From card-writing campaigns to collecting donations, members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) found creative ways to participate in this year’s Global Days of Service despite the limitations created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 69 individuals from Boston University Medical Campus contributed approximately 193 hours of service […]
When Ana-Gabriela Benghiac DMD AS 22 thinks about why she’s drawn to giving back to her community, a quote from English writer John Bunyan comes to mind. “[He] said, you have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you,” Benghiac said. Benghiac has taken the quote to heart, […]
While volunteering in-person is not currently an option, students at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) have still found creative ways to give back to the local community. From October 2020 to February 2021, over 40 students took part in “virtual volunteering” at several Boston-area organizations, doing everything from donating […]
Dr. Meredith Bailey will make history this July when she becomes the youngest president in the history of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) and the first who will serve a two-year term. Bailey, clinical instructor in the Department of General Dentistry and a group practice leader at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of […]
For the first time ever, members of the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community celebrated their student leaders and teaching assistants…virtually. Each year, GSDM typically hosts a luncheon to recognize fourth-year DMD students and second-year DMD AS students who have served as teaching assistants (TA) or in leadership positions for student organizations […]
Dr. Raul Garcia, professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research and director of the Northeast Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD) at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), has become the first dentist to be appointed to the Advisory Committee on Minority […]
When Roberta Flynn, dental assistant in the department of Periodontology, was announced as the winner of the 2019 Kristen Donovan Award during the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Faculty and Staff meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2019, she was greeted with a standing ovation—one that made her cry. Her first steps, however, […]
As seen in BU Today Story by Sara Rimer. Photo by Jake Belcher. Under a wind-whipped tent on an unseasonably cold April 5, Jeffrey W. Hutter, dean of the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, hosted a celebratory rite of spring he’d first envisioned nine years ago: the groundbreaking ceremony for his school’s three-year, $112 million renovation […]
On Saturday, March 10, 2018, the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine participated in its first Global Days of Service event at the Consulate General of Colombia in Boston. The event, titled, “Healthy Smiles, Healthy Families, Sonrisas Saludables, Familias Saludables,” drew six volunteers from GSDM. Boston University’s Global Days of Service is an approximately […]
The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and Boston University as a whole has a long-standing dedication to community service and philanthropy. In pursuit of that mission, the Global Days of Service (GDS) is an annual program put on by the University aimed to inspire students, residents, faculty, and staff to give back […]