University of Florida Board of Trustees defended its search process in a letter to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and U.S. Reps. Greg ...

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.

Dr. Santa Ono, a molecular immunologist and former University of Michigan president, was selected to be the next president of the University of Florida Tuesday, despite opposition from some ...

University of Florida president-elect Santa Ono glances at Mori Hosseini, right, chairman of the UF Board of Trustees, as the decision by the Florida Board of Governors to vote against his ...

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.