Events
Pregame Professional Program (Oregon)
Saturday, November 8, 2025 8:00am to 10:00am
Pregame Professional Programs are a continuing education courses offered by the University of Iowa College of Dentistry.
2025 Three Minute Thesis Competition
Thursday, November 13, 2025 1:30pm to 3:30pm
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...
College of Dentistry Commencement Ceremony
Friday, June 5, 2026 3:00pm
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.
News
Vidal appointed head of Operative Dentistry
Thursday, October 23, 2025
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry has appointed Dr. Cris M.P. Vidal, DDS, MS, PhD, as the new Departmental Executive Officer of Operative Dentistry.
UI alum wins 2025 Balint Orban Award
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Dr. Jeremy Bobera (’22 DDS, ’25 MS) has been named a recipient of the 2025 Balint Orban Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology, held this year in Toronto.
Catherine Miller-Geroy and Gary Geroy establish endowed prosthodontics chair
Thursday, October 16, 2025
In one of the largest gifts in the history of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Catherine Miller-Geroy and Gary Geroy have made a commitment to endow a chair in the Department of Prosthodontics in honor of Miller-Geroy’s father, Dr. Thaxter “Thax” Miller (’54 MS, ’54 PROS).
CRISP grant supports study of material trends in dental restorations
Monday, October 13, 2025
Robert Bowers and Anvita Maharishi, assistant professors in the Department of Family Dentistry, received a CRISP grant to study national trends in materials used for full coverage dental restorations. Their research will analyze data from 18 dental schools to assess the shift toward all-ceramic materials and inform updates to dental education and licensure standards.
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