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Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 15, 2022 – The School of Dentistry’s DDS Class of 1972 – and one master’s degree alumnus from that year – celebrated their 50th anniversary during the school’s annual Reunion Weekend last Thursday through Saturday. Thirty members of the DDS class returned for a weekend of memories and reminiscing about their time …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 9, 2022 – Two new dentistry-related exhibits are gracing the School of Dentistry for the next two years. One looks at the history of people around the world who modify their teeth; the other showcases the artwork of faculty, alumni, students and staff from the dental school. “Teeth Transformations: Modifications for Self-Expression” …
This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. __________________________ Ron Shoha likes improvement. Even if things are good now, he wants them to be better down the road. It was a theme of his career as an endodontist and now, in retirement, it’s a theme as he …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 30, 2022 – The late Dr. Lee W. Jones, a School of Dentistry alumnus and the first director of its diversity initiative that began in the 1970s, was remembered at a recent Celebration of Life service as a determined leader and mentor to hundreds of students during his years at the …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 20, 2022 – The newly remodeled and expanded University of Michigan School of Dentistry was a popular destination for members of the public and the university community on Friday, Sept. 16, during an open house and ceremony celebrating the completion of the major building project. Dental school organizers estimated that more …
This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. __________________________________________ Growing up on a farm in western Michigan in a family of 13 children, Maxine DeGaynor always thought she would be a nurse. It was a profession that many little girls in the 1940s and ‘50s aspired to, …
Ann Arbor, Mich., August 24, 2022 – A century of dental hygiene education at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry was celebrated last weekend as alumni, faculty and friends gathered from around the country to mark the milestone. The Dental Hygiene Division was created in 1921, among the earliest in the country, after a …
This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. _________________________________________________ It’s been seven decades since Dee Kelly earned her bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, but she still remembers the strong will of the legendary professor who ran the program. Later …
This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. If there is such a thing as a dental dynasty, the Graber family of north suburban Chicago has built one. From 1916 to the present, four generations of Grabers have practiced dentistry and orthodontics, mostly in the Chicago area. …
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 10, 2022 – The students who graduated from the School of Dentistry on Friday were saluted for their choice of a profession that will touch and significantly improve the lives of thousands of people in the graduates’ work as practicing dentists, hygienists, researchers and educators. Commencement speakers encouraged members of the …
