Congratulations to Dr. Natalia Leite and Dr. Taylor McWhorter!

Dr. Natalia Leite successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled “Breeding for improved pig welfare and leveraging crossbred genotypes for purebred selection” on Friday, November 4th.

Dr. Taylor McWhorter successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled “Heat in the U.S. Dairy Industry: Addressing the needs of cows and heifers through the development of phenotypic and genomic selection tools” on Monday, November 7th.