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Harvard University Student Researchers Visit COB‏
By The College of The Bahamas Office of Communication
Jan 27, 2015 - 3:39:14 PM

From left are: Lana Idris, undergraduate at Harvard University; Stephanie Hadley, undergraduate at Harvard University; Dr. Rodney D. Smith, President of The College of The Bahamas; Faith Jackson, undergraduate at Harvard University and Barnabas Gilbert, medical student at Oxford University, currently pursuing graduate studies in medical anthropology at Harvard University.

Nassau, Bahamas - Several Harvard University students, who are conducting ethnographic studies on Mayaguana in order to preserve the island’s cultural heritage, spent some time with President of The College of The Bahamas Dr. Rodney D. Smith on Tuesday, January 20th, 2015.

Dr. Smith is also an alumnus of Harvard University. The students – in The Bahamas for a three-week period – are conducting the research under the auspices of Dr. Thomas Burke of Harvard University, who is also chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Division of Global Health and Human Rights. The  I-Group of Mayaguana is a partial sponsor.

In addition to the interviews that they are conducting of Mayaguana residents, the Harvard University students are also interviewing persons from Inagua, Crooked Island and Acklins. A report will be produced and provided to The College. Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, whose company BedfordBakerGroup is acting in the capacity as a consultant to the I-Group, accompanied the students on their recent visit to The College of The Bahamas.

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