Former University of Michigan president Santa Ono has taken a position far away from the politics he encountered in Michigan and Florida. Ono has joined the Ellison Institute of Technology, a science ...

Earlier this year, the board of trustees approved Dr. Santa Ono as the new president, but the Florida Board of Governors ...

Governor Ron DeSantis pledged during his reelection campaign that Florida would be “where woke goes to die.” DeSantis built his reputation on resisting some of the worst impulses of elite culture: ...

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.

Santa Ono, former president of the University of Michigan and the sole finalist for the same position at the University of Florida, talks during forum on May 6, 2025, at Emerson Alumni Hall in ...

Last year, the University of Michigan agreed to increase Ono’s salary to $1.3 million, increasing to $3 million by 2032 — more than three times what any Florida public university president earns.

Ono defended his efforts to combat anti-Semitism at the University of Michigan and vowed that DEI programs won’t return to the University of Florida. DeSantis has made a high-profile issue of ...

The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state's universities, voted 10-6 against Santa Ono, who was most recently president of the University of Michigan.

University of Florida president-elect Santa Ono, left, with Mori Hosseini, right, chairman of the UF Board of Trustees, during a meeting of the Florida Board of Governors to vote on Ono becoming ...