News Two Booth Alums Named Among Private Equity’s ‘Most Influential Women of Today and Tomorrow’ The Wall Street Journal’s Private Equity Analyst has named two University of Chicago Booth School of Business alums, Katie Ossman, MBA ’13, and Amy Christensen, MBA ’11, to its annual...
Technology Novel Exosome-Based Drug Delivery For Targeting Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline A novel drug delivery system using exosomes derived from hippocampus neuron cells engineered to express the Fe65 protein targeting amyloid-β precursor protein to reduce amyloid plaques Alzheimer's disease. This system…
News Startup Spotlight: Digital Adventures The Polsky Center caught up with Digital Adventures and learned more about their plans for the future as well as look at the Polsky Center’s role in the company’s development.
Program Chicago Booth and Polsky Center Private Equity Council Members The Booth Polsky Private Equity Council is comprised of some of the world’s leading private equity investors who provide ongoing guidance and support to the Polsky Center’s Svider Private Equity...
Event Business Acumen: Marketing Fundamentals that Convert September 18, 2025 Business Acumen Series – Marketing Fundamentals marketing fundamentals for small business owners with practical strategies and/or tools. Facilitator – Amy Srodon, Director of Marketing & Communications, University of Chicago –...
News Polsky Center and the College’s Office of Career Advancement Launch New Program to Prepare Students for Careers in Private Markets The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the College’s Office of Career Advancement recently hosted its first Private Markets Program, which was made possible due to a generous...
News Digital Adventures Wins ‘Crowd Favorite’ at the 2019 Polsky Accelerator Demo Day For the past 10 weeks, 13 companies have participated in the 2019 Polsky Accelerator program. The annual program is designed for both for-profit and not-for-profit startups to develop their ventures....
News Chicago’s South Side Neighborhood Coworking Space and Startup Hub Turns 5 In October 2014, a 34,000 square foot coworking space and facility opened up to not only serve all students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Chicago, but also...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 4 Episode 4: Simple Mills May 6, 2021 Katlin Smith, founder and CEO of Simple Mills, wowed her first buyer with a muffin recipe using almond flour. Now the Chicago-based natural...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 6 Episode 6: Power2Switch May 20, 2021 As a Black founder, Seyi Fabode, MBA ’10, has experienced the challenge of investors taking him seriously. Fabode, an immigrant from Nigeria, recalls an...
News Harper Court Ventures Launches with $25M to Support UChicago Startup Ecosystem Led by Chicago Booth alum, Karthee Madasamy, MBA ’06, and managed by MFV Partners, a leading Silicon Valley deep tech fund, Harper Court Ventures will be a new engine of innovation for the Midwest—and...
News Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2026: Beyond the Hype Last week, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Chicago Booth’s Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (EVC) Group hosted the Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2026, the University of Chicago’s flagship...
