AAWD Welcomes New Students for Community & Social Engagement
The gathering in Room 301 of 100 East Newton Street on August 15, 2013, was characteristic of many student interactions at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM): upperclassmen with experience at GSDM welcoming and taking newer students under their wing. This particular event—the first general body meeting of the GSDM chapter […]
GSDM Offers “Passport to Dental Health”
On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine’s (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP), American Association of Women Dentists chapter (AAWD), and additional volunteers participated in the Childworks Program at Rosie’s Place. Rosie’s Place is a shelter for homeless, displaced, and battered women. Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy […]
Jamaica Externship Cultivates Future Leaders
Bobby Lynn and Paul Nardi, both DMD 13, travelled to St. Mary, a small parish in northeast Jamaica, on an educational and dental mission with the Jamaica Awareness Association of California (JAAC) June 2–7, 2013. Their preceptor was former GSDM faculty member and longtime JAAC volunteer Dr. Gregory Stoute. Dr. Stoute, who is now executive […]
GSDM Helps Somerville Children “Countdown to Kindergarten”
On Friday, June 14, 2013, Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri and 13 students participated in Countdown to Kindergarten, Somerville at Boston Children’s Museum. Countdown to Kindergarten is a non-profit collaborative that engages families, educators, and community members in a city-wide effort to celebrate and support the transition of children into kindergarten. The participating students […]
Many Bostonians Reached at Free Health and Fitness Expo
Volunteers representing Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and Boston University Dental Health Center offered dental and oral cancer screenings at the Channel 7 CW 56 Boston Medical Center Health and Fitness Expo June 22–23, 2013. GSDM screened a total of 153 adults at the event. In addition to free screenings, […]
Rain Can’t Hamper 2013 Special Olympics Special Smiles
On Saturday, June 8, 2013, the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) participated in the 2013 Healthy Athletes® Special Smiles® initiative at the Special Olympics Massachusetts Summer Games at Harvard University’s Athletic Complex. Roughly 120 volunteers (around 30 from GSDM) from area dental and hygiene schools participated including: Cape Cod Community […]
MED and GSDM Join Forces to Secure Dental Floss Donation
What can you do with five giant bags full of dental floss? Plenty, when you’re organizing international elective externships. GSDM Global & Population Health is the recipient of that very gift from the Dental Section of the Medical Library Association (MLA), which sought to donate supplies to a worthy cause in honor of its 80th […]
Service Abounds in the Month of April
Throughout April 2013 Boston University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their families and friends participated in Global Days of Service, an initiative offering service opportunities to BU friends worldwide. At GSDM, Global & Population Health and Alumni Relations offered several volunteer opportunities designed specifically for our Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine family. “I […]
Nadia Malik Performs Dentistry, “Ballet” in Honduras
Nadia Malik DMD 13 volunteered in the city of Las Aradas, Honduras, with Medico and externship supervisor Dr. Keith Rojek from March 16 to 23, 2013. The two dentists, along with the help of dental and sterilization assistants and other volunteers, ran such a beautifully organized clinic that a medical doctor on the same mission […]
GSDM Rocks First Ever Battle of the Bands
On Saturday, April 20, 2013, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine’s (GSDM) American Student Dental Association (ASDA) chapter hosted the first ever Battle of the Bands at the All Asia Bar in Cambridge. The two “battling” bands were GSDM’s Mental Blocks and The Most Incredible from the Boston University School of Medicine […]