--- title: University of Maryland president announces new programs to bolster diversity and support students (The Baltimore Sun) date: 2020-07-01T03:00:00-04:00 author: Mei Lu canonical_url: "https://president.umd.edu/news/university-maryland-president-announces-new-programs-bolster-diversity-and-support" section: News --- # University of Maryland president announces new programs to bolster diversity and support students (The Baltimore Sun) *July 1, 2020* — by Mei Lu Originally appeared in The Baltimore Sun President Pines lays out his initiatives to respond to a national reckoning on race inspired by protests across the country this summer.
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