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title: Pines Touts Innovations and Accomplishments in State of the Campus Address
date: 2024-03-07T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Pines Touts Innovations and Accomplishments in State of the Campus Address

*March 7, 2024* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/author/sala-levin-10)


> Highlights Include Rising Rankings, Student Competition and Talented Incoming Class

*Campus Students 02082024 DS 3861 1920x1080 — UMD President Darryll J. Pines gave the State of the Campus address Wednesday, praising student and faculty achievements, calling for the institution to "keep moving fearlessly forward."*

On the same day that a Terp [spoke to campus from space](https://today.umd.edu/alum-astronaut-reports-from-space-station-im-still-in-awe), University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines presented a soaring list of achievements, from a record class of applicants to rising academic rankings and an expanding vision for UMD’s future.

During his biannual State of the Campus address on Wednesday at the Colony Ballroom in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Pines also reaffirmed UMD’s commitment to a diverse student body, lauded faculty-staff innovation and student competitive drive, and promised the university would continue to push world-changing research into surrounding communities and beyond through the Grand Challenges Grants program.


*President Pines speaks at podium*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)



**Units:** [Office of the President](https://today.umd.edu/topic/office-president)