News Polsky Center Receives $30,000 National Science Foundation Grant for Female STEM Entrepreneurs Yesterday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that the University of Chicago was one of eight Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) sites and nodes across the nation that have been selected for their Inclusive...
News This Is How Accelerators and Incubators Build Consumer Businesses Andi Hadisutjipto, MBA ’16, founder of New Venture Challenge alum Riviter, speaks on experience in L’Oreal-connected incubator. Read the full article >>
Program Past Participants 2025 Folasade Rancie – Doulala Michael Gustafson – Three Pillars Sudanshu Kaushik – Exalt Data Randel Bennett – Qixent Laurel Alpaugh – Coclo Ritu Sreenivasan – Mooj Foods Shikhar Pandey…
News 20 Teams Selected for Classroom Portion of the 18th Annual Global New Venture Challenge From Chicago, Hong Kong, and London, 20 teams are advancing to the classroom portion of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s 2025 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC). The GNVC is the...
Technology Method of Growth Factor Delivery for Accelerated Wound Healing Appearance of ulcers and slow wound healing are a hallmark symptom of several autoimmune disorders including type II diabetes. Current treatment approaches rely on antiquated bandaging, however bulkiness and inconvenience…
News The Polsky Center Announces the Inaugural AI Research Commons Midwest Fellows Program Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the inaugural cohort of startups selected to participate in the AI Research Commons (ARC) Midwest Fellows Program, a highly selective initiative designed...
Technology c-CBL Mutations Predict Lung Cancer Sensitivity to Chemotherapeutic Agents that Target EGFR and MET A diagnostic technology that enables prediction of lung cancer sensitivity to targeted chemotherapeutic agents by identifying specific c-CBL gene mutations, thus facilitating more effective personalized treatment strategies for non-small cell…
