Public Health Issue - Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Save the Date!HSDM Appreciation Dinner • Thursday, April 25, 2013Every year on the fourth Thursday in April, HSDM celebrates its most loyal donors with an eveningof camaraderie, good cheer, and gratitude. The evening begins with a cocktail reception, followed bya thought-provoking keynote presentation in the auditorium, and then a sit-down dinner.In April 2013, the keynote speaker will be Dr. Dimitar Sasselov, a Harvard University professor ofastronomy, director of Harvard’s Origins of Life Initiative, and coinvestigator on NASA’s planetfindingKepler Space Telescope project. Sasselov’s work focuses on uniting the physical and lifesciences in the hunt for answers to the question of how life began. The Origins of Life Initiative isa multidisciplinary center bringing together scientists in the physical and life sciences to study thetransition from chemistry to life and its place in the context of the universe.Donors to HSDM at the Nathan Cooley Keep Level or above ($1,867 or more) receive an invitationto the Appreciation Dinner. It’s not too late to become a member of this giving society. Join us!Take Advantage of an ImportantTax Relief ProvisionThe popular tax provision known as the IRA Charitable Rollover has been resurrected. OnJanuary 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,which includes the IRA Charitable Rollover. This provision allows many investors age 70½ andolder to transfer as much as $100,000 from a traditional IRA to the Harvard School of DentalMedicine until December 31, 2013, without having to count any of the transfer as taxable income.If conducted properly, the transfer counts toward the required minimum distribution for the year.Find out if you are eligible for this tax benefit. Call Wanda Mock, assistant dean for development andalumni relations, at 617-432-5356. Or e-mail wanda_mock@hsdm.harvard.edu. Don’t miss out!8 winter 2012–13 • harvard dental bulletin