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11 Dec

New @KelloggSchool Insight: Researchers Noshir Contractor (@noshir) & Leslie DeChurch reveal science-based best practices to help NASA crews survive a 3-year Mars mission.

Read more: https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/houston-we-have-a-solution

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We’re excited to share that Dr. Noshir Contractor, former President of the International Communication Association will be speaking at the MU–ICA Conference 2025.

📅 MU–ICA Conference on Human & Digital Mutualism
🗓 21–22 November 2025
📍 Mahindra University, Hyderabad

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We’re proud to share that Professor Noshir Contractor delivered a keynote at the 2025 ICA Regional Conference on “Generative AI in Research: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations”

Thank you to Mengxiao Zhu and the International Communication Association.

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We’re excited to share a new #CSCW2025 publication co-authored by Noshir Contractor (@noshir), Diego Gomez-Zara, Dr. Liz Gerber, Darren Gergle, Kapil Garg, Ph.D. , and Michael Massimi.

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SONIC Lab was delighted to welcome back Anup Sawant (2010–2017), a proud SONIC alum and Founder of Pyrack!

We’re grateful to Anup for reconnecting with our community and inspiring the next generation of SONIC researchers!

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