Overview
- University of Michigan regents scheduled a special meeting today to consider approving Syverud, according to multiple reports citing the search process.
- If approved, Syverud would succeed interim president Domenico Grasso, who has led the university since May 2025.
- Syverud previously announced he will leave Syracuse at the end of the 2025–26 academic year, aligning his departure with Michigan’s timeline.
- He holds a J.D. and a master’s in economics from Michigan, taught on the UM law faculty, and later served as dean at Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis.
- Coverage highlights his fiscal turnaround and fundraising record at Syracuse and notes he would assume oversight of an athletic department facing heightened scrutiny.