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Sources: Syracuse Chancellor Kent Syverud Chosen as Next University of Michigan President

The reported pick is a Michigan alumnus with long ties to the law school.

Dec 4, 2023; Syracuse, NY, USA; Syracuse University chancellor and president Kent Syverud speaks during a press conference at the John A. Lally Athletics Complex. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-Imagn Images
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Overview

  • MLive, citing people close to the search, reports Syverud has been selected to succeed interim Domenico Grasso, with no public announcement yet.
  • Syverud has served as Syracuse’s 12th chancellor since January 2024 and previously said he would leave at the end of the 2025–26 academic year.
  • Syracuse University has formed a search committee to identify Syverud’s successor as chancellor.
  • An alumnus who taught at Michigan Law from 1987 to 1997 and testified for UM in Grutter v. Bollinger, he earlier led law schools at Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt and clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
  • Grasso has served as interim president since May 2025 after Santa Ono stepped down, and Syverud would be the university’s fifth president of the decade.