News Researchers to Know: UChicago Professors Kunle Odunsi and Rama Ranganathan Recognized for Groundbreaking Work The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) this year has named University of Chicago Professors Kunle Odunsi and Rama Ranganathan as among its 2021 Researchers to Know. “Research activity at...
News Life Sciences Community Convenes at Chicago BioCapital Summit in a Showcase of Local Innovation Hosted by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC), the inaugural Chicago BioCapital Summit this week brought together industry, academia, and investors in a showcase of the latest innovations in the life...
Event Lunch and Learn with CEO of CCC Intelligent Solutions, Githesh Ramamurthy October 5, 2026 Join this Lunch and Learn with CCC Intelligent Solutions CEO Githesh Ramamurthy as he discusses his career path and shares insights from more than three decades of leading teams. Chicago-based...
Technology A Microbial Consortia That Depresses Klebsiella Pneumoniae Drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (particularly K. pneumoniae) are a growing cause of hospital-acquired infections, pneumonia, and antibiotic failure. Broad-spectrum antibiotics exacerbate dysbiosis and resistance, while fecal microbiota transplant lacks standardization, mechanistic clarity,…
Technology SCALES: A System For Predicting Interaction And Function In Bacteria Using Co-Variation The current understanding of how proteins interact to create collective functional groups (e.g., complexes, pathways, meta-pathways) is incomplete and difficult to elucidate. Therefore, the current methods used to characterize/identify the…
News Winter Collaboratorium to Feature Research from Across the Data Science Institute, Biological Sciences Division, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering The Collaboratorium unites University of Chicago students with researchers and faculty who are exploring commercialization opportunities for their work. The program provides the opportunity for scientists and researchers who want...
News Booth Students Win First Place at Global Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) A team of Chicago Booth students took first place at this year’s global Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), a unique challenge that puts MBA candidates in the shoes of the...
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 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.
News UChicago Alumni From Around the Globe Pitch for Investment at 2020 ANVCs The Polsky Center is pleased to invite you to the 2020 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), the alumni track of the nationally-ranked Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge, on...
News 10 Teams Participate in Polsky’s Spring 2022 I-Corps Program to Refine Market Fit for Novel Tech Ten teams from across the University of Chicago were selected to participate in the spring 2022 I-Corps program with the goal of determining the commercial potential of their technologies. Supported...
News AI, Life Sciences, Quantum Tech to Get Boost as Part of the Compass Accelerator’s Latest Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce that six teams have been selected for the latest cohort of Compass, a deep tech accelerator program for University...
