What Made Arthur A. Dugoni a Leader Among Leaders
Dr. Arthur A. Dugoni â48 had a way of turning problems into solutions and crises into breakthroughs.
Dr. Bernadette Alvear Fa | Coming Full Circle
It was while teaching part-time at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry that Fa realized teaching was the intersection of her passion for dentistry and her desire to help others.
Dr. Ronald Borer | A Living Legend
Dr. Ron Borer, former associate dean for clinical services, has been an upbeat inspiration to Dugoni School of Dentistry students and alumni for decades.
Opportunity in Crisis
How could dentistry be taught effectively in the time of COVID-19? And how could the Dugoni School of Dentistry approach this crisis in alignment with its defining characteristic of humanism?
Hitting a Major Milestone
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused dental schools across America to reimagine many aspects of their programs, including clinical operations, infection control, educational technologyâand one of the first major milestones for dentists: initial licensure exams.
Expert on Staff
Eve Cuny calls her career in infection control a âhappy accident,â but itâs one that has spanned 35 years at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistryâpositioning Cuny as a nationally renowned leader in the field with expertise that has guided the schoolâs pandemic response.
Old School: When We Knew the Flu
On October 24, 1918, P&S dental and medical students, who had enlisted in the WWI Naval Reserve as hospital corpsman, were recruited to join in the fight against this âunseen enemy,â
A New Chapter in the Pacific Story
Callahan is making it his mission to learn and to tell the stories about how Pacific offers something unique in undergraduate and graduate education.
Identifying Unconscious Bias
Despite dramatic progress in diversity in both academia and the professional fields, we have a long way to go toward being fully equitable and inclusive in our interactionsâin the classroom, in the clinic or in society at large.
An Officer and a Dentist: from Scholarship to Service
26 Dugoni School of Dentistry students are enrolled through the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which funds studentsâ medical or dental education in exchange for future military service in the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force. After graduating, the new doctors will serve as active-duty dentists on their assigned military bases for three or four years, depending on the terms of their scholarships.