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Parlange to serve as URI s 12th President
The Board of Trustees of the University of Rhode Island announced on Monday the selection of Professor Marc B. Parlange to serve as the University s 12th President
He will succeed David M. Dooley, who joined URI in July 2009. Parlange’s appointment is effective August 1, 2021.
He was born in Providence to parents who emigrated from France and Ireland. Parlange will leave Monash, a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with an enrollment of more than 85,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
URI has 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students, a budget of more than $800 million and four campuses.
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) recognized more than 30 individuals with the highest honors bestowed by the AGU for their excellence in scientific research, education, communication, and outreach announced at its annual General Meeting recently. Among the honorees was The University of New Mexico’s Brandon Schmandt, who was one of five to receive the Macelwane Medal.
Named in honor of former AGU president James B. Macelwane (1953-1956), who was renowned for his contributions to geophysics, The James B. Macelwane Medal is given annually to three to five early-career scientists (within 10 years of their Ph.D.) in recognition of their significant contributions to Earth and space science who are selected for the medal based on their depth and breadth of research, impact, creativity as well as service, outreach, and diversity.