Recent Posts
Dental Hygiene
Congratulations to DH2 Hua Nguyen, who was awarded the 2013 Sigma Phi Alpha Undergraduate Scholarship of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Institute for Oral Health. The $1,000 award is given to just one undergraduate dental hygiene student nationwide each year.
Biomedical Sciences
Leslie Smith, a biomedical sciences graduate student, finished her first year of an American Association of Anatomists-funded training program by completing an intensive weeklong course at Oxford University in England. Smith is one of just a handful of graduate students ...
Just call her ‘dean’
Niessen takes on a new post — and title — at Nova Southeastern’s dental school. [...]
The Golden Pen
Public health sciences contributes to an award-winning article series. [...]
Wong’s 30 years at college commemorated with retirement reception
On Aug. 21, Dr. Brendan Wong, associate professor in biomedical sciences, celebrated his retirement among colleagues and friends during a reception on the 17th floor of Baylor University Medical Center’s Roberts Hospital. Since 1983, Wong has dedicated his career to ...
A tough goodbye
The college loses Hall-of-Famer Dr. Bill Binnie. [...]
What’s in a name?
Enjoy this glimpse into the ebb and flow of the dental school's past. [...]
Sports drinks: Read before you swig
What may be good for hydration could be harmful to our teeth. [...]
Progress notes
Restoring oral health to give geriatric patients the smile they’ve always wanted [...]
Department Announcements
Biomedical Sciences Publications San Miguel SM, Opperman LA, Allen EP, Zielinski JE, Svoboda KKH. Antioxidant combinations protect oral fibroblasts against metal-induced toxicity. Archives of Oral Biology 2013; 58:299-310. Yu W, Zhang Y, Ruest LB, Svoboda KH. Analysis of Snail1 function ...
The way Claude Williams sees it
The college's first African-American faculty member is retiring after 40 years. These are the stories you haven't heard. It was 1969. As a practicing general dentist in Marshall, Texas, Dr. Claude Williams clearly saw the reality that one of his ...
Roscoe goes to the dentist
Seems this lovable bundle of fur needs some orthodontic attention. One of Roscoe’s lower canines is forcing itself through the soft tissue of his palate instead of lodging between two upper teeth where it belongs. Luckily he has an inside ...