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Data Crunchers Now the Cool Kids on Campus – WSJ.com

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Data Crunchers Now the Cool Kids on Campus – WSJ.com.

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This Friday, March 6, join Creative Agency in the Age of AI at Northwestern from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. for a day of panels and conversation on human-AI collaboration. Organized by Duri Long, Noshir Contractor (@noshir), and Karan Ahuja.

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Congrats to NU undergrads Shraeya Iyer, Jeffrey Tu, & Isabel Su—presenting at NetSciX (Feb 17–20) in New Zealand, supported by @BuffettInst scholarship!

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New in Research Policy with Noshir Contractor (@noshir), Pamela Hinds, Aaron Schecter, and Elisa Mattarelli: Want better ideas in open innovation? It matters who gives you feedback — and who they're connected to.

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SIAM News: Diego Gómez-Zará & Noshir Contractor (@noshir) on AI for better, more representative teams.

In MyDreamTeam (380+ participants), creativity was highest when people chose teammates—with representation-aware AI nudges.

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In an in-press study, Leslie DeChurch, Alina Lungeanu, Megan Chan, and Noshir Contractor analyze data from NASA space analog teams and Ancient Rome, finding that dyadic shared leadership is uniquely unstable, while solo or 3+ leader structures persist.

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