Next University of Michigan president not taking the job due to cancer diagnosis

(CBS, KYMA) - The next president at the University of Michigan says he can't take the job because of brain cancer.

Kent Syverud says he received the diagnosis after not feeling well last week. He's undergoing treatment in Michigan. Syverud is chancellor at Syracuse University.

He was hired in January and was set to become University of Michigan president on May 11. Instead, Syverud will be a professor at Michigan's law school and serve as an adviser to the Board of Regents.

Interim President Domenico Grasso will stay in the job while the school's governing board searches for another leader.