Resident Spotlight: Dr. Jessica C. Williams DPH 23
Dr. Jessica C. Williams DPH 23 fell in love with dentistry when she volunteered at a community dental clinic during college – indeed, she fell in love with the idea of using dentistry to improve people’s lives. So when she recently received the Dr. Bessie E. Delaney Scholarship from the National Dental Association Foundation, it […]
Dr. Joseph Calabrese recognized with Title IX award
Dr. Joseph Calabrese DMD 91 AEGD 92 GERI 94, associate dean of students and clinical professor of General Dentistry, wears many hats at GSDM. But one of his most important, and potentially least heralded, roles is the school’s Deputy Title IX coordinator. Dr. Calabrese’s work in this area was recognized recently when he was awarded […]
GSDM welcomes back alums for 2022 Alumni Weekend
Almost 100 GSDM alumni turned out on a recent Friday night for the school’s first Alumni Weekend reception since 2019. The event featured a new location – the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport – and a new dean: Dean Cataldo W. Leone, who was named the school’s fourth permanent dean in November 2021. “Alumni […]
More than 200 students celebrated at annual White Coat Ceremony
More than 200 GSDM students donned their white coats for the first time on Friday, July 8, in front of cheering friends and family during the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony marks the half-way point in students’ dental school experience and celebrates their entrance into the school’s Patient Treatment Centers. Students from the […]
New students welcomed to GSDM during annual Professional Ceremony
More than 200 students were officially welcomed into the field of dentistry – and to the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine – during the school’s annual Professional Ceremony, held on July 29 on Talbot Green. The Professional Ceremony marks a student’s entry into dental school and signifies their commitment to promoting the integrity […]
GSDM and Nobel Biocare announce philanthropic partnership
Nobel Biocare and Boston University on Thursday agreed to a 10-year philanthropic partnership, effective July 1, 2022. Through this partnership, Nobel Biocare will provide $4 million ($400,000 per year) in products as an in-kind educational grant to the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) over the next decade. Students and residents at GSDM […]
Patient Seminar Series: Pemphigus and Pemphigoid
Imagine that you’ve just started the adventure of a lifetime, moving across the world to Australia and living a healthy life full of yoga, good food, and walks on the beach. Then, one day at brunch, you realize that your mouth feel different: You can lift a flap of your gums with your tongue. “It […]
GSDM celebrates first in-person commencement in three years
For the first time in three years, GSDM graduates were able to walk across the stage at the BU Track & Tennis Center and receive their diplomas and certificates in person to cheers and applause from the audience. The event capped a week of in-person events celebrating the Class of 2022, a welcome return to […]
Barkley L. Hendricks exhibition at Rose Art Museum
The Rose Art Museum presents the exhibition “My Mechanical Sketchbook”—Barkley L. Hendricks & Photography. Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017) was an American photographer and painter renowned for his conceptualist style and Black portraiture. According to the Jack Shainman Gallery: “Hendricks’ depictions of the Black figure exude attitude and style. The artist culled subjects for his hagiographic portraits […]
SASDA hosts sock drive for Boston Healthcare for the Homeless
When Uma Meenakshinathan DMD 22 started her externship at the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), she noticed that individuals were arriving after big winter storms with amputated toes and feet. “I met a gentleman who lost both his feet because of diabetes-related complications that started off from frostbite,” she said. “That was just […]