Dr. Friedman Hopes to Build Bridges as New MDS President

Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Professor Paula K. Friedman became president of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) on May 18, 2012. She is one of five new officers elected at the MDS Annual Session in Burlington. Dr. Friedman says she hopes to use her time as president to build bridges—between MDS and its members, […]

Dr. Schiano Leads GSDM Habitat for Humanity Team

The GSDM community showed that its giving spirit extends beyond dentistry in May when a group of alums, faculty, and staff led by Dr. Frank Schiano CAS 01, DMD 06, AEGD 07 helped build a home in Dorchester for Habitat for Humanity Boston. The outing was a partnership between Habitat for Humanity and the Boston […]

GSDM Promotes Oral Health in Mattapan’s Haitian Community

On May 5, 2012, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) faculty members Dr. Shiro Kamachi and Dr. Hideo Yamamoto joined Community Health Programs (CHP) Oral Health Promotion Director Ms. Kathy Lituri and eighteen GSDM students and residents at the Inite Pou La Sante/United for Health Fair. This event was held at […]

Celebrating Our People and Their Success

At this time, we would like to recognize the accomplishments of individual staff members who have been promoted in the past 18 months at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM). Without our staff members, GSDM would not be able to deliver excellence in dental education to our students and provide […]

Commencement Holds Special Significance for Many

On Friday, May 19, 2012, GSDM honored new graduates at the School’s 48th annual Convocation. The late afternoon ceremony boasted approximately 190 DMD and 77 post-doctoral student participants. Dean of Marsh Chapel Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill began the ceremony with an invocation. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter followed by welcoming the graduating students, family and […]

Endodontic Graduates Honored from the Country Club to the Top of the Hub

On May 17, 2012, residents of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Endodontics Class of 2012 celebrated their upcoming graduation with a golf tournament and luncheon at Brookmeadow Country Club and a reception at the Prudential Tower Skywalk in the evening. Thirty-five people, including residents, faculty, staff, and sponsors teed off on Thursday morning. Organizer […]

Student Teaching Assistant Program a Great Success for 2011-2012 School Year

Fourth–year DMD student teaching assistants for the Pre-Doctoral Occlusion and Pre-Clinical Removable Prosthodontics courses were honored at a luncheon on May 15. The students assisted Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Mark Ferriero and Clinical Professor and Director of the Pre-doctoral Removable Prosthodontics Dr. Ronni Schnell with their respective courses for the 2011-2012 School year. Student teaching […]

GSDM Community Listens to “Visions of America”

Sixty-one members of the GSDM community attended the 98th Annual BU Night at the Pops at Symphony Hall on Saturday, May 19. This annual event is one of the University’s oldest traditions, taking place during Commencement weekend for graduates and guests to experience a slice of Boston culture. This year’s Pops theme was Visions of […]