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Agni celebrates publication of latest issue
On Monday, October 20, Agni magazine commemorates publication of its
58th issue — Agni 58 — with readings by Leslie Epstein, a CAS English
professor, director of BU’s Creative Writing Program, and author
of nine books of fiction, novelist and translator Adria Bernardi, and
featured Agni 58 author Alden Jones. The event, which is free and open
to the public, begins at 7 p.m. at the Cambridge Public Library, 449
Broadway.
School of Dental Medicine awards
SDM has received the largest HIV/AIDS CARE Act grant awarded by the federal
Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant, totaling more
than $687,000, will help the school cover the costs of providing oral
health services for Americans living with HIV/AIDS.
“For several consecutive years now we have received the largest
grant among dental schools, demonstrating our unyielding commitment to
serving
all in our
community, and particularly our community members living with HIV/AIDS,” says
Spencer N. Frankl, SDM professor and dean. “We are extremely pleased to
receive this funding and continue our work of advocacy and care for our patients
living with HIV. This award attests to the value of our program and the steadfast
dedication of our providers and staff who manage the program.” The school
has received a CARE Act grant annually since 1990. This program pays dental schools
and postdoctoral dental education programs for unreimbursed costs incurred in
treating patients with HIV/AIDS.
SDM resident Mamdouh Karima (SDM’02) was
awarded the prestigious 2003 American Academy of Periodontology Balint Orban
award for excellence in research. Karima’s
presentation, entitled Engagement of RAGE (Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts)
Contributes to Neutrophil Priming, Periodontitis, and Altered Host Responses
in Diabetes, was selected from 24 competing submissions. “This is the first
time the School of Dental Medicine has participated in the competition in the
last decade, and it is most exciting that Dr. Karima’s work was selected
over the other notable researchers,” says Frankl. “This award is
a testament to our passion for research and dedication to staying in the forefront
of the dental research field.”
“It’s an incredibly competitive and prestigious competition, and a widely
recognized award in our field,” says Thomas Van Dyke, director of SDM’s
Clinical Research Center and Karima’s mentor. “Dr. Karima’s
research was thorough, inquisitive, and cutting-edge. He worked extremely hard
and is most deserving of the recognition.”
Karima will complete his residency
in periodontolgy at the end of this academic year and will return to Saudi Arabia
to teach next year at King Abdul Aziz University.
10
October 2003
Boston University
Office of University Relations