School’s website redesigned to make information easier to find

September 30, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 30, 2019 – The School of Dentistry’s website has been redesigned to help patients, prospective students and the general public more easily find information they need about the school. Launched earlier this month, the new website is the first overhaul to the school’s web presence in more than five years. Application programmer …

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Third-year dental student Sedonni Harris featured in U-M alumni magazine

September 27, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept 27, 2019 – Sedonni Harris, a third-year DDS student at the School of Dentistry, is featured in the fall issue of Michigan Alumnus, the magazine of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. Harris shares how an injury at a young age influenced her interest in dentistry and how scholarship …

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Faculty member Marita Inglehart receives Hollenshead Inspire Award from CEW+

September 25, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 25, 2019 – School of Dentistry faculty member Marita Inglehart has been named a 2019 recipient of the Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change presented by CEW+. Four University of Michigan faculty members and one staff member received the award and will make presentations at …

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Donor Profile: Eric and Beth Hannapel Give Back in Many Ways

September 24, 2019

This profile is one in a series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. It would be easy for Eric and Beth Hannapel to go about their daily lives focused only on their successful orthodontics practice and the busy pace of raising four children in a close-knit family. That would be enough of a …

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Dental Hygiene student named CEW+ Scholar

September 23, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 23, 2019 – A dental hygiene student at the School of Dentistry has been named a CEW+ Scholar as part of the organization’s 2019-20 cohort of scholarship recipients. Lucero Castillo, in her second year of the three-year bachelor of science degree program in dental hygiene, was named a Jane and Bill …

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Student Profile: Jordan Brown

September 23, 2019

This profile is one in a series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. Fourth-year dental student Jordan Brown is not shy about sharing his enthusiasm for dentistry. Whether it is talking to him in person or paging through the dozens of photos and videos he posts on his Instagram social media page, it’s …

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Romesh Nalliah appointed Associate Dean for Patient Services

September 20, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 20, 2019 – The School of Dentistry Executive Committee and the University of Michigan Board of Regents have approved the appointment of Romesh Nalliah as associate dean for patient services.  The appointment is effective January 1, 2020, for a five-year term. In announcing the appointment Friday, Dean Laurie McCauley said Professor …

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Marita Inglehart among U-M faculty to receive new diversity professorship appointment

September 19, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2019 – School of Dentistry faculty member Marita Inglehart is one of nine University of Michigan Professors who have been named the inaugural recipients of University Diversity and Social Transformation Professorships. The U-M Board of Regents approved the appointments Thursday at its September meeting. The professorships were created to recognize …

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Standardized Patient Educators award presented to Margaret Liu

September 19, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept 19, 2019 – A School of Dentistry assistant program director has received an international award for her work in the field of standardized patient instructor (SPI) education. Margaret Liu, PhD, MBA, received the Emerging Leader Award from the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) at its annual conference in Orlando in June. …

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Dean Laurie McCauley receives national award for research

September 16, 2019

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 16, 2019 – The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has announced that School of Dentistry Dean Laurie McCauley will receive one of the society’s top awards at its annual meeting later this week. ASBMR will present the 2019 Stephen M. Krane Award to McCauley to recognize her outstanding research program …

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