ANN ARBOR The University of Michigan on Wednesday named Santa Ono, president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia, to lead the university after its former president was fired in disgrace, and it resolved a sexual assault scandal with a near $500 million settlement.
The University of Michigan will hire Santa Ono, a biomedical researcher and experienced higher education administrator, as its 15th president and first of Asian descent. The decision was made via unanimous vote by Michigan’s eight-member Board of Regents at a special meeting Wednesday morning. A few hours after the announcement, Ono, wearing a new maize-and-blue Michigan tie,