Former University of Michigan President Santa Ono is a man without a job, after being rejected by the University of Florida. U-M is a prestigious university without a president, though former U-M Dearborn Chancellor Domenico Grasso is holding the job on an interim basis with no plans to pursue it himself.

Longtime academic Santa Ono has been rejected for the University of Florida presidency by the state university system board.

The former University of Michigan president saw backlash from Florida conservatives for his previous support of DEI among other progressive issues.