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The Importance of Studying the Obvious – Duncan Watts – Harvard Business Review

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SONIC Director @noshir Contractor recently worked with fellow researchers on a new paper published in Sports Economic Review. The paper, titled "Competing against former teammates predicts team victory", investigated the effect of playing against former teammates in ...

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Earlier this week, SONIC Director @noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch both presented papers at the 75th International Astronautical Congress in Milan. The papers were titled "Teams that SIRIUSly Go the Distance: Effect of Isolation and Confinement on Team Performance" and ...

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Last week, SONIC Lab member @neelamjmodi joined @AnetiLabs Seminar Series to present on her research titled, "Is Success Contagious? A Case Study of U.S. Patenting Teams." ANETI Lab is an interdisciplinary research group operating at HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional ...

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A huge congratulations to SONIC team member Megan Chan on being recognized for a Northwestern IEMS Student Leadership Award! Congratulations, Megan-- so well deserved! (@noshir)

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Today, SONIC Director @noshir Contractor spoke with leaders from various International Communication Association (ICA) chapters as part of the Global Communication Knowledge Conference, hosted by the World Public Relations Forum. Congratulations!

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