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 […]
Dr. Mark Ferriero Honored with Award for Innovation in Education at John McCahan Day
The Seventh Annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day was held on May 23, 2012 in the Hiebert Lounge. This annual event showcases educational innovation and scholarship at BUMC in honor of former Boston University School of Medicine Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. John McCahan. Director of Restorative Dentistry and Professor Dr. Celeste […]
Joshua Quinby DMD 13 Honored by Pierre Fauchard Academy
Joshua Quinby DMD 13 was recently selected to receive the 2012 Foundation Dental Student scholarship Award from the Pierre Fauchard Academy for demonstrating the greatest potential for development into an outstanding leader in the dental profession. Quinby was nominated for this award by Assistant Dean of Students Dr. Joseph Calabrese and Associate Dean for Academic […]
Alumni of the AEGD Program Reunite to Learn About Latest in Esthetics
On May 11, Restorative Sciences/Biomaterials hosted the 7th Annual Continuing Education Lecture and AEGD Alumni Reunion at the Trustee Ballroom. The topic of this year’s lecture was “Pink and White Esthetics: Establishing the Framework for Esthetic Success,” presented by Dr. Marc L. Nevins. Dr. Nevin’s lecture discussed treatment management to obtain esthetic results for anterior […]
Debora Heller PERIO 16 Wins Wrigley Clinical Salivary Research Award
Debora Heller PERIO 16 was recently selected as the winner of a Wrigley Clinical Salivary Research Award for Dental Scientists. The award will be presented to Heller at the 90th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR to be held in Iguacu Falls, Brazil in June. She received this award for her research abstract titled, […]
Twenty-four Graduating Students and Two Faculty Members Join Ranks of OKU
The GSDM Lambda Mu Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society (OKU) held its 5th annual OKU Induction Ceremony on May 10, at the BU Trustee Ballroom. The induction was presided over by Dean Jeffrey Hutter and OKU chapter President Dr. Stephen Polins and Secretary Ms. Catherine Sarkis. Students inducted into OKU included: […]
Annual Cake Party Toasts Graduates
Laughter and cheers were overheard in the sixth-floor reception area during lunchtime on Monday, May 14. Associate Dean for Clinical Education Dr. John Guarente and his staff were hosting a festive party for students. Fourth-year DMD and second-year AS students were honored for their hard work in the patient treatment center and their upcoming graduation. […]
Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska Nominated to Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section, NIH
Associate Dean for Research Maria Kukuruzinska has been nominated to serve as a standing member of the Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her term on the study section begins July 1, 2012, and ends June 30, 2016. Dr. Kukuruzinska was nominated based on […]
ASDA Students Travel to Vermont and Washington D.C. to Lobby for Oral Health
Members of the ASDA Legislative Committee, Robert Cauley DMD 14, Kiirsten Finn DMD 14, Sameet Gill DMD 14, and Erik Harriman DMD 14 joined members of the Vermont State Dental Society (VSDS) on April 12, to participate in the Legislative Day. After a morning meeting with members of the VSDS, the students met with representatives […]