University of Illinois at Chicago: College of Dentistry

The annual College of Dentistry White Coat Ceremony will be held Saturday, January 31, 2009. To RSVP to this event, please click on the following link. Please note that rsvp’s are limited to faculty, D1 and IDDP1 students and honored guests. Read more >>

December 24, 25, 26, 31, 2008

January 1, 2, 2009

December 22 — January 2

Anne George, professor of oral biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Scientist Award for Pulp Biology and Regeneration from the International Association for Dental Research. Read more >>

Dr. Xiqiang Liu, a new Research Associate in the Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases (CMBOD) at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, has studied and worked as an associate professor at one of the most prestigious universities in China, Sun Yat-Sen University, where he received his PhD. He also studied dentistry at the Beijing Medical University, in Beijing, China. Read more >>

The UIC College of Dentistry announces a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree completion program for former graduates of the UIC College of Dentistry International Dentist Program (IDP) that received a certificate in years 1996 thru 2006.
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More underserved Illinois children will receive oral healthcare through a $1.5 million grant to the College. Read more >>

Dr. Marucha will remain as Head of the Department of Periodontics. He founded and is now Director of the Oral Sciences PhD Program, which includes a DDS/PhD component and served as PI and Director of the College's successful research infrastructure development U24 grant, "Interdisciplinary Research in Cancer from the Oral Perspective." Read more >>

Endless Love is a song by Lionel Ritchie, but it also is the name of a new sculpture on the fourth floor of the College by Dr. Sheldon Bulwa, '55. Most importantly, it also is the way Dr. Bulwa feels about the College.

"Placing that sculpture in my dental school was a dream come true, and I feel just wonderful about it," Dr. Bulwa said. "It was one of the highlights of my life."

"It ended up where it should have. There were three other institutions that were interested in it, but as soon as the College showed some interest in it, it was going to be placed there," Dr. Bulwa said.

Several College personnel have commented that the sculpture, appropriately, looks much like a tooth. All are welcome to a ceremony officially dedicating the sculpture on the fourth floor of the College near the lounge and vending area at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb.29.