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title: "Op/Ed: The instrument of hope: The public research university (The Washington Post)"
date: 2022-05-10T03:00:00-04:00
author: Mei Lu
canonical_url: "https://president.umd.edu/news/op-ed-the-instrument-of-hope-the-public-research-university-the-washington-post"
section: News
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# Op/Ed: The instrument of hope: The public research university (The Washington Post)

*May 10, 2022* — by Mei Lu
Originally appeared in The Washington Post


President Darryll Pines discusses how public research universities are paramount to solving the grand challenges of our times.


- [The Washington Post - The instrument of hope: The public research university](https://www.washingtonpost.com/creativegroup/university-of-maryland/the-instrument-of-hope-the-public-research-university/)