in this issue
Features 2 Engaging Globally by beth adams
6 A Lasting Legacy to Advanced Training, Care in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery by jennifer baldino bonett
10 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: A Stimulus for Research
SCHOOL SIGNS EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS WITH SCHOOLS IN CHINA, TAIWAN, AND KOREA, PAGE 2.
by debbie goldberg
Departments
14 A Call to Serve
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Readership/Communications Survey
by juliana delany
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On Campus: News and People
25 Scholarly Activity 28 Philanthropy Highlights 29 Alumni: News and Class Notes 34 In Memoriam
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine www.dental.upenn.edu Dean
denis f. kinane, bds, phd Director, Publications beth adams Contributing Writers beth adams amy biemiller jennifer baldino bonett juliana delany alandress gardner debbie goldberg Design dyad communications
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT BOOSTS RESEARCH FUNDING, PAGE 10.
Photography corky cacas jennifer davis mark garvin peter olson
FACILITIES UPDATES CREATE NEW PATIENT MANAGEMENT, ADMISSIONS, OFFICE AREAS, PAGE 16
ON THE COVER: Left to right: Board of Overseer Chair Dr. William Cheung; Morton Amsterdam Dean Denis Kinane; Penn President Amy Gutmann; Peking School of Stomatology Dean Tao Xu; Penn Dental Medicine’s Associate Dean for Global Affairs, and the Chair and Louis I. Grossman Professor of Endodontics Dr. Syngcuk Kim; and Peking School of Stomatology Vice Dean for Global Affairs Dr. Chuanbin Guo, at Peking University in Beijing. In March 2010, Penn Dental Medicine was part of a Penn delegation that traveled to Beijing to initiate and reaffirm Penn’s academic partnerships and agreements with universities there. See story, page 2.
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