Year: 2016

Progress notes
For this associate dean, a career focus on students integrates multiple perspectives. Read More

New scholarship to recognize excellence
A desire to help Texas A&M College of Dentistry attract the best students motivated Dr. Phuong Nguyen ’01 of Austin, Texas, to establish a scholarship for incoming dental students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement. The Phuong N. Nguyen, D.D.S. and ... Read More

Our people
A few minutes with Arlene Williams, dental dispensing technician Read More

Texas dental school alums gather in Denver
The deans and alumni associations of the three Texas dental schools are joining forces again this year to host the Texas Reception at the American Dental Association annual meeting. The tri-school alumni event is scheduled for 6:30 to 8 p.m. ... Read More

Top score for Parra
Big honors aside, it’s interactions with students and the potential for impactful research that foster this faculty member’s drive to excel. Read More

Finding ways to reign in opioid abuse
Discussing what dentists and all health care professionals should know about this epidemic is the focus of the Texas A&M College of Dentistry Center of Excellence conference Saturday, Oct. 22, from 8:30 a.m. until noon. Read More

Eliminating long lines for tooth extractions
Starting Monday, Oct. 10, patients needing to have a tooth pulled can make an appointment for Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s Urgent Care Extraction Clinic. “In the past, because dental extraction services were provided on a first-come, first-served basis, patients ... Read More

Dewey Award for Tadlock
Dr. Larry Tadlock, 1984 alumnus and program director in orthodontics, received the Martin Dewey Memorial Award in September during the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists and Southwestern Society of Orthodontists joint annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Dewey ... Read More

It’s back!
Reviving a beloved tradition, the Halloween costume contest returns just in time for the 2016 State Employee Charitable Campaign. Read More

A century of firsts
Celebrating 111 years Read More