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Recent Posts

  • Faith Do Wins 2nd Place at Northwestern’s Undergraduate Research Expo
  • Dr. Neelam Modi Successfully Defends Dissertation on Network Approaches to Social Influence
  • Glenna Wang Honored with Burton and Karol Lefkowitz Prize
  • Northwestern MS in Communication Celebrates 40 Years with Renaissance Leadership Retreat
  • Noshir Contractor to Deliver Inaugural Address at ICA India Chapter Symposium
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sonicnu SONIC Research Group @sonicnu ·
11 Jun

On June 9, SONIC Lab welcomed back Prof. Julia Neidhardt (TU Wien) for a talk on “Human-Centered Recommender Systems.” A former visiting scholar at SONIC, she now leads work at the intersection of AI and digital humanism.

Learn more:
https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/people/julia-neidhardt

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sonicnu SONIC Research Group @sonicnu ·
5 Jun

New research by Brian Uzzi, Noshir Contractor, Satyam Mukherjee, and Yun Huang shows teams are 1.6x more likely to win when they recruit from rival teams—not just for talent, but for insider knowledge.

Read: The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals

https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the-upside-of-recruiting-your-rivals

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sonicnu SONIC Research Group @sonicnu ·
30 May

🎉 Big congrats to SONIC undergrad Faith Do for winning 2nd place in Social & Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern’s Research Expo!

Her project on AI in human teams, guided by PhD student Simon Liu, impressed judges with its clarity and impact.

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sonicnu SONIC Research Group @sonicnu ·
22 May

Congrats to Dr. Neelam Modi on defending her dissertation, “Essays on Network Approaches to Understanding Social Influence”!

Committee: Noshir Contractor (chair), Dashun Wang, Leslie DeChurch (Northwestern), Johan Koskinen (Stockholm Univ.), Alina Lungeanu (Northeastern Univ.)

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sonicnu SONIC Research Group @sonicnu ·
22 May

We’re proud to share that SONIC Lab’s Glenna Wang has won the Burton and Karol Lefkowitz Prize (Div. II) at @NU_SoC’s 2025 Honors Convocation! 🎉

Glenna’s leadership shines through her work in marketing, research, internships, and student theatre. Congrats, Glenna! 💜

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