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Michigan President-Elect Kent Syverud Steps Aside After Brain Cancer Diagnosis

Regents plan a rapid restart of the search under interim president Domenico Grasso.

FILE - Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud introduces Vice President Joe Biden at the Robin Toner Prize celebration dinner in Washington, March 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
U-M’s newly appointed president Kent Syverud looks on before a special regents meeting at University of Michigan’s Ruthven Building in Ann Arbor on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.
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Overview

  • Syverud, who disclosed the diagnosis Wednesday, is receiving treatment at Michigan Medicine after initial care at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse.
  • He will not assume the presidency and will instead serve as a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and as a special advisor to the Board of Regents.
  • Interim president Domenico Grasso will continue to lead the university as the governing board re-engages its search for a new president.
  • The Board of Regents said supporting Syverud and his family is their first priority and that details on the renewed search will follow soon.
  • Approved in January as U‑M’s 16th president with a planned summer 2026 start, the Michigan alumnus and Syracuse chancellor said he remains optimistic and praised academic medical centers for translating research into patient care.