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The Cost of Friendship

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Freakonomics ยป The Cost of Friendship.

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sonicnu SONIC Research Group @sonicnu ·
7 Nov

Earlier this week, SONIC Director @noshir Contractor and Graduate Student Researcher @neelamjmodi attended and participated in the Council of Engineering Systems Universities 2023 Symposium. The Council provides a mechanism ...

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Yesterday, SONIC Director @noshir Contractor gave a keynote speech at the 7th ICCOMAC 2023. Professor Contractor traveled to Bali for the International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communication and was joined by many other speakers sharing their expertise. Congrats!

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SONIC Director @noshir Contractor will be one of four keynote speakers at the 4th COMNEWS 2023, the International Conference on Communication and New Media Studies. This year's conference topic is "Rethinking post-digital society: Imagining the future of media, communication, ...

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15 Oct

We have no shortage of work to do and projects to complete here at SONIC. Luckily, we have the best team behind us! This quarter, our entire SONIC team meets together once a week to discuss current happenings, give progress updates, and encourage team bonding...

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10 Oct

SONIC Director @noshir Contractor has collaborated with Jacqueline Lane (Harvard Business School), Paul Leonardi (UC Santa Barbara), and Leslie DeChurch (Northwestern University) on a new article surrounding technology's role for communication, collaboration, and performance...

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