Category Archives: UNTHSC

UT Regents approve 35 millions in allocations for Austin medical school and the real need of increasing medical residency slots in Texas

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Myron Jacobson, P.h.D. named Founding Dean of College of Pharmacy at UNT

 UNT Health Science Center President Scott Ransom, DO, announced today the appointment of Myron (Mike) Jacobson, Ph.D., as the founding dean of the UNT System College of Pharmacy. “After a national search we were very pleased to recruit a renowned … Continue reading

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Freeing the prisoners’ souls from the Vietnamese re-education camps after 35 years

Every day, as the guards marched Thanh Dac Nguyen into the jungle for another shift of backbreaking labor, he tossed a pebble on the lump of red earth where his closest friend was buried. It was the only way he … Continue reading

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TCOM medical students have hands-on geriatrics education

Within a few minutes, it becomes clear that what 102-year-old Beauregard Hale needs most is someone to talk with. Second-year medical student Luis Gilbert is happy to provide that as he makes a house call to check on the elderly … Continue reading

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Thai alumnus gives the largest gift to University of North Texas

President V. Lane Rawlins and Provost Warren Burggren react to the announcement of the $22 million pledged gift from UNT alumnus Charn Uswachoke. The University of North Texas today announced the largest gift in the history of UNT with a pledge … Continue reading

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