The letter also points out the high salaries that university presidents in Florida often command. Ono's proposed five-year contract with UF would have paid him on average about $3 million per year.

Both the board of governors and UF’s board of trustees are comprised largely of appointees from Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has been publicly mum on Ono’s rejection.

That prompted UF interim law school dean Merritt McAlister to write an email to students June 24, saying the school protects First Amendment rights and academic freedom, but Damsky's speech was ...

An April 16 follow-up letter mentioned his antisemitic social media posts and said he wore a t-shirt with an "antisemitic message": "From the river to the sea." As a political slogan, it refers to ...

A staff member from UF's conduct and conflict resolution department recently showed him a 113-page document of evidence against him, with complaints dating from his first year of law school.

The University of Florida’s top trustee Mori Hosseini called the state’s rejection of president-elect Santa Ono “deeply disappointing” at board meeting Thursday. It’s the first public ...

In a historic vote, the Florida Board of Governors declined to approve Santa Ono as UF president, citing political and diversity program concerns.

Environmental horticulture professor Sandra Wilson, from left, doctoral student Vanesa Rostán and Chris Wilson, interim chair of the UF/IFAS soil, water and ecosystem sciences department.

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 ...