On Campus
Babies of the Class of 2016
Between clinic requirements, coursework, lab fundamentals and board exam preparation, dental school is like a full-time job — and then some. In the midst of it all, a number of students add parenthood to the mix of responsibilities. The end ... Read More
From start to finish, Al-Hashimi’s career rooted to the study of saliva
For a quarter century, Dr. Ibtisam Al-Hashimi has relished her role as the self-described “Spit Doctor” of Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. Not long after joining the faculty, Al-Hashimi formed the dental school’s Salivary Dysfunction Clinic in 1991 — ... Read More
Resource Team Forum with Dean Wolinsky
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry staff members are invited to a forum with Dean Lawrence Wolinsky, to get the latest on college initiatives such as: building progress; Wellness Release time; Resource Team accomplishments; and other updates. During the forum, ... Read More
Our people
Somewhere along the drive from Nebraska to Texas, the phone started ringing. Just a couple years prior, Linda Brock and her husband, Walter, had moved to Fullerton, Nebraska, to be closer to family following her mother’s death. Now it was ... Read More
Big shoes to fill
The music swells inside the Meyerson Symphony Center, and the graduates file in, filling the back entryways. They’re poised for their procession down the aisle, but for the moment, they remain rooted to their posts. At the front of this ... Read More
Progress notes
In the crimson-and-black regalia of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, his alma mater, Dr. Reginald Taylor can be seen situated behind the podium with the graduation stage party. In his 16 years as a faculty member in orthodontics at Texas ... Read More
What can you do to make a difference?
The atmosphere inside the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center was charged with anticipation the evening of May 26. Prior to commencement exercises for Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, family and friends filled the foyer of the Dallas performance ... Read More
AAOM Fellow status for periodontics faculty member
Dr. Nancy Burkhart, adjunct associate professor in periodontics, was recently awarded status as an affiliate fellow of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Burkhart, the founder and co-host of the International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group, along with Dr. Terry ... Read More
Teachers of the Year 2016
The 2016 recipients of the Dental and Dental Hygiene Teacher of the Year awards include a three-time honoree and a biochemist passionate about taking the “pain” out of a subject matter often considered a challenging rite of passage in the ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
There was a time when Ines Quintanilla’s dream of becoming a pediatric dentist nearly escaped him. The first in his immediate and extended family to attend college, he was riding high on the wave of academic achievement upon admission to ... Read More