Global Insights: GSDM Class of 2024 International Elective Externship Participants Shared Travel Stories
GSDM students from this year’s International Elective Externships to Nicaragua, Panama, and Honduras shared their experiences during an informational session on April 25.
GSDM Student Organization Reenacts Real Dental Malpractice Case Adaptation in Mock Trial
The GSDM student organization Student Professionalism and Ethics Association in Dentistry (SPEA) presented a mock trial “Smith vs. Jones” on April 2, reenacting an adaptation of a real dental malpractice case tried in the Superior Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Fourteen GSDM Alumni Participate in 2024 Commencement Festivities as Co-Presenters
Fourteen alumni co-presented diplomas to their loved ones during GSDM’s 2024 Convocation Ceremony on Friday, May 17, continuing a tradition first started in 2012.
GSDM Community Volunteered for Nearly 500 Hours During 2024 Global Days of Service
Eighty-six members of the GSDM community volunteered for 499 hours at various events during the 2024 Boston University Global Days of Service, held from March 14 to May 9.
“Really Blessed and Thankful:” GSDM parenting students share how they balance dental studies and family life
Many GSDM students have remarkable stories about how they balance their dental education with parenthood responsibilities. We spoke to seven GSDM students to learn how they maintain a healthy school-life balance and to hear the advice they want to give to fellow parenting students.
Once Strangers, Now Closest Friends: GSDM Commencement 2024 Toasts to Camaraderie
Nearly 300 predoctoral students, postdoctoral residents, and postgraduate students were recognized for fulfilling their degree and certificate programs during the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine 2024 Commencement Convocation Ceremony, at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center on Friday, May 17.
GSDM Predoctoral Class of 2024 Recognition and Awards Dinner applauds hard work, dedication, and accomplishments of this year’s graduates
Fifty-eight awards were presented to graduating students during the Predoctoral Class of 2024 Recognition and Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 16, held at Agganis Arena.
The Art of Observation Through the Observation of Art: GSDM First-Year Students Connect Dentistry and Art with Visual Thinking Strategies at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
For more than a decade, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has partnered with the legendary Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to provide its first-year Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) and Doctor of Dental Medicine Advanced Standing (DMD AS) students an immersive museum tour to challenge their observational and critical thinking skills.
Alumni Spotlight: Advice for the Class of 2024
The lives of every graduate in the GSDM Class of 2024 graduate are about to change, as they prepare to embark on an emerging dental career. The graduates are joining an extensive alumni network of exceptional clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are spread across 63 countries and 49 states. We asked GSDM alumni to give motivating advice to the latest GSDM graduates about life after dental school.
“Behind the Scenes” of Commencement: How Afsheen Lakhani DMD 06 AEGD 07, Director of Group Practices and Clinical Associate Professor of General Dentistry, Prepares as Commencement Announcer
For the third installment of our ongoing “Behind the Scenes” series, we spoke with Afsheen Lakhani DMD 06 AEGD 07, GSDM director of group practices and clinical associate professor of general dentistry, about her journey to becoming our commencement announcer and how she is preparing to read every name from the GSDM graduating Class of 2024 and announce them live to a crowd of loved ones during this year’s Commencement ceremony.