Here are six dental school updates that Becker's has covered in January:
1. The Senate of Virginia is looking into the viability of a new dental school in the state.
2. Little Rock, Ark.-based Lyon College School of Dental Medicine appointed Mark Anderson, DDS, as associate dean of academic affairs.
3. The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry named Richard Williamson, DDS, as its new director of global student experiences.
4. The Touro College of Dental Medicine in Albuquerque, N.M., appointed Joseph Parkinson, DDS, as executive assistant dean.
5. Cleveland Children's Surgery Center, an affiliate of Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers, is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine to provide training for dental residents.
6. The Milwaukee-based Marquette University School of Dentistry received a $1.37 million grant to establish the Open Dental Education Consortium.