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Recent Alums Join Former Faculty in Jamaican Outreach
Bernhard (Ben) Bringewald DMD 11 joined the Jamaica Awareness Association of California (JAAC) 2011 Annual Medical and Education Mission trip to Jamaica following GSDM graduation May 28 to June 3. JAAC conducts an annual, seven-day mission to rural Jamaica with a team of medical professionals and other volunteers to provide medical... More
GSDM Returns to Special Olympics Massachusetts Games
GSDM returned to the Special Olympic Massachusetts Games Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Harvard University’s athletic grounds in Cambridge. Staff, student, and faculty volunteers registered athletes, gave free oral health screenings, made mouth guards, demonstrated proper hygiene, provided nutrition counseling, gave out goody bags filled with dental supplies including electronic... More
California Alumni Open Their Homes to GSDM Family
Two BU alumni couples in California hosted events at their homes this month. The Dean and Mrs. Hutter and fellow alumni gathered for spectacular views and reminiscing about the School. “With nearly 700 GSDM alumni in California we have begun to focus on building a robust complement of alumni programs in... More
Faculty & Staff Meeting Recap
The June 21 GSDM Faculty & Staff Meeting updated the GSDM community on a variety of ongoing and upcoming initiatives at the School. Before these updates began, Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter welcomed everyone and asked staff and faculty who joined the School since June 16, 2010 to stand and introduce themselves. Dean... More
Jackie Gallant Retires After 25 Years
After 25 years of dedicated service Patient Financial Services Manager of Insurance & Claims Jacqueline “Jackie” Gallant departed the Dental School on June 30, to enjoy retirement. Friends and colleagues gathered in the Dean’s Conference Room to offer Gallant congratulations and best wishes. Said Dean Hutter, “It is evident from the... More
Graduates Honored at Periodontology & Oral Biology Reception
Chair of Periodontology & Oral Biology Dr. Frank Oppenheim and Program Director of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Periodontology & Oral Biology Dr. Serge Dibart hosted a reception honoring the graduating periodontology and oral biology residents on June 13, at the BU Castle. The evening featured a cocktail reception, dinner, More
Yum! GSDM Indulges in Sweet Treats
The Ice Cream Social was held on a beautiful sunny Wednesday afternoon at GSDM. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter hosted students, staff, and faculty as they made their own sundaes and congregated in groups on the benches outside the Dental School. “What a great day for ice cream!” said Dean Hutter. “Everyone... More
BUworks Goes Live
BUworks officially went live on July 1, coinciding with the new fiscal year. There’s been a large amount of correspondence about this new system but here’s what most of us really need to know: BUworks website: This website, http://www.bu.edu/buworks/, provides you with the resources you need to do your job using... More
Graduates Celebrated at Orthodontic Dinner
On May 19, a dinner was held at the BU Castle to celebrate the 2011 graduates of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics. The dinner was attended by the eight graduating residents along with their family members and friends, as well as the first-year orthodontics residents... More
Dorchester Families Start Living SMART
CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, Felicia Smith DMD 15, Thomas Horton DMD 14, Lillelenny Santana AS 2012, and Danielle Collins (a former dental hygiene student of Lituri’s) volunteered at the Living SMART Community Health Fair on June 11. The fair was held at the Perkins Community Center in... More