Appointed interim president in June 2025,  former General Counsel Beong-Soo Kim was appointed to the post permanently this month. The Trustees conducted a competitive search before elevating Kim, noting that,  “ Kim's career spans multiple sectors, including higher education, health care, legal practice and public service. Before becoming general counsel at USC, he served in senior roles at Kaiser Permanente, worked as a partner in an international law firm and served as a

University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin  has been named the next President of Columbia University. Mnookin had a successful 8-year tenure at UCLA prior to joining UW as the 30 th chancellor. Prior to joining UCLA she taught at the University of Virginia School of Law and at Harvard Law School. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, and a Ph.D. in History and Social Study of Science and Technology from M.I.T.

Kent Syverud, a former law school dean and chancellor and president of Syracuse University, returns to the University of Michigan where he has been named  the 16th president on January 12, 2026.   He begins his 5-year term  on July 1, 1026. Prior to his most recent presidency at Syracuse University, Kent Syverud was dean at the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor. Before Washington University, Syver