The key contract details for URIâs new president Marc Parlange will be paid $500,000 and receive a host of other benefits during his first year at the public institution By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated April 27, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend A sign on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, in South Kingstown, R.I., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Steven Senne/Associated Press If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can LEADING OFF Happy Tuesday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. Iâm Dan McGowan and I might have treated myself to ice cream when I heard that we were keeping a congressional seat. Follow me on Twitter