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@sonicnu ·
14 Aug

SONIC was well represented at the 86th Annual Academy of Management (AOM) Conference in Philadelphia!

Current and former SONIC members presented research on organizations, networks, teamwork, and emerging technologies.

Congratulations to all of our presenters!

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@sonicnu ·
13 Aug

SONIC was well represented at the 86th Annual Academy of Management (AOM) Conference in Pittsburgh!

Current and former SONIC members presented research on organizations, networks, teamwork, and emerging technologies.

Congratulations to all of our presenters!

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@sonicnu ·
29 Jul

SONIC was proud to be represented at the 21st Annual #INGRoup Conference in Pittsburgh! 🎉 Current and former SONIC members presented research on leadership, team communication, and team diversity.
Congratulations to all our presenters for sharing their outstanding work!
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@sonicnu ·
7 Jul

SONIC was proud to present at #Sunbelt2026! 🎉

Congrats to alumni Alina Lungeanu, Jasmine W., and Lindsay Young, graduate student Gabriel Garlough-Shah, and Jeffrey Johnson, whose paper was coauthored with Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor.

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1 Jul

Sharing that SONIC member Liangdongsheng (Simon) Lyu will be interning as a PhD Data Scientist this summer at Roblox! He will apply data science and empirical analysis to large platform questions tied to user experience, system performance, and product infrastructure.
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