From: Durham, Erika
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:25 PM
Subject: UTDB eflash (weekly edition) -- Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Dental Branch consistent in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

Since the first bus of Hurricane Katrina evacuees entered Houston, Dental Branch faculty, staff, students and alumni have been working diligently to provide urgent dental care through the mobile dental van, parked at the George R. Brown Convention Center, and in the urgent care clinic at the Dental Branch. Thank you to everyone who has given time, energy and talent.

John O’Black, director of Instructional Media at the UT Dental Branch, was honored during a UTVolunteers appreciation luncheon for spearheading the Dental Branch’s participation in the Pets and People Food Drive, conducted in response to Hurricane Katrina. O’Black, with assistance from Darrell Gonzales and Brian Schnupp, also in Instructional Media, collected over $800 and several pounds of food from the Dental Branch family. Congratulations to O’Black and his team.

For updated information and photos about the UT Health Science Center’s efforts visit http://www.uthouston.edu/media/newsreleases/nrSpecial/katrina/index.html

A look at NASA and the Dental Branch — TODAY!

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the UT Dental Branch have a long history of caring for America’s astronauts together.

Take a break from the paperwork and patients to listen to this exciting presentation, From Skylab to Station … and on to Mars, which will tell the Dental Branch’s role in the space program at 4 p.m., today, Dental Branch Room 207.

For more details visit http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/ and see the upcoming events box.

Dental Branch hosts ASDA conference

More than 300 dental students from across the country were hosted by the UT Dental Branch during the four-day American Student Dental Association annual conference.

The Dental Branch hosted a picnic at Grant Faye Park, behind the UT School of Public Health and then led the group on a tour of the building. Students, Alice Luan and Darryl Baucum, served as the ASDA representatives for the Dental Branch.

Continue your dental education

Learn “Real World Endo: Precision~Based Endodontics,” from Kenneth Koch, D.M.D., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 16, Dental Branch Room B-25. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. Visit http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/cont-ed. Contact: Davida.D.Danforth@uth.tmc.edu, (713) 500-4032.

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