| Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national honor society of dentistry, was founded in 1914 to recognize and promote outstanding scholarship and exemplary character development within dental education. Temple University's chapter - Kappa Kappa - was chartered in 1937. Election in the spring semester of the senior year is considered by many to be the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a graduate of the DMD program. New Alumni Members 2006
Congratulations to the following members of the class of 2006 on their election to Omicron Kappa Upsilon: Mark M. Armanious, Jason M. Bresler, Justin L. Burns, Michael J. Cari, Renie Daniel, Megan N. Fulcher, John M. Huynh, Jennifer L. Koch, Myochul Kwon, Duyen T. Ngo, Stephanie T. Potter, Jarom E. Sauble, Michael D. Sock, Ian S. Thomas, Cameron J. Wagner New Faculty Members 2006
Congratulations to the following new faculty inductees: George Monasky, DDS (Restorative Dentistry) and Thomas E. Rams, DDS, MHS (Periodontology). Faculty Members 2006/2007
Klara Alperstein, David Appleby, Juan Arocho (President-Elect), Mohammed Bassiouny, Merry Bogert (Vice President), Daniel Boston, Robert Braun, David Bresler, Joshua Bresler, Joseph Brogan, James Craig, Lisa Deem, Thomas Deem, Ralph Domanico, Jack Esposito (President), Maria Fornatora, Sally Gray, Andrea Haber-Cohen, Jack Hollingsworth, Edith Jones (Secretary-Treasurer), Larry Koren, Laurie MacPhail, Mark Meraner, Jeff Perry, William Rieger, Frank Sammartino, Erik Scheifele, Claire Shaw, June Sisson, Leona Sperrazza, Angela Stout, Jon Suzuki, Louis Tarnoff, Robert Tisot, Gene Whitaker, Cemil Yesilsoy. Kramer Award Winner 2006
Sarah Wentzel (Class of 2007) OKU/Kappa Kappa Chapter Scholarly Writing Competition 2006
The officers of Temple University's chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the National Dental Honorary Society, announced the winners of the OKU Writing Competition. The purpose of the competition is to stimulate students in the DMD Program to think critically about broad issues facing the dental profession and to contribute to the public discussion of those issues beyond the traditional confines of the classroom. The topic chosen for this Fifth Annual competition was: The Ethical Dilemmas of Cosmetic Dentistry: Has Dentistry ceased to be ‘Professional’?. A panel of five judges, including members of the faculty and an outside consultant, evaluated each persuasive paper for originality, insight, reasoning, and substantiation, among other criteria, and recommended two authors for certificates of merit and cash prizes. The 2006 winners are: FIRST PLACE, Christian J. Nolten (left picture, Class of 2007), and SECOND PLACE, Avin Gupta (right picture, class of 2008). Click the link to view the full text of the winning paper.  
Also check out the National OKU website at www.oku.org 2004 OKU Bulletin |
