On Campus
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
Patient advocacy beyond the dental chair
This resident dove headfirst into the action with health care reform to determine how it serves a special population: pediatric dental patients. By mid-April, more than 8 million Americans had signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. ... Read More
Chords of achievement
High school seniors in the TAMBCD-sponsored Future Dentist Club receive a special graduation honor. Next stop: the predental track at their respective universities. [...] Read More
Dallas-area students give back to dental school with donations to two programs
On April 12, the Future Dentist Club contributed funds to two Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry programs. The club’s members, ranging from fourth- through 12th-graders, donated $250 toward the pediatric dentistry department’s Musick Fund. They also donated $250 ... Read More