College of Dentistry

Students begin UNMC dental careers with white coats

UNMC dentistry and dental hygiene students started their first years with the symbolic ceremony.

Aug 28, 2026

UNMC College of Dentistry Dean Gerry Kugel, DMD, PhD, left, congratulated new students at the 2026 White Coat Ceremony.

Ted Mikuls, MD, named UNMC’s 21st Scientist Laureate

Dr. Mikuls will be honored, along with 23 other researchers, at an awards event on Oct. 29 at the Omaha campus.

Aug 26, 2026

Ted Mikuls, MD

InnovatED Symposium on Oct. 1 to offer innovative education ideas

Registration is open for the fourth annual InnovatED Symposium on Oct. 1.

Aug 25, 2026

Jane Meza, PhD, speaks at a podium during the third annual InnovatED Symposium on Sept. 30, 2025, in the Truhlsen Event Center.

UNMC urgent care dental clinic serves need, saves costs

Emergency and off-hours services at the college’s Lincoln home will address healthcare shortages and free up the state’s medical ER departments.

Aug 17, 2026

A sign directs patients to the new urgent care dental clinic at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln.

Dentistry faculty, students volunteer at event to honor former clinic director

The July dental clinic, held at Lincoln’s People’s City Mission, was in memory of longtime clinic director Steve Uetrecht.

Aug 12, 2026

The volunteer turnout for the event included: Top row, from left - UNMC College of Dentistry students Kahner Christopherson and Luke Jacobs, clinical faculty members Jon Asbjornson, DDS, and Tim Jacobs, DDS, and dental assistant Erika Bosovyk. Bottom row, from left - UNMC College of Dentistry students Grace Boski, Xiaoqin Jia, Jillian Lowe, Cintia Jacobsen Robinson and Lanyon Mlinek.

College seeks volunteers for 2026 VetMOM clinic

The Aug. 28-29 dental clinic for veterans in need and their spouses is “an amazing time,” Dr. Jenkins said.

Aug 11, 2026

The 2026 Veterans Mission of Mercy event is set for Aug. 28-29.

UNMC Dentistry using federal funds to address rural needs

UNMC College of Dentistry has been awarded Rural Health Transformation Program grant funding and is already at work on four aims.

Aug 11, 2026

Dean Gerry Kugel, DMD, PhD.

Kenya trip first effort of new dental student mission fund

A dedicated fund through the NU Foundation will help boost missions like this one led by a dentistry alum.

Aug 11, 2026

Dr. Hunter, left, an UNMC College of Dentistry alum, has made several mission trips to Kenya over the last few decades.

New UNMC urgent dental clinic serves need, saves costs

Emergency and off-hours services at the college’s Lincoln home will address healthcare shortages and free up the state’s medical ER departments.

Aug 11, 2026

A sign directs patients to the new urgent care dental clinic at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln.

Dr. Kumbar, team, honored at military health symposium

UNMC research developed as clinically translatable to war injuries and civilian trauma.

Aug 11, 2026

From left, Allen Zennifer, PhD, Ken Bayles, PhD, Sangamesh Kumbar, PhD, Sama Abdulmalik, PhD, and Suranji Wijekoon, PhD, DVM, celebrate at the Military Health System Research Symposium.