Dr Cecil Boston and Dr Rajini Kurup made history as the first two graduates of the University of Guyana’s first doctoral degree programme.
The university said they were among a number of students graduating from new programmes at the ongoing convocation ceremonies.
Dr Boston and Dr Kurup are the first graduates from the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Biodiversity, which the university said is an interfaculty Research Programme being offered jointly by the faculties of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Natural Sciences and Agriculture and Forestry.