News Polsky Center I-Corps Teams Test Commercialization Potential of Research The Polsky I-Corps program helps scientists, researchers, and students test the commercial potential of their research and ideas. Supported with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Great...
News Coming Clean in Chicago The energy was palpable: Solar, wind and battery. Ideas, vigor and power. Sponsored by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth, the new Chicago-based Clean Energy Trust and Arete, the fourth annual Midwest Energy...
News Lab Innovation Fellowship Program Promotes Innovation at Argonne and Fermilab Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory work to answer some of the biggest questions facing humanity, from the atomic to the astronomical scale. Occasionally that work...
Technology Functionalized Metal Carbides For Energy Storage The invention is a novel synthetic approach for surface modification of two-dimensional (2D) metal carbides (MXenes) using molten inorganic salts. Surface modification of MXenes have been hypothesized to affect material…
News University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Appoints Chuck Vallurupalli to Lead Duality, Preeti Chalsani Named Deputy Director The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has appointed Chuck Vallurupalli, MBA ’05, as the inaugural senior director of Duality, the first accelerator program in...
Technology A High-Throughput, Label-Free Microfluidic System For Combinatorial Droplet Generation, Storage, And Analysis A microfluidic platform consisting of a two-layer PDMS system that generates and stores combinatorial droplets, enabling high-throughput screening with an integrated label-free, image-based detection system for real-time quantification of droplet…
News Meet the Resurgence Cohort 1 Startups: Stranergy Team Members Mei He – CEO and Founder Rui Deng – CFO and Cofounder Jianan Zheng – CIO and Cofounder Matthew Forquer – CTO and Cofounder What does your company...
News Newly Discovered Electrolyte Could Be The Answer To Lithium-Ion Storage Capacity, Stability Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a novel ether solvent for lithium-ion batteries that allows for greater storage capacity, more stability, and the ability to operate at a...
Page Graduate & PhD Students Graduate & PhD Students Transform research into real-world impact through startup accelerators, commercialization resources, interdisciplinary collaboration, and venture-building opportunities across the Polsky innovation ecosystem. Quick Links Discover Programs Meet With...
News 22 Teams From Across Campus Explore Commercial Potential of New Ideas More than 20 teams participated in the Polsky Center I-Corps program this academic year – all with new research and ideas addressing challenges across various industries. The goal of the...
News Meet 3 Energy Innovators Getting a Lift from Argonne National Laboratory Three energy innovators join the latest cohort of Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations program, will receive mentoring from Polsky Center. Read the full article >>
News UChicago Scientists Selected for Argonne’s Entrepreneurship Program Two University of Chicago innovators developing quantum technologies are among six selected for Argonne National Laboratory’s entrepreneurship program, Chain Reaction Innovations, which helps scientists launch and scale their businesses. The...
