University of Florida president-elect Santa Ono addresses the Florida Board of Governors in Orlando, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in an hours-long meeting in which the board voted down a Board of ...

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 ...

University of Florida president-elect Santa Ono, left, answers a question, as Mori Hosseini, right, chairman of the UF Board of Trustees listens, during a meeting of the Florida Board of Governors ...

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 ...

University of Florida president-elect Dr. Santa Ono is shown June 3 during his confirmation hearing in front of the Board of Governors in Orlando.

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.

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.

PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Longtime academic Santa Ono was rejected Tuesday for the University of Florida presidency by the state university system board amid sharp criticism from political ...