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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Around-the-clock care
Not every dental school offers hands-on learning in gross anatomy lab, but Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s distinctive program is stronger than ever. “You hear it every year from students—you learn so much more by working with the human body ...
Unexpected upside to 2020
Amid the 2020 fallout, there’s a silver lining in this year’s tax code: more tax-friendly charitable deductions, including those for university support. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020, to help ...
A day in their scrubs
Hometown: I was born in Lahore, Pakistan, but my family moved to the U.S. when I was 4 years old. I’ve lived in Detroit; Little Rock, Arkansas; and a rural town in southeast Arkansas named Warren. Now I call Dallas ...
Student leaders go all in
It seems no stone has been left unturned in an unprecedented 2020, including revamping the student council.
Dr. Gayle Glenn, Class of 1984
Dr. Gayle Glenn ’84, clinical assistant professor and graduate orthodontic clinical director, has been named the 2020 Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award recipient by the American Association of Women Dentists.
The Way I See It: Dr. Caitlin Lange Flosi ’18
Dr. Caitlin Lange Flosi ’18 always knew she’d wind up back in Fort Worth after dental school. Four years in Cowtown as a Texas Christian University undergrad was all it took to convince this Cincinnati, Ohio, native that the city ...
Hand in Hand
A new mentoring project, Hand in Hand, is Executive Director Leigh Ann Wyatt’s brainchild, a virtual version of the outreach curriculum component that was forced to change because of the coronavirus’ social distancing requirements.