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Congratulations to Anne Carroll, Ph.D. candidate!

Anne received a travel award to attend the SCC-76 2026 Annual Meeting on agricultural risk management in Kansas City, March 22–24, 2026. Anne will present “Pools of Rain and Risk: How Forecast Skill Affects Enrollment in Rainfall-Indexed Insurance,” based on her second-year paper.

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