Students
Surreal double quarantine
Ph.D. student Yongxi Liang’s Chinese New Year celebration quickly went from a cherished holiday to a vexing multicountry, two-quarantine odyssey. Just two weeks into her 2020 semester at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, Liang caught a flight Jan. 22 ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: I was born in Tehran, Iran, and my family immigrated to Singapore when I was 4 years old. After graduating junior college in 12th grade, I immigrated to the United States and moved to Frisco, Texas. I then lived ... Read More
Quarantined: Unexpected finale, Part 4
Editor’s note: When we reached out to our students to see how they were doing, some were already embracing their #QuarantineAndChill. Others let us know that they had run out of chill, and rightfully so. This was especially true for ... Read More
Quarantined: Unexpected finale, Part 3
Editor’s note: When we reached out to our students to see how they were doing, some were already embracing their #QuarantineAndChill. Others let us know that they had run out of chill, and rightfully so. This was especially true for ... Read More
Quarantined: Unexpected finale, Part 2
Editor’s note: When we reached out to our students to see how they were doing, some were already embracing their #QuarantineAndChill. Others let us know that they had run out of chill, and rightfully so. This was especially true ... Read More
Quarantined: Unexpected finale, Part 1
Editor’s note: When we reached out to our students to see how they were doing, some were already embracing their #QuarantineAndChill. Others let us know that they had run out of chill, and rightfully so. This was especially true for ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: I was born in Houma, Louisiana, but I spent most of my childhood in Ashland, Massachusetts. The summer after high school, my family moved to Austin, Texas, to be closer to extended family. I still consider Massachusetts my home ... Read More
Above and beyond
Faced with presenting his written abstract at a competition recently, Dr. Matthew Saxon figured it was at the very least excellent practice for his upcoming thesis presentation. His expectations were exceeded. The third-year periodontics resident walked away with first place ... Read More
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: McAllen, Texas Undergrad institution: The University of Texas at Austin Why Texas A&M College of Dentistry: I chose this dental school because of the experience I had with the staff, faculty and students when I visited for the first ... Read More
LIGHT FORCE
A Superman video, of all things, inspired the final mental push one dental student needed to fly with an ambitious dream. “I had this idea for a multicultural volunteer organization that would bring people together to do good; to unite ... Read More