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Negar Arabzadeh is recognized for community engagement in information access.

Reported by Mayuri Punithan

Negar Arabzadeh wins ACM SIGIR community engagement award
Computer ScienceNegar Arabzadeh wins ACM SIGIR community engagement awardPhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

Negar was recognized for her contributions in community engagement in the information retrieval community

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