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2025 Three Minute Thesis Competition

Thursday, November 13, 2025 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

The University of Iowa’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to clearly and concisely articulate complex research to nonspecialist audiences.
Join us on Nov. 13 at the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) International Ballroom.

The 3MT competition will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the IMU International Ballroom (2nd floor). Join us to see our amazing 3MT finalists present their incredible research at the final competition. This event is open to the entire UI campus and...

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College of Dentistry Commencement Ceremony

Friday, June 5, 2026 3:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Date and time are subject to change; the venue and location will be published the session prior.

Doors will open one hour prior to ceremony start. No tickets required.

The ceremony will be livestreamed. 

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College of Dentistry Commencement Ceremony

Friday, June 4, 2027 3:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Date and time are subject to change; the venue and location will be published the session prior.

Doors will open one hour prior to ceremony start. No tickets required.

The ceremony will be livestreamed. 

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Bone Regeneration: Making a Fantasy a Reality

Friday, May 14, 2021
Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry are working to make bone regeneration a reality through novel tissue engineering strategies and cutting-edge science. Hongli Sun is one of several faculty members at the college leading the charge to develop novel bone regeneration strategies for particular conditions and diseases.
David Johnsen, Tarek El Kerdani, and prosthodontics residents with the governor's declaration of Prosthodontics Week

The State of Iowa and the College of Dentistry Celebrate Prosthodontics Week

Friday, April 16, 2021
For the past six years, the Department of Prosthodontics has celebrated National Prosthodontics Awareness week by recruiting six low-income veterans to receive a free, complete set of dentures. To commemorate this annual event and in recognition of National Prosthodontics Awareness Week, Governor Kim Reynolds declared April 5-9 Iowa Prosthodontics Awareness Week.
Chris Barwacz

Personalizing Implant Therapy to Improve Outcomes

Friday, April 9, 2021
Personalized medicine meets the unique needs of each patient, and Christopher Barwacz’s research is focused on improving and optimizing implant therapy to meet the specific needs of each individual patient.
Eric Van Otterloo

The Genetics of Bone Formation

Friday, February 19, 2021
As an expert in the genetics of embryonic development and an assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics, Eric Van Otterloo, has opened a new dimension for understanding craniofacial development, genetics, and bone formation as he and his team have explored a peculiar gene, Memo1.
Students studying outdoors at Iowa Memorial Union

78 %

of iowa dentists graduated from the University of Iowa college of Dentistry
Graduating dental students

10 th

national ranking for research funding
Pediatric Patient Smiles

90 %

of incoming dental students chose Iowa because of the innovative curriculum