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A day in their scrubs
Hometown: I was born in Bethesda, Maryland, and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, about a month later. I then moved to Texas when I was almost 7. I still LOVE the East Coast. Undergrad institution: I have a bachelor’s in ...
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Progress notes
Dr. Robert G. Triplett, Regents Professor in oral and maxillofacial surgery, recently received the Robert V. Walker Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. For Triplett, the award is even more meaningful and humbling because ...
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January Stars of the Month
Congrats to this month's Distinguished Person of the Month award winners. Every month, our Student Council chooses two students, two faculty members and a staffer who exemplify excellence.
On Campus
Progressive vision wins accolades
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry has been selected for the 2021 Gies Award for Vision – Academic Dental Institution for significant contributions to oral health and dental education.
On Campus
December Stars of the Month
Congratulations to our December Distinguished Person of the Month winners: faculty, staff and students who positively affect those around them with their can-do spirit.
In the Community
Returning to their roots
Settling into their first post-dental-school jobs, Dr. Maleny Romero and Dr. Adriana Riojas-Soto marvel at how their choice to return to their old stomping grounds to help the underserved has brought them unexpected fulfillment. While they were dental students, the ...
On Campus
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: Murchison, Texas Undergrad institution: The University of Texas at Tyler Why Texas A&M College of Dentistry: My mentor who I shadowed in high school was an alum. He spoke very highly of the clinical experience he got while attending ...
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Smiles we remember
Dr. Bettye Whiteaker ’68, ’70 (Perio) was an esteemed alumna who left an indelible mark on the periodontics graduate program at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, distinguishing herself as an alumni leader and steadfast supporter of clinical care and professional ...
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Home for the holidays (literally)
This Thanksgiving, we have more on our minds than turkey and stuffing our faces. It’s 2020, and we all know what that means: COVID-19 disruption. Thanks to social distancing and a call for small gatherings, Thanksgiving will look different this ...
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Our People
For years, website administrator Art Upton has worked behind the scenes, building and updating the school’s public-facing website and local intranet. Now, with retirement just weeks away, Upton sat down for a rare 60-minute break to traverse back through the decades.
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Lifetime achievement
Dr. Carolyn Primus, adjunct professor in endodontics at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, has received the inaugural Larry L. Hench Lifetime Achievement Award for innovation and translation from the American Ceramic Society’s Bioceramics Division. The award, which was presented during ...
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Stars of the Month: November 2020
Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s Student Council selects five people monthly for the new Distinguished Person of the Month Awards. These faculty, staff and students display a can-do spirit and positively affect those around them.