On Campus
Endodontic residents recognized
Drs. Brandi Molina and Dennis Tran, first-year endodontic residents, received first place in the resident table clinic competition at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Association of Endodontists. Their clinic was titled "Blasting the Learning Curve." The meeting took ... Read More
And the winner of the D4 "I Survived Dental School" Photo Contest is …
Congratulations to Charlene Garcia, who has a fellow classmate to thank for snapping this photo of her grabbing a quick power nap in the practical lab! The effort earned her a $20 Stackhouse gift card. Read More
Seeing double
The two top-ranking students in the Class of 2014 have more in common than strong study prowess. It could have something to do with their DNA. Patrick and Austin Hodges, No. 1 and No. 2 in this year’s graduating dental ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
Meet up-and-coming pediatric dentistry graduate student and now also family man, Zach Alleman, who, during his final year in dental school, adopted two baby boys. [...] Read More
Christensen to present keynote lecture at 2014 Niessen Symposium
On May 23, Dr. Gordon Christensen, founder and director of Practical Clinical Courses and CEO of Clinicians Report Foundation, will provide the keynote lecture for the 2014 Linda C. Niessen Geriatric Dentistry Symposium at Texas A&M University Baylor College of ... Read More
Solomon receives TDA Service Award
Dr. Eric Solomon received the Texas Dental Association’s Service Recognition Award on May 3 during the organization’s annual meeting. Solomon, executive director of institutional research, provided analytic services to TDA’s Committee on Access, Medicaid and CHIP. Read More
A day in their scrubs
Meet D4 fiancés Ari Valverde and Brad Vermeulen. [...] Read More
Periodontics professor invited to speak at North Carolina hygienists’ meeting
Dr. Nancy Burkhart, adjunct associate professor in periodontics, presented a three-hour seminar titled “Oral Cancer, HPV and Oral Lichen Planus” to the Forsyth component of the North Carolina Dental Hygiene Association in Winston-Salem on April 29. Read More
Svoboda receives honors for AAA service
Dr. Kathy Svoboda, Regents Professor in biomedical sciences, received the AAA/Wiley A.J. Ladman Exemplary Service Medal from the American Association of Anatomists on April 29 during the organization’s annual session in San Diego. As part of the honor, given for ... Read More
Outreach program inspires future dentists
Each year members of the Future Dentist Club visit the college as part of a program that introduces dental medicine as a potential career path. Strains of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” soar from dental student Ryan Trevino’s ukulele at Texas ... Read More