florida Politics2d
Ron DeSantis breaks with Byron Donalds, backs UF presidential pick despite DEI past
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, a 2026 candidate for Governor, disagrees. He criticized Ono, the former University of Michigan ...
WolverinesWire on MSN5d
Florida looking to poach University of Michigan president Santa J. Ono
Santa J. Ono might have been at the University of Michigan for a good time, but not a long time. It remains to be seen ...
WCJB TV20 on MSN2d
Dr. Ono visits UF campus, answers community questions
Dr. Santa J. Ono, currently the president of the University of Michigan, spent the day answering the UF community’s questions ...
President of University of Michigan leaving post for same role at University of Florida
Dr. Santa J. Ono, current president at the University of Michigan, will resign in order to take the same role at the ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education4d
Santa Ono Flees for Florida
A t the University of Michigan, we have been living inside a telenovela for weeks, a tragicomedy of resistance that saw our president, Santa J. Ono, pitted against the majority of our Board of Regents ...
Michigan Advance4d
Amid turmoil over protests and DEI fight, Santa Ono to depart University of Michigan presidency
In an announcement Sunday, Santa J. Ono, the president for the University of Michigan informed students and faculty he would ...
USA Today1d
Michigan faculty say Ono cut DEI, clamped down on student activists to impress UF
Despite the controversies, some faculty acknowledge positive contributions Ono made during his tenure, such as expanding ...