On Campus
December Stars of the Month
Congratulations to our December Distinguished Person of the Month winners: faculty, staff and students who positively affect those around them with their can-do spirit. Read More
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: Murchison, Texas Undergrad institution: The University of Texas at Tyler Why Texas A&M College of Dentistry: My mentor who I shadowed in high school was an alum. He spoke very highly of the clinical experience he got while attending ... Read More
Smiles we remember
Dr. Bettye Whiteaker ’68, ’70 (Perio) was an esteemed alumna who left an indelible mark on the periodontics graduate program at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, distinguishing herself as an alumni leader and steadfast supporter of clinical care and professional ... Read More
Home for the holidays (literally)
This Thanksgiving, we have more on our minds than turkey and stuffing our faces. It’s 2020, and we all know what that means: COVID-19 disruption. Thanks to social distancing and a call for small gatherings, Thanksgiving will look different this ... Read More
Our People
For years, website administrator Art Upton has worked behind the scenes, building and updating the school’s public-facing website and local intranet. Now, with retirement just weeks away, Upton sat down for a rare 60-minute break to traverse back through the decades. Read More
Lifetime achievement
Dr. Carolyn Primus, adjunct professor in endodontics at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, has received the inaugural Larry L. Hench Lifetime Achievement Award for innovation and translation from the American Ceramic Society’s Bioceramics Division. The award, which was presented during ... Read More
Stars of the Month: November 2020
Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s Student Council selects five people monthly for the new Distinguished Person of the Month Awards. These faculty, staff and students display a can-do spirit and positively affect those around them. Read More
Around-the-clock care
Not every dental school offers hands-on learning in gross anatomy lab, but Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s distinctive program is stronger than ever. “You hear it every year from students—you learn so much more by working with the human body ... Read More
Unexpected upside to 2020
Amid the 2020 fallout, there’s a silver lining in this year’s tax code: more tax-friendly charitable deductions, including those for university support. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020, to help ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: I was born in Lahore, Pakistan, but my family moved to the U.S. when I was 4 years old. I’ve lived in Detroit; Little Rock, Arkansas; and a rural town in southeast Arkansas named Warren. Now I call Dallas ... Read More