dentistry News Archive
![Portrait of Dr. Dieter Schönwetter standing in a dental clinic.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/UM-Today-Dr.-Dieter-Schonwetter--150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
People Person
June 15, 2023 —
What Dieter Schönwetter [BA/87, MA/89, PhD/96] enjoys most about research isn’t collecting data or analyzing findings. It’s connecting with people.
![Small groups of people look at research posters at a Research Day event.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DENT-Dentistry-Research-Day-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Award winners share passion for dental research
May 29, 2023 —
Earning the prize for the best basic research poster at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s Research Day for the second year in a row left Md Mahamudul Haque feeling elated.
![The group of graduates toss their caps in the air.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/UM-Today-Convocation-2023-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
First PharmD class among 2023 ‘extraordinary’ graduates
May 19, 2023 —
Dr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms looked toward the inaugural graduating class of doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students and told them they should be immensely proud of themselves.
![Three students wearing graduation caps, gowns and lilac coloured diploma in dental hygiene stoles. One student holds a smartphone and takes a selfie with the other two students.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Students-taking-selfie-Convocation-Bannatyne-22-74850166-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate
May 17, 2023 —
Manitoba’s newest physicians, dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists will graduate on May 18, 2023, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies.
![Catherine sits in a dental chair and wears a bib. Dr. McCoy stands next to her and wears scrubs, gloves and a face mask.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UM-Today-Catherine-with-dentist-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Loyal patient at UM dental school clinic praises 57 years of care
April 19, 2023 —
Catherine Hyska sat patiently in the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s clinic waiting room. She’s spent a lot of time in that space over the years. The 93-year-old has been a patient at the dental school since 1966.
![Keshav Narayan Alagarsamy gives his presentation. A banner behind him reads "Faculty of Graduate Studies" and umanitoba.ca/graduate-studies".](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UM-Today-3MT-Keshav-Narayan-Alagarsamy-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady grad students shine at Three Minute Thesis final
April 5, 2023 —
Three minutes isn’t much time to explain complex research and novel ideas, but a trio of Rady Faculty of Health Sciences graduate students excelled at presenting their work clearly and concisely in just 180 seconds.
![Dr. Laura MacDonald writes on a whiteboard.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/UM-Today-MacDonald-Laura-05-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Eager to Educate
January 6, 2023 —
Laura MacDonald [Dip.D.Hyg./81, M.Ed./87, PhD/21] was recently in a videoconference with students from the bachelor of science in dental hygiene program. When the learners finished their presentation, MacDonald, who was working from home, gave them a standing ovation at her dining room table.
![Individual portraits of the winners side-by-side.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/UM-Today-notable-collage-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Six grad students receive Rady Dean’s Prize
December 6, 2022 —
The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to six exceptional graduate students in 2022.
![Dr. Kelekis-Cholakis is turned towards Samady. They are both wearing masks.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UM-Today-Dentistry-Awards-Evening-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Awards Evening celebrates dentistry, dental hygiene successes
November 24, 2022 —
Rovielle Rantael was overwhelmed but also felt a sense of accomplishment when she received the news she won a pair of prestigious scholarships.
![Portrait of Dmytro Shulyakov. He is wearing face mask.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UM-Today-Dmytro-Shulyakov-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
B.Sc. (Dent.) program ‘excites’ dentistry students about research
September 7, 2022 —
Dmytro Shulyakov had little research experience heading into dental school, so he enrolled in the bachelor of science in dentistry (B.Sc. (Dent.) program to see what it was all about.