GSDM WRAPPED 2024: An Annual Round-up of Multimedia Content from GSDM Communications
As 2024 comes to an end, we present “GSDM WRAPPED,” a nod to the viral marketing campaign by the music streaming app Spotify. “GSDM WRAPPED” takes a look back at the content that you liked best this year—and some stories we loved that you might have missed.
Top Five Instagram Reels:
Determined by highest number of views as of December 12 on Instagram for new Reels
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum First-Year Immersive Tour
- We asked GSDM: What are You Thankful For?
- Gala 2024 Behind the Scenes
- Getting to Know the Neighborhood: Jared Jacobson DMD 25
- Gala 2024 Recap
Top Five GSDM News Articles:
Determined by the highest number of individual web page views
1. GSDM Creates New Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
GSDM’s new department of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology will support pre- and postdoctoral education, clinical training, research, calibration, and compliance. Dr. Deeba Kashtwari serves as the department’s inaugural chair.
Read more here.
2. Alumni Spotlight: Advice for the Class of 2024
The lives of every graduate in the GSDM Class of 2024 graduate are about to change, as they prepare to embark on an emerging dental career. The graduates are joining an extensive alumni network of exceptional clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are spread across 63 countries and 49 states. We asked GSDM alumni to give motivating advice to the latest GSDM graduates about life after dental school. Read more here.
3. Student Spotlight: Seven GSDM Students Awarded Grand Prize in 2023 American Dental Association Student Ethics Video Contest
A team of GSDM DMD/DMD AS students won the grand prize in the 2023 American Dental Association’s Council on Ethics, Bylaws, and Judicial Affairs’ Student Ethics Video Contest with their video “Undercover Dental Justice” which depicts a high-stakes sting operation that catches an unethical dentist in the act. Read more here.
4. “The Future of Dentistry is in Good Hands:” Annual GSDM White Coat Ceremony Celebrates DMD 26 and DMD AS 25 Classes
More than 200 GSDM DMD and DMD AS students received their white coats during the school’s 2024 White Coat Ceremony, a significant milestone that marks the half-way point in their respective dental programs and their entry into the school’s the Patient Treatment Center. The ceremony took place on June 28 at the Metcalf Hall at the George Sherman Union on the University’s Charles River Campus. Read more here.
5. “Really Blessed and Thankful:” GSDM parenting students share how they balance dental studies and family life
Many GSDM students have remarkable stories about how they balance their dental education with parenthood responsibilities. We spoke to seven GSDM students to learn how they maintain a healthy school-life balance and to hear the advice they want to give to fellow parenting students. Read more here.
“In Case You Missed It:” Five GSDM News Articles That Deserve a Second Look
1. “Behind the Scenes” of Commencement: How Afsheen Lakhani DMD 06 AEGD 07, Director of Group Practices and Clinical Associate Professor of General Dentistry, Prepares as Commencement Announcer
For our “Behind the Scenes” series, we spoke with Afsheen Lakhani DMD 06 AEGD 07, GSDM director of group practices and clinical associate professor of general dentistry, about her journey to becoming our commencement announcer and how she is preparing to read every name from the GSDM graduating Class of 2024 and announce them live to a crowd of loved ones during this year’s Commencement ceremony. Read more here.
2. Student Spotlight: Mother-and-Son Duo are Making Dental School a Family Affair
In a rare twist of fate, Fatema Abdo DMD AS 26 and Mohamed Hussein DMD 26, a mother-and-son duo, found themselves attending GSDM at the same time, both expecting to graduate in 2026. Read more here.
3. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Boston University Medical Campus Anatomy Donor Memorial Service Returns as an Annual End-of-Year Tribute
The 2024 Boston University Medical Campus Anatomy Donor Memorial Service, “Garden of Gratitude,” took place on Friday, May 3, in Hiebert Lounge. This was the first BUMC anatomy donor memorial service since 2019. For Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine students, body dissection is a critical part of their anatomy education, making the memorial service an emotional rite of passage. Read more here.
4. Meet the Faces of GSDM: Darlina “Ms. Dolly” Walker, Dental Assistant
Darlina “Ms. Dolly” Walker is a GSDM dental assistant in the predoctoral patient treatment center in clinical affairs. In this staff spotlight, she reflects on her 25th anniversary with GSDM. Read more here.
5. GSDM Salutes Alumni Who Serve: Three Alums Share Stories of Military Dentistry for Veteran’s Day
For this Veterans Day, GSDM Communications spoke to three GSDM alumni from different branches of the U.S. Armed Forces about the time with the military. Read more here.