--- title: "Hope is top priority:' Darryl Pines becomes 2nd African-American to lead Univ. of Md. (Fox 45 News Baltimore)" date: 2020-07-02T03:00:00-04:00 author: Mei Lu canonical_url: "https://president.umd.edu/news/hope-top-priority-darryll-pines-becomes-2nd-african-american-lead-univ-md-fox-45-news" section: News --- # Hope is top priority:' Darryl Pines becomes 2nd African-American to lead Univ. of Md. (Fox 45 News Baltimore) *July 2, 2020* — by Mei Lu Originally appeared on Fox 45 News Baltimore President Pines takes over the University of Maryland during what he calls two pandemics; the coronavirus pandemic and racially motivated acts of violence against the black community.
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