{"id":96849,"date":"2026-01-12T02:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/96849\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T02:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:50:11","slug":"u-m-expected-to-name-syracuse-chancellor-its-next-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/96849\/","title":{"rendered":"U-M expected to name Syracuse chancellor its next president"},"content":{"rendered":"

U-M Board of Regents expected to meet Monday to vote on its next president<\/p>\n

If approved, Kent Syverud would be the third president at U-M in the past five years<\/p>\n

Syverud is a U-M graduate with deep Michigan ties<\/p>\n

University of Michigan is poised to hire Syracuse University Chancellor and President Kent Syverud as its next president, a source close to the search process confirmed Sunday.<\/p>\n

The source spoke on background because they were not authorized to speak on the matter. Syverud\u2019s selection was first reported by mLive<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The U-M Board of Regents has scheduled a special meeting for 1 p.m.\u00a0 Monday to vote on its third leader in five years. The president-elect is expected to be at the meeting, which will be livestreamed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The university is at a pivotal time facing a host of issues including federal funding cuts. U-M officials did not respond to emails asking for a comment on the presumed new leader.<\/p>\n

\"DomenicoDomenico Grasso has served as interim president of the University of Michigan since May. (Courtesy of the University of Michigan)<\/p>\n

A national search for a new president has been underway since last year, after former U-M President Santa Ono announced<\/a> in May that he was stepping down. Domenico Grasso, previously the chancellor of U-M-Dearborn, has been serving as interim president<\/a> since.<\/p>\n

Syverud has led Syracuse University in New York since January 2014, according to a biography<\/a> of him on Syracuse University\u2019s website. He joined Syracuse after serving as a dean at Washington University in St. Louis and dean at Vanderbilt Law School.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Syverud has two U-M degrees, including a master\u2019s and law degrees. He served as expert witness in the U-M\u2019s landmark affirmative action case before the US Supreme Court that in 2003 upheld the university\u2019s admissions process challenged in Grutter v. Bollinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Syverud, who reportedly has deep Michigan ties, is expected to begin his post on July 1, the source said.<\/p>\n

Details of his prospective U-M salary weren\u2019t immediately known. But his predecessor, Ono, earned a base salary of $1.3 million.<\/p>\n

Syverud\u2019s salary at Syracuse was $1,189.621 in fiscal 2024, with additional compensation of $571,273, according to a tax form filed by the university.<\/p>\n

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