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Leadership Changes

Columbia University Presidential Appointments Presidential Resignation Presidential Firing Jim Ryan Antisemitism Athletic Leadership Interim Presidency Vice Chancellor Appointment Athletics Management

MSU Loses President and Athletic Director After Trustee Turmoil

Tied to long-running trustee infighting, the exits deepen leadership gaps, threaten fundraising, recruiting, governance stability.

Michigan State AD J Batt Reported as Top Target for Kentucky Athletic Director Role

Whit Babcock to Retire as Virginia Tech AD, Shift to Emeritus Role

Wisconsin Regents Defend Firing of UW System President as Senate Panel Pauses Action on Board Appointees

Joichi Ito Says He Won’t Seek Reappointment to Japan’s Startup Campus Panel

Nobel Laureate Richard Axel Steps Down From Columbia Brain Institute After Epstein File Disclosures

University of Montana President Seth Bodnar Resigns After Eight Years

Michigan Regents Unanimously Name Kent Syverud President, Start Set for July 1

Fatma Deniz Elected TU Berlin President, Unseating Geraldine Rauch

LSU President Backs Off Making Verge Ausberry Permanent AD as Leadership Reset Advances

USF Trustees Unanimously Tap Moez Limayem as Next President

USF Names UNF President Moez Limayem Sole Finalist for Its Presidency

Michael Mann Steps Down From Penn Vice Provost Role, Stays on Faculty

Texas A&M President Mark Welsh Resigns Following Viral Classroom Confrontation

Wayne State President Kimberly Andrews Espy Resigns as Board Names Interim Leader

ANU Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell Resigns as Rebekah Brown Becomes Interim

Northwestern Names Henry Bienen Interim President After Schill Resigns

Northwestern President Michael Schill Resigns After Funding Freeze and Layoffs

Göttingen University Settlement Delays Tolan’s Dismissal and Grants Severance

University of Virginia President Resigns as DOJ Warns of Federal Funding Cuts