In 1912, Dalhousie University graduated its first four practitioners in the field of Dentistry. (Dr. J.A. Burke, Dr. A.B. Crowe, Dr. A.W. Faulkner and Dr. H.S. Tolson for any seriously specialized trivia buffs.) Next week (from May 23rd to 26th), the university will be celebrating 100 years and, “more than 3,400 dentists, dental hygienists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, and graduates of the pediatric dentistry residency program” with Seminars, Class Reunions, a Golf Tournament, and a special Convocation Ceremony for the 100th graduating class.

You can find a full schedule of events at http://daldentistry100.ca/ (along with an interactive timeline of the School’s history that includes photographs of graduates all the way back to those first four).

Smile.

Live HD Simulcasts of the Washington-based TEDMED 2012 conference (April 10-13) will be available at Dalhousie Medical School’s Halifax and Saint John campuses.

“TEDMED will gather 1000 adventurous thinkers and doers, from a wide array of medical and non-medical disciplines, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. For three and a half exciting days, this uniquely diverse community will explore the ideas, innovations and challenges that will help shape the future of health and medicine for 300 million Americans…and the world.”

HALIFAX: The April 10th opening session will be held in Theatre A, Tupper Link. Sessions 2-11 will be held in the MedIT videoconference suite (Tupper basement).

SAINT JOHN: Room 105

Session Schedule
Session 1 – 6:00pm, Tuesday April 10th
Session 2 – 9:45am, Wednesday April 11th
Session 3 – 12:15am, Wednesday April 11th
Session 4 – 3:15pm, Wednesday April 11th
Session 5 – 6:00pm, Wednesday April 11th
Session 6 – 9:45am, Thursday April 12th
Session 7 – 12:15am, Thursday April 12th
Session 8 – 3:15pm, Thursday April 12th
Session 9 – 6:00pm, Thursday April 12th
Session 10 – 9:45am, Friday April 13th
Session 11 – 12:15pm, Friday April 13^th

More information, including a list of confirmed speakers, can be found at www.TEDMED.com.