New students at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine came together on Aug. 17 to don their white coats and officially begin their medical and dental training. In a ceremony attended by the dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Jeffrey Flier, some 200 students were welcomed to the schools. They were presented with white coats by the masters of each of the five academic societies: Cannon, Castle, Holmes, London and Peabody.
