Posts Tagged ‘Dental school’
Dental school launches new programme to promote family health
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine has launched a new programme, which will target the family unit. The new scheme, known as Family First, will involve nine families being adopted by the university. Different generations and family members will all be cared for as part of the programme. The Family First initiative was […]
UMDNJ students set for rise in tuition fees
Students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey are bracing themselves, after it was announced that tuition fees will increase significantly. Officials at the school said that students from all departments are facing increases in their tuition fees as a result of cuts in state funding. The planned increases were approved by […]
Thousands brave the rain to take dental and medical entrance tests
Thousands of candidates braved torrential rain in Lahore to sit the entrance test for dentistry and medicine courses. It is estimated that around 31,000 candidates turned up at 23 centres in 12 different cities in the Punjab province. The test began at 9am and finished at 11:30am; students who sat the test said they were […]
Delta Dental helps to fund new dental college
Delta Dental has pledged money to help fund a new dental college in New England. Northeast Delta Dental has pledged 2.3 million dollars to help the University of New England to build a new dental college. The university announced that it has received the money to put plans for a new College of Dental Medicine […]
Dental school opens the doors for new applicants
The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has finally opened after four years of planning. The official application process was launched yesterday and staff at the school believe students will be desperate to log on and complete their application. The opening of the school has been eagerly anticipated by both staff and prospective students […]
Lib Dems raise concerns over access to NHS dentists in Scotland
The Liberal Democrat party has raised concerns over the varying numbers of NHS dental patients across Scotland. The alarm was raised following the release of figures, which indicated huge differences between the percentages of people who were registered with an NHS dentist in different parts of the country; the total percentage of people who were […]
Black professor accuses school of discrimination.
A black university professor has accused his employers of discrimination and claims he was paid less than white employees. Dr Morris Clark, from the University of Colorado has compiled a 63 page document, which details accusations and examples of discrimination that have occurred during his time at the University. Clark has worked at the school […]
Utah gets groundbreaking new dental school
Plans are underway for a brand new dental school at the University of Southern Nevada; this will be the first college of dental medicine in the state of Utah. The University of Southern Nevada will begin to take new students from autumn next year. The new college of dental medicine is a huge step forward […]
Cherbourg gets grant for new dental school
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has announced that Cherbourg will receive a grant of $600,000 which will be used to open a new dental school. Ms Roxon announced the funding during her tour of Queensland, where she has been discussing plans for a Commonwealth takeover of health services with representatives from local health boards. Ms […]
Multi million dental school under construction
A university has awarded a contract worth more than $110million to a building company to construct its new School of Dentistry. KBR’s Building Group won the $112million contract to erect the Medical College of Georgia’s (MCG) new state-of-the-art dental school. The new five-story dental school will nearly double the size of its current 40-year-old facility […]
