School of Dental Medicine Celebrates Completion of Three-Year $115 Million Expansion, Renovation
Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks opening of new facilities for patients, students, faculty, and staff that will modernize education programs and the dental health care offered
“This Is My Stepping-stone.” 553 BU First-Generation Students Welcomed into Honor Society
BU Newbury Center ceremony celebrates inaugural members, their determination, contributions blazing new trails Meet six first-generation college students at Boston University and hear their stories. They were among 553 students, faculty, and staff inducted April 26 as the inaugural members of BU’s Alpha Alpha Alpha honor society for first-gen students. They didn’t grow up assuming […]
Jeffrey Hutter, Dean of BU’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine, to Retire
Announcement comes as SDM is set to complete massive renovation this summer Goldman School of Dental Medicine Dean Jeffrey Hutter, here presenting candidates during the 2015 Boston University Commencement at Nickerson Field, announced his retirement on Monday after more than a decade leading the school. Photo by Natasha Moustache for Boston University Photography. Jeffrey Hutter, […]
Groundbreaking for “New” Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Dean says SDM is “on its way into and beyond the 21st century” Breaking ground for the Goldman School of Dental Medicine renovation and addition: Michael Donovan and Gary Nicksa, BU VPs (from left); Karen H. Antman, MED dean and Medical Campus provost; Jeffrey Hutter, SDM dean; David Lustbader, (CAS’86, SDM’86), SDM Dean’s Advisory Board […]
New, Improved Digs in Store for Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Striking architecture, state-of-the-art clinics, modern student spaces A rendering of the completed Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Images courtesy of SmithGroupJJR. The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine is about to undergo a three-year, $112 million renovation The building facade will be redone, and its interior mostly gutted and reconfigured No disruption […]
SDM Pediatric Dental Clinic Serves the Underserved
Changing lives one filling at a time At the new Goldman School of Dental Medicine Pediatric Oral Healthcare Center’s treatment fair: three-year-old Levi McBride of Dorchester with Yasmin Alayyoubi (SDM’17) (from left), center director Dolrudee Jumlongras, an SDM clinical assistant professor, Athanasios Zavras, an SDM professor and chair of pediatric dentistry, and Stephen Prieve (SDM’18). […]
Following in a Legendary Humanitarian’s Footsteps
Two BU students named Albert Schweitzer Fellows Amanda Alon (CAS’12, MED’14, SDM’18) (left) will encourage better dental care among low-income children in Lawrence with her Schweitzer Fellowship. Aline Souza (MED’16) will use her fellowship to improve the heart health of homeless Bostonians. Photos courtesy of BU School of Medicine. Two BU students will honor the […]
Space Science for Bone Biologists
BU researchers send bone cells into space to learn about bone loss, osteoporosis, and how to reverse it By Elizabeth Dougherty The Osteo-4 Team: Paola Divieti Pajevic (front) and her team of space enthusiasts and skeletal biologists: (from left) research fellow Chao Shi, lab manager Forest Lai, research fellow Yuhei Uda, lab tech Chris Dedic, […]
RNA Rising
Dental school scientist wins $2 million from NIH to study RNA in African sleeping sickness By: Barbara Moran Biologist Inna Afasizheva was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the NIH. Her decades of work have increased our understanding of a process called RNA editing. Photo by Michael D. Spencer. In 1953, James Watson […]
New Office Helps BU Meet Regulatory Mandates
Veteran BU lawyer heads new Compliance Services Crystal Talley will head a new office that will help BU comply with labyrinthine government regulations. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Faculty and staff at large research universities like Boston University have to manage a thicket of federal, state, and local regulations. A recent report from a bipartisan Task Force […]