Ann Arbor, Mich., April 19, 2019 — Dr. William Giannobile, chair of the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the School of Dentistry, will be the next president of the Osteology Foundation, an international research organization based in Lucerne, Switzerland. He begins his two-year term in June. The Osteology Foundation is a non-profit organization established …
Class of 2019 presents its projects in Research, Healthcare Delivery and Leadership Ann Arbor, Mich., April 1, 2019 — Student research projects on display at the School of Dentistry Friday ranged from a complex examination of whether certain proteins could be a useful biomarker signaling periodontal disease, to an analysis of state regulations for the profession …
Ann Arbor, Mich., April 1, 2019 — The importance of children’s oral health was the message delivered Saturday by students at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry as they conducted the annual “Give Kids a Smile!” Clinic. Parents from the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area brought 52 children from ages 4 to 17 to the …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 27, 2013 — Faculty and students from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry won several major awards during the recent annual sessions of both the American Association for Dental Research and the International Association for Dental Research in Seattle. Dean Peter Polverini was installed as the new AADR president at the conclusion …
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 21, 2019 — A major gift from Midway Dental will allow the University of Michigan School of Dentistry to create a unique clinic where students, faculty and staff learn how to use the latest innovative dentistry tools and technology. Midway Dental CEO Steven Kizy and Dean Laurie McCauley talk with D3 student …
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 21, 2019 -– The School of Dentistry and one of its top administrators were presented with national awards Monday evening in Chicago at the annual session of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). The school was honored with a 2019 William J. Gies Award in Achievement for Academic Dental Institutions for its initiatives promoting …
An international background was good preparation for dentistry This profile is one in a series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. Ann Arbor, Mich., March 21, 2019 — The life experiences of fourth-year dental student Gloria Kwon help demonstrate the dynamic diversity found in the student body at the University of Michigan School of …
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 15, 2019 -– A national initiative to encourage more women to become oral and maxillofacial surgeons brought speakers and participants from around the country to a symposium at the University of Michigan last week. The second annual Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Symposium was sponsored by the U-M Department of Oral …
This profile, posted Feb. 26, 2019, is one in a series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors, faculty and students. The lure of Escanaba in the moonlight is not fiction for Eric and Beth Knudsen. With no apologies to actor and playwright Jeff Daniels, the Knudsens love the Upper Peninsula town all day long, not …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 26, 2018 — Second-year dental student Lea Sarment will explore new ways to expand recycling in dentistry and medicine this year as a University of Michigan Dow Sustainability Master’s Fellow. Sarment is one of 34 graduate students at the university who were selected to participate in the program for 2019. Now in …