News $1 Million Gift from Booth Alumnus Leon Wagner, MBA ’77 New gift will establish the Alumni Venture Support Fund at the Polsky Center and support the Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership.
News Alumni New Venture Challenge Selects 25 Startups for 2022 Contest The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 25 startups accepted into the 2022 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated to supporting all University of...
News ETA Conference Sets an Attendance Record The Polsky Center, Chicago Booth, and the Kellogg Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative at Northwestern University late last year hosted the sixth annual Booth-Kellogg Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Conference, which set...
News Build and Launch Accelerator Accepts 18 Teams for the 2023 Summer Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 18 startups selected to participate in the 2023 Polsky Accelerator, a competitive 10-week summer program open to all...
Technology Embedding-Space Harmonization for Robust Foundation Model Deployment University of Chicago researchers have developed FEATMAP, a computational framework that improves the reliability and interoperability of foundation-model embeddings by reducing unwanted technical or domain-specific signatures. This technology enables more…
News UChicago Researchers, Booth Students to Connect at Fall Collaboratorium Seven teams from across the University of Chicago presented at the Collaboratorium, which brings together Chicago Booth students with researchers and faculty who are exploring commercialization opportunities for their work....
News Polsky Center Fall 2021 I-Corps Teams Tackle Unmet Medical Needs, Data Transparency, and Other Challenges The Polsky Center’s fall 2021 I-Corps cohort is developing diagnostics, novel therapeutics, innovative devices, new materials, and other technologies across various industries. The Polsky I-Corps program is a 7-week highly-experiential...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Access: Mona Ventures June 26, 2025 Speakers: Andrew Leon Hanna, Co-Founder, Mona Ventures. Anny Dow, Co-Founder, Mona Ventures. We will be joined by Andrew Leon Hanna and Anny Dow. They are the co-founders of Mona, a platform that helps...
News 40 Startups to Present at Midwest Deep Tech Demo Day in San Francisco The inaugural Deep Tech Demo Day in 2025, held at Pear VC in San Francisco. The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the 40 startups from leading Midwest...
News Polsky Center Announces Spring 2019 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center has announced the latest cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program.
News How Five UChicago Innovators Are Fighting the IP Gender Gap It is estimated that only 16.2% of inventors named in international patent applications were women in 2022, according to data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In an analysis...
News Polsky Center Announces Winter 2019 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center is pleased to announce the latest cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program.
