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title: "Op/Ed: UMD, George Mason presidents launch research initiative to stem gun violence (The Baltimore Sun)"
date: 2022-07-22T03:00:00-04:00
author: Mei Lu
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# Op/Ed: UMD, George Mason presidents launch research initiative to stem gun violence (The Baltimore Sun)

*July 22, 2022* — by Mei Lu
Originally appeared in The Baltimore Sun


President Darryll Pines and George Mason University President Gregory Washington discuss the launch of the 120 Initiative.


- [The Baltimore Sun - Op/Ed: UMD, George Mason presidents launch research initiative to stem gun violence](https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0725-120-initiative-guns-universities-20220722-gu3wdev4krfghhrsfezijd7rri-story.html)