Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Duran  who successfully completed the exit seminar and final examination required for the PhD program in the Department of Animal Sciences. Ben’s thesis is titled “Development of an Induced Pregnancy Loss Model to Assess the Mechanism of Corpus Luteum Maintenance After Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Cattle”. Ben will be joining the Animal Science Unit at California State University, Chico as an Assistant Professor this fall. Well done Ben!!