Spring 1999 Issue
Table of Contents
Message from the Dean
Scenes from Our Campus
News from the College
NYUCD Names Its First Quality Assurance Officer
NYUCD Cosponsors Health Writers Briefing at National Press Club
Clinical Research Center to Rise at NYUCD
NIDCR Staff Make Visits to NYUCD
Strategic Planning Initiative Gets Under Way
Examining the Genetic Roots of Tooth Development
NIDCR Director Harold Slavkin Presents Sackler Distinguished Lecture
Bringing Care to the Dominican Republic
International Ceramics in Medicine Symposium Held at NYUCD
Recent Research Grants and Contracts
Oral Cancer Detection: Practicing for Life
Genes, Mutations, and Cancer: Possible Applications to the Prevention of Cancer of the Oral Cavity
Philanthropy in the News
NYUCD Salutes Its Benefactors
Mrs. Adele Block Honors Her Dentist
Dr. Abram I. Chasens Finances Student Aid
Dr. Gustav Durrer Dental Scholarship Established
Teaching of Alternate Delivery Systems and Managed Care Furthered
Applause! Applause! Faculty, Student, and Staff News
NYUCD Senior Receives Pierre Fauchard Academy Student Scholarship Award
NYUCD Salutes Violet Winners
Third Annual Dr. Bernard P. Tillis Award
Focus on Alumni
Dr. Stuart M. Hirsch Honored
Implant Pioneers
Dean Michael C. Alfano Greets Alumni
The Dental Educator, the Researcher, and the Philanthropist:
The Future of Dentistry Depends on All Three