Two GSDM Students Join ADEA Representatives
Amal (Emma) Lattouf and Andrew Soule-Hinds, both DMD 15, were selected as the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Council of Students, Residents and Fellows (CoSRF) class representatives for the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM). GSDM’s Office of Student Affairs and current GSDM ADEA CoSRF representatives served as the selection committee. […]
GSDM Community Members Volunteer in the True Christmas Spirit
Members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community joined thousands of volunteers on December 16, 2012, for Christmas in the City (CITC), an annual charity that hosts thousands of parents and children from local homeless centers. This year’s CITC took place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center and […]
ADSO Spreads Cheer in Chinatown
The GSDM chapter of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO) attended its first major volunteer event of the academic year at the Wang YMCA Holiday Party on Sunday, December 9, 2012. ADSO President Michelle Vo DMD 13, Treasurer Tam Nguyen DMD 13, and Faculty Advisor Kathy Lituri organized the volunteer effort at this annual holiday party […]
Alpha Omega at Fenway: Grand Slam for Dentistry
On December 9, 2012, the billboard over the stands in Boston’s historic baseball park read “FENWAY PARK & THE RED SOX WELCOME ALPHA OMEGA INTERNATIONAL DENTAL FRATERNITY.” The occasion was a gathering of members of the Alpha Omega organization (AO) at Fenway to exchange knowledge, foster philanthropy, and, of course, to revel in the distinguished […]
Ovalles Awarded for Serving Hispanic Community
Fransheska Ovalles DMD 13 has received a $5,000 scholarship from the National Hispanic Health Foundation for her volunteerism in the Hispanic community. She received the award at a presentation in New York on November 29, 2012. The Foundation awarded 20 scholarships—16 of them for $5,000—to dental, medical, nursing, public health, pharmacy, and health policy analysis […]
GSDM Continues Support at Women to Women Event
The Boston University Student Chapter of American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) returned to Rosie’s Place for the monthly “Women to Women” event on Friday, October 12, 2012. This initiative is a collaboration of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) and the Wellness Clinic […]
GSDM Students Participate in “Fall into Wellness” Health and Wellness Fair
On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, seven students from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri volunteered at the “Fall into Wellness” Health and Wellness Fair. The Fair was sponsored by Vinfen, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH), Bay Cove Human Services, North Suffolk Mental […]
Students Accept Externship Challenge and Achieve Success in San Marcos
The Hollywood-style Coca-Cola sign that Ilya Garibyan DMD 13 and Anya Pukhovitskaya DMD 13 saw in the hills near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at the start of their dental mission with Cape Cares Central American Relief Efforts foreshadowed the poor state of oral health they would encounter in their work there from October 19 to October 28, […]
ADSO Shares Growth Plans at First Meeting of School Year
On Wednesday, November 7, 2012, the first general meeting of the GSDM chapter of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO) was held for the 2012-2013 school year. The organization is relatively new to GSDM, with this being its second year on campus. The mission of the ADSO is to promote collegiality and collaboration among dental […]
Challenges Become Opportunities on Mexico Mission
As you might imagine, coordinating an international externship is a feat when unexpected challenges happen. That was the case when Erik Engelbrektson, Patrick Moore, and Josephine Verde, all DMD 13, set out for San Blas, Mexico from October 4 to October 15, 2012, with LIGA International. Mission supervisor Dr. Fred Kalinoff was forced to cancel […]