Events
College of Dentistry Commencement Ceremony
Friday, May 31, 2024 3:00pm
Doors will open one hour prior to ceremony start. No tickets required. The ceremony will be livestreamed.
President Barbara Wilson will deliver the greeting. Dean Clark Stanford will deliver a welcome and message to the graduating class. Luke Hovey, of Bettendorf, Iowa, will be the student speaker. Associate Dean Sherry Timmons will present honors and awards. Faculty members Steven Means, Maria Marcela Hernández Luna, Michael Santucci, and John Syrbu will present hoods to the candidates.
2024 College of Dentistry Alumni Reunion
Friday, September 13 8:30am to Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:00pm
The College of Dentistry Alumni Reunion Weekend is scheduled for Sept. 14-15, 2024 for class years ending in 4s and 9s.
News
T90/R90 Oral Health Research Training Grant renewed
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Iowa Dentistry's trainee programs has been continuously funded for over 15 years, preparing the next generation of researchers in oral, dental, and craniofacial science.
Iowa Dentistry researchers receive NIH grant to investigate genetic causes of tooth development
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Huojun Cao and Eric Van Otterloo are investigating the genetic underpinnings of tooth development. The long-term goal of their work is to better understand tooth development so that new regenerative treatments for teeth can be developed.
Iowa dental researchers selected for OVPR Award
Thursday, June 22, 2023
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) awarded Hongli Sun, Kyungsup Shin, and their co-principal investigator a $235K Interdisciplinary Scholars grant for their project investigating a novel approach to to orofacial cleft reconstruction.
A new partnership between Cedar Rapids clinic and Iowa Dentistry
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Iowa Dentistry and the His Hands Clinic in Cedar Rapids, under dental director Jeff Akey ('87 DDS) began a new partnership this year offering clinical outreach experiences for second-, third-, and fourth-year dental students on select Saturday mornings.
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78 %
of iowa dentists graduated from the University of Iowa college of Dentistry
10 th
national ranking for research funding
90 %
of incoming dental students chose Iowa because of the innovative curriculum