News Meet the 3 New Innovation Fellows Joining the Polsky Center This Summer The Polsky Center is welcoming three new faces this summer taking on roles as Innovation Fellows. The Polsky Innovation Fellowship features three students with technical backgrounds to support analytical and...
News Three UChicago Startups Receive Investment from the George Shultz Innovation Fund The finalists pitched to the Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, which consists of advisors, entrepreneurs, and industry experts, on May 29. The George Shultz Innovation Fund has awarded $250,000 to StaC12,...
Event Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Workshop: ETA @ Booth, Gleacher Center October 4, 2025 Join Polsky Entrepreneur-in-Residence Alex Hodgkin, MBA ’14, for a general information session on entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA). Then hear from Kylie Gilmore, senior assistant director of the ETA Program, about...
News The Polsky Center Welcomes the 2025 Market Navigator Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming the newest cohort of the Market Navigator program, a 10-week customer discovery and market insight initiative designed to help growth-stage B2C...
News Fall 2025 Collaboratorium Connects Researchers and Business Expertise Connecting researchers and scientists with business expertise, the Fall 2025 Collaboratorium will feature teams participating in the Polsky I-Corps program in addition to startups from other areas of the...
Event Entrepreneur-In-Residence/Investor-In-Residence (EIR/IIR) In-Person Office Hours January 13, 2026 On Tuesday, January 13 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. our Polsky Center Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and Investors-in-Residence will be available for in-person advising sessions in the Polsky Suite. You can sign up for...
News Polsky Center and Chicago Booth Private Equity Group Host 25th Annual PE Conference Investors, students, and industry leaders gathered last week for the 25th Annual Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference, a day-long event exploring the evolving dynamics of private equity investing and value...
Event Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Workshop: Blueprint for Success – Implementing EOS April 27, 2026 This workshop guides participants through the practical application of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) within acquired businesses. We will be joined by Booth alumni Alex Hodgkin, MBA ’14, Michael Tobey,...
Event Capital Access: Pursuit May 19, 2026 This series features presentations by capital providers and information about how to access different forms of capital. The speaker for this event is Alex Felton, vice president and senior business...
Technology One-Pot Organic-Inorganic Composite Synthesis For Durable Solid-State Battery Electrolytes A one-pot method synthesizes a hybrid sulfide–polymer composite by crosslinking Li3PS4 with an organic polymer – yielding a flexible, durable electrolyte with excellent ionic conductivity for use in lithium metal…
Technology Wearable Microphone Jammer With the increased prevalence of smart devices that monitor speech, such as Alexa and Google Assistant, microphone jamming has become an area of increasing consumer interest. However, current jammers require…
Technology Electrically Tunable Quantum Platform Using Spin Defects In SiC Heterostructures Integration of quantum spins into classical electronic devices has been a major challenge. However, the ability to do so would limit spectral noise and line width broadening of emissions from…
