Dr. Frank Schiano: A Rising Star in Community Health Dentistry
The Boston Business Journal recently spotlighted GSDM Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Frank Schiano’s amazing work as Director of Dentistry at Fenway Health. Dr. Schiano is a 2006 graduate of GSDM’s DMD program and a 2007 graduate of the AEGD program. Shortly after completing the AEGD program, he was named Dentistry Director at Fenway Health. Fenway […]
Muslim Student Association Hosts Iftar Dinner
The Muslim Students Association (MSA) sponsored an Iftar dinner at the School of Dental Medicine on August 16, to mark the breaking of the day’s fast. In observance of the month of Ramadan, many Muslim students at GSDM are fasting each day from dawn until dusk. A large group of students, of both Muslim and […]
Class Officers Announced
Elections for class officers of second, third, and fourth-year DMD classes as well as the second-year AS class have come to a close. Elections for first-year DMD and AS students will take place in mid-September. Congratulations to the following students: DMD Class of 2012 President: Ms. Alisun Kovach Vice President: Ms. Shivali Gohel Treasurer: […]
High School Students Learn About Oral Health Disparities at GSDM
On August 5, nine high school students enrolled in the Community Voices program at Northeastern University visited GSDM. The purpose of their visit was to learn more about oral health disparities, especially in the context of racial and ethnic health disparities. In addition, the students had the opportunity to learn about various oral health careers […]
Orientation Gets Underway
New DMD and Advanced Standing (AS) students began their first day of school at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) on August 1. Students spent the week meeting and listening to presentations by key GSDM faculty and staff. ”The Office of Admissions strives to identify, select, and recruit students who will […]
Rhett Brings a New Twist to Annual Ice Cream Social
It would not be the first day of GSDM orientation without the School’s well-loved Ice Cream Social. And for the first time this year, BU’s mascot Rhett joined the fun, with as many students lined up to greet him as were in line for ice cream. Alums Craig Allen and Nicole Paquette-Allen, both DMD 95, […]
Dean and Mrs. Hutter Open Their Home to New Students
For the second year, Dean and Mrs. Jeffrey Hutter welcomed new predoctoral students to their Newton, Massachusetts home with a series of receptions during orientation week. Six small groups of students over three days boarded a shuttle bus at the School headed to the Hutters’ home. Groups were again assigned names honoring BU and GSDM […]
Students Take the Oath of the Classes at Professional Ceremony
New predoctoral students marked the end of orientation August 5 at the Professional Ceremony held at 670 Albany Street, where students recited the Oath of the Classes. This was the largest group of family and friends to ever attend GSDM’s Professional Ceremony. The event was joyous, with people cheering when their family members and future-dentists […]
Krissie Gibbs Sets an Example for Area Kids
When Oral Health Educator Krissie Gibbs was younger she participated in Upward Bound, a college preparatory program for middle and high school age children. Last Fall Gibbs ran in to the Kunthary Thai-Johnson, the Director of her old Upward Bound program who is now Director of a similar program, the Health Careers Opportunities Program (HCOP). […]
DMD and AS Classes of 2013 Don White Coats During Family Weekend
The White Coat Ceremony marks the midway point of the students’ education and celebrates their transition from the classroom to the treatment center. Students will now begin managing the comprehensive oral healthcare of their assigned patients and providing them with needed treatment in the fifth and sixth floor treatment centers of the Dental School. Director […]