As the AAPI hate vigorously escalated in the past couple of months in addition to the bigotry brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the drive to understand our own local community fueled the initiation of Cherish Chinatown. Cherish Chinatown is an initiative by student leaders from both Tufts Dental and Read more…
A Ramadan Reflection from Our Muslim Chaplain As-Salamu ‘Alaykm wa RahmatuAllahi wa Barakatuhu — May the peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you! Muslims around the world are beginning their journey into the sacred month of Ramadan. I wish everyone, observing the month or not, Ramadan Mubarak (Blessed Read more…
I was going for a walk as I was feeling briefly lost and buried in school work on a beautiful sunny day. I saw an abundance of people from all different backgrounds across the street which heightened my curiosity. I walked towards it and saw people altogether and as I Read more…
TUSDM Student Leadership Recap Organized by Nancy Marks and Karen Alexander, TUSDM’s Student Leadership event was a great success! It was an amazing opportunity for current and aspiring students to connect with other students to discuss the successes and challenges of remote engagement during COVID, stepping into leadership roles, and planning for the future. Students Read more…
On January 20th, Special Smiles hosted its first virtual workshop, “Basic American SignLanguage”. The event was taught by Ashlee Butler, a nurse and the wife of D’24 Ken Butler. Wereviewed the Tufts patient interpretation services and guidelines, communication concepts inASL, the alphabet, numbers and key dental terminology. I think the Read more…
Dr. Charles Rankin highlights the activities of the Health Professional Scholarship Program student organization: “I began thinking about initiating a HPSP Tufts Dental group in 2000 after visiting Peter Bellas, a D97 grad stationed at Andrews AFB, MD. He really didn’t receive much support for his military obligations from the Read more…
Although the pandemic has changed how student organizations interact with the surrounding community, it has not changed students’ desires to serve the community. Under the leadership of Ashley Makala, Community Service Chair for Student National Dental Association (SNDA), members of SNDA created virtual story time for patients at Tufts Children’s Read more…
Pine Street Inn is a non-profit combating homelessness in Boston. The D24 class chose to support this organization this Fall due to the impact COVID-19 has had on the unemployment rate and increasing the number of people who may need additional support during this time. The fundraising goal was to Read more…
Namaste dear friends, As you read this, in our Tufts community and around the world, we have just celebrated Diwali – one of the most widely observed Hindu festivals. Meaning “a row of lights” in Sanskrit, Diwali is commemorated with the lighting of clay lamps known as diyas. Here, at Read more…
HDA has officially ended its annual Spanish Dental Terminology courses this semester! We would like to thank Shivani Rajkumar (D22), Virginia Perello (D22), Jesús Vivar (D22), Laimarie Alas-Dorsey (D22), and Marely Estrada (D23) for presenting these courses. We also thank all the breakout room volunteers which include Gabriel Perez (D23), Jessica Valdovinos-Ayala (D23), Vivian Argueta Read more…