{"id":191152,"date":"2022-09-28T18:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=191152"},"modified":"2022-10-11T18:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T22:18:45","slug":"what-they-are-saying-about-the-appointment-of-radenka-maric-as-uconns-17th-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/09\/what-they-are-saying-about-the-appointment-of-radenka-maric-as-uconns-17th-president\/","title":{"rendered":"What They Are Saying About the Appointment of Radenka Maric as UConn\u2019s 17th President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;The strength of our colleges and universities benefits everyone who lives in Connecticut. Dr. Maric operates from a philosophy that success for UConn <\/span>means success for Connecticut. Our Huskies will remain in good hands under her leadership.&#8221; <em><strong>\u2013 Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont via Twitter\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Maric is the perfect leader for UConn at this critical juncture for US academia.\u00a0 She is a scholar par excellence, she has deep global experience, and has shown a remarkable ability to resolve complex problems. Her commitment to UConn is also profound.\u00a0 From my personal conversations, Radenka\u2019s vision for the University is absolutely inspiring yet highly achievable. I am excited about our future together.\u201d \u2013 <strong><em>Ed Liu, former president and CEO of The Jackson Laboratory<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city of Waterbury is thrilled with the selection of Radenka Maric the permanent President of University of Connecticut. She has visited our regional campus here on several occasions and her knowledge, enthusiasm, commitment, and sincerity is heartwarming and contagious. She is a tireless leader who will see to it that all students in our great state have an opportunity at our flagship university.\u201d <em>\u2013 <strong>Neil O\u2019Leary, Mayor, City of Waterbury <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnecticut Innovations is thrilled with the Governor and the Board of Trustees\u2019 selection of Dr. Radenka Maric as President for UConn.\u00a0 As a board member for CI, Radenka has pushed us to take risk, to support founders and breakthrough technology innovations developed at UConn and further afield.\u00a0 She is a fearless leader, eager to take on challenges, with a peerless work ethic.\u00a0 She leads with head and heart always. Radenka is a change maker, unrelenting in pursuit of excellence. UConn\u2019s doubling of research dollars while she was VP of Research is evidence of the kind of outcomes she will deliver.\u00a0 There is no one better suited for this position and UConn is fortunate to have her at the helm.\u201d \u2013 <strong><em>Matt McCooe, Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Innovations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadenka embodies the phrase, \u2018Actions speak louder than words\u2019. Her passion for learning and instilling that in others, paired with her ability to get things done, makes her the perfect choice to lead UConn. As a woman entrepreneur who like Radenka is dedicated to science and combatting climate change \u2014 and as the proud parent of a recent Husky grad \u2014 I\u2019m excited by what Radenka will accomplish in her new role.\u201d <em>\u2013 <strong>Dr. Christina Lampe Onnerud Founder &amp; CEO &#8211; Cadenza Innovation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to congratulate Dr. Maric on being named UConn President. She is a brilliant and talented leader who is devoted to enhancing higher education in Connecticut and supporting students and faculty across all UConn campuses. I look forward to continuing to work with her as we look to expand and grow the UConn Stamford campus.\u201d <i>\u2013 <strong>Caroline Simmons, Mayor, City of Stamford<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership from around the state comments on Dr. Radenka Maric&#8217;s appointment <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":183231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-191152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 15:25:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191153,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191152\/revisions\/191153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/183231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191152"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=191152"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=191152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}