I’m delighted to share that I’ve been appointed the next President of the University of Rhode Island,
@universityofria
wonderful community making transformative contributions to teaching and research. I’m grateful and excited to join the community (and I do like
@BasketballUri
)
The Board of Trustees of the University of Rhode Island has announced the selection of Professor Marc B. Parlange, provost and senior vice president of Monash University in Australia, as URI’s 12th president.
➡️:
1/4 Four of the best years of my life so far draw to a close today, as I say farewell to
@monashuni
and
@melbourne
and finish packing ahead of our flight tomorrow.
One year as president of
@universityofri
!!! What a year it’s been! We’ve come so far from that first day, and I’m so grateful for everyone in this community! Best job in the world and no place I’d rather be! Much to be thankful for and so much to look forward to! Let’s GoRhody!!
The best job in the world thanks to everyone in the
@universityofri
community!!! It’s been an incredible year and I can’t wait to celebrate with you!!!
#GoRhody
This week, URI will celebrate the inauguration of
@MarcParlange
as the University's 12th president. Learn more about the celebration and plan to join the livestream on Thursday at 3 p.m.
#GoRhody
➡️:
Look forward to the garden greet and meet with the
@universityofri
tomorrow morning August 2; 9-1030 am and/or afternoon. 3-5 pm Mary and I look forward to getting to meet you at the president’s house yard. Kind regards Marc
For those who missed the wonderful news,
@monashuni
has been awarded nearly $36M in
@arc_gov_au
Discovery funding for 82 research projects - the most for any Australian university. Warmest congratulations to everybody who was successful. Full list here:
So proud of the fight in the
@RhodyMBB
. It was an honor to watch you play this year and I know the future is bright for all of you! Forever a fan!
#GoRhody
Thankful today for the opportunity to serve the incredible community
@universityofri
and for the great state of RI for welcoming me and my family. It has been an incredible semester! Thank you!
#GoRhody
#RhodeIsland
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and safe new year! The future is bright and I look forward to all that 2022 has in store. I am grateful for this Rhody family and I can’t wait to welcome you back to campus! (Students on welcome day Fall Semester)
@universityofri
.
#GoRhody
Campus has been quiet
@universityofri
so I was glad to get a visit from Rhody who is anxiously awaiting the students’ return! Can’t wait for move-in tomorrow!!! Welcome back Rams, see you soon!!!
#GoRhody
After a decidedly strange year, my warmest season’s greetings and best wishes for a very happy new year to all staff, students and friends of
@monashuni
. Fingers crossed we’ll see each other again on campus soon in 2021.
Congratulations URI Men's Lax
@LaxRhody
with the semi final win this evening over Montana!!!! - Now onto the MLCA National Championship Saturday against the University of Utah!! Our players and coaches are amazing!!
@universityofri
community is so proud of you!!!
#GoRhody
Monash has jumped 8 places to rank 45 in the world in the National Taiwan University (NTU) Rankings. This is the first time
@monashuni
has ranked in the top 50 - a wonderful result demonstrating growing international recognition of our research impact.
Really touched to receive this beautiful gift from Doug Champlain, member of the Narragansett Tribe with rising sun, morning star and a peace pipe! Thank you Doug, - we need peace in our world. Best personal regards.
What a privilege & joy to spend 4 weeks hiking the
#ColoradoTrail
with Mary! BIG thank you to trail volunteers, generous ‘Trail Angels’ (thx Laura and Rick), lovely running into so many cheerful hikers, bikers, making new friends
@ChiefFletcher
Now on to
@universityofri
#GoRhody
This is a very big deal. A
@monashuni
team led by Jose Polo
@MonashBDI
and published in
@nature
have developed the first model of a human blastocyst from skin cells, an “iBlastoid”, resetting the cell’s blueprint. Explanation by
@jcarrollmonash
in
@theage
.
So fortunate to live, work, and learn here
@universityofri
!! One of the most scenic campuses around!! Enjoy a restful and well-deserved break Rams!!
#GoRhody
Absolutely thrilled by news 16 Monash researchers have been named ARC Future Fellows. This wonderful result, the best of any Australian university, reflects tremendous effort by so many across
@monashuni
to transform communities worldwide.
@MonashResearch
Thank you
@universityofri
community for coming out and making it a great day To Be A Rhody Ram!!! Congratulations Class of 2022 and thanks to all the cheerful volunteers, wonderful and proud family and friends. Faculty and staff simply amazing!!
#GoRhody
Let's go
@universityofri
! Despite national decline in enrollments, we're welcoming 3,300 first-year students, breaking last year's record! A pleasure meeting so many incoming students and amazing teamwork by the community! See you in the fall!
#GoRhody
Maine Appalachian trail is special - glad to do it with Mary. Finish today on Katahdin - along with many friends we met along the way - thru hikers and section hikers!!
Congrats Mazen!! Our 2023 Commencement student speaker with an incredibly inspiring
@universityofri
story. RI native, a
@RhodyFootball
player and
@URI_Pharmacy
student, who balanced work with studies, internships, athletics. Looking forward to it!
#GoRhody
Amazing work by
@monashunilib
staff, whose ‘Click and Send’ service is delivering Library resources directly to
@monashuni
academics and grad research students during
#melbournelockdown
. Yesterday afternoon they delivered a record of 106 items. Terrific!
See you all tonight (6:00 pm) with enthusiasm at the Ryan Center for our
@RhodyWBB
start of the post season!! It is a great day to be a Ram!!! -
#GoRhody
I am so proud of all of our
@universityofri
sports teams!
@RhodyFootball
is the best football team! (I really look forward to this fall)! The Coaches, Trainers and Student Athletes are amazing people, wonderful human beings, very intelligent, fit, and a lot of fun!
#GoRhody
Thorr Bjorn hired a future national champion and National Coach of the Year when he convinced Dan Hurley to leave Wagner.
Not every athletic director can say that.
#URI
#Rams
It's
#WomensHistoryMonth
and I want to honor the incredible work, strength, determination, and grit that
@RhodyWBB
and
@TReiss32
showed us this season. What a powerful and inspiring team! It was an honor to watch and support all of you!
#GoRhody
For those who missed it,
@monashuni
now ranks 64th globally in the Times Higher Ed World University Rankings
@THEworldunirank
. This result demonstrates the enormous work by Monash staff to drive positive impact in education and research.
And finally...the
#A10WBB
Coach of the Year,
@RhodyWBB
's Tammi Reiss!
🏀 guided URI to the most wins in a single season (23) 🏀 most victories within A-10 play (14)
🏀 first-ever back-to-back 20-win seasons
🏀 regular-season A-10 Co-Champs
📰:
Awesome and beautiful running around the University of Rhode Island
@universityofri
the surf is a bit chilly (good for post run cool off)look forward to running with URI community starting in August
Gearing up for the first ceremony this morning with custom handshakes for our
@URI_AS
grads with some tips from
@GovDanMcKee
! Let’s go
@universityofri
! I can’t wait to shake all your hands this morning!
#GoRhody
For those who’ve missed the news, I’m very pleased to say
@monashuni
and
@unimelb
are exploring opportunities to establish a coastal environment and climate change facility at the Quarantine Station, Point Nepean National Park. More information here:
So much fun this evening cheering
@RhodyWBB
to a super win vs St.Louis with the Verrecchia and Ryan scholars - wonderful people, scholars, fans - great to learn about their community leadership, clubs and sports (including 3 rugby players!!)
#GoRhody
Our school president
@MarcParlange
walks in leading about 30 students and sits in the student section WITH them during the
@RhodyWBB
game. This man is something special!!!
#GoRhody
.
Excellent
@FinancialReview
interview with
@monashuni
VC
@GardmarM
about the importance of supporting research
#postcovid
. Research and innovation are core to recovery, but impact on research budgets has been catastrophic.
We were so proud of the whole team!! We had to go out to celebrate with the rest of Rhode Island - this was simply amazing!!
@RhodyWBB
#GoRhody
#RollRhody
Perry Raso is an evangelist for aquaculture, and the owner of one of the best oyster bars in the world where he farms more than 16 million oysters across seven acres.
@JeffGlor
visited Raso’s
@MatunuckOyster
in Rhode Island and got a taste of it all for himself.
An unbelievable, very special day!!! Thank you
@universityofri
for everything!! It’s been a fantastic first year and I look forward to many, many more and all that we will accomplish TOGETHER—as a TEAM!
#GoRhody
Happy to celebrate with some of our wonderful award winning student athletes (T&F, baseball, football, soccer, rowing, golf, softball, volleyball), coaches and athletic director
@thorrbjorn
at the state house this afternoon.
#GoRhody