Colgate-Palmolive, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Establish Scholarship to Support Underrepresented Minority Dental Students
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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Colgate-Palmolive Company and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) today announced a major gift that will initiate the endowed Freeman, Grant, Franklin Scholarship , which supports students from underrepresented, minority groups to pursue their Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree.
Key Points:
- Colgate-Palmolive Company and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) today announced a major gift that will initiate the endowed Freeman, Grant, Franklin Scholarship , which supports students from underrepresented, minority groups to pursue their Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree.
- Freeman in 1869 was the first African American in the United States to graduate from a dental school; Grant became the first African American faculty member of Harvard University as well as the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1884.
- Colgate's generous support will help further our ethos to promote greater diversity, inclusion and belonging in dental education and in oral health research, said William Giannobile, Dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
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Located in the heart of Bostons Longwood Medical Area, Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) ranks as one of the preeminent schools of dental medicine in the country.