Separately, Michigan reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct.Īnd the university paid $9.25 million to eight women who reported emotional or sexual abuse by Martin Philbert, who over 25 years rose from professor to provost, Michigan's senior academic official. In January, the school announced a $490 million settlement with Anderson's accusers. The university has been rocked by allegations that surfaced in 2020 by hundreds of men who said they were sexually assaulted by the late Robert Anderson, a campus doctor who spent nearly 40 years at Michigan. The board of regents then appointed Coleman, whom Schlissel succeeded as president in 2014. He is the university's 15th president and was met with a standing ovation by the regents and those in attendance.įormer Michigan President Mark Schlissel was removed earlier this year after emails were discovered detailing an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship between him and a subordinate. His appointment was approved Wednesday in a unanimous vote by the eight-member board of regents. Ono takes over from Mary Sue Coleman, who is the Ann Arbor school's interim president. Before that, he served as president of the University of Cincinnati and senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University in Georgia. Ono has led the Canadian school since 2016. The University of Michigan on Wednesday named Santa Ono, president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia, as its new president.
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