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title: New UMD President Steps Into The Job Amid Crisis (NPR)
date: 2020-06-11T03:00:00-04:00
author: Mei Lu
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# New UMD President Steps Into The Job Amid Crisis (NPR)

*June 11, 2020* — by Mei Lu
> NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with President Darryll Pines about beginning his role in the middle of the pandemic and economic crisis.

Originally appeared in NPR

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with President Darryll Pines about beginning his role in the middle of the pandemic and economic crisis.

<div>[<span>Read the original article on NPR</span>](https://www.npr.org/2020/06/11/875311221/new-umd-president-steps-into-the-job-amid-crisis)</div>