Team Amber Bradley Williams, EdD, PPS Associate Director, New Venture Challenge Associate Director, New Venture Challenge
Event Polsky Exchange Member Breakfast: Arts and Entertainment September 23, 2026 This month’s Exchange member breakfast brings together a community of entrepreneurs and innovators in the arts and entertainment industry for an exchange of ideas, networking, and collaboration. Connect with fellow...
News Innovation on Display During Chain Reaction Innovations’ Demo Day Participants in Argonne’s entrepreneurship program will showcase their innovative technologies at Chicago’s Gleacher Center on September 12. For 18 months entrepreneurs in the first cohort of Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI),...
News SPIN’s Inaugural Cohort Departs with New Connections, Mindset, and Tools to Move Forward: ‘I Highly Recommend This Program’ Led by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Strategic Program for Innovation at the National Labs (SPIN) earlier this year launched with 17 scientists and staff from Argonne...
Team Alonna Dray, MA Associate Director, Digital Marketing and Communications Associate Director, Digital Marketing and Communications
Page Polsky Council The Polsky Council comprises many of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and private equity investors, who provide ongoing guidance and support to the Polsky Center.
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
Program George Shultz Innovation Fund Access venture development support and the opportunity to pitch for up to $250,000 in potential investment.
News Meet Abigail Prescott, the Polsky Center’s New Executive Director of Marketing and Communications The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce that Abigail Prescott has joined the executive leadership team as executive director of marketing and communications. She will lead...
News Artistic Creativity Meets Technical Innovation During a routine business meeting in September at UChicagoTech’s new offices, Linda Darragh, Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago’s Booth...
News Innovation Science Takes Hold Innovation was once thought of as an exercise in creativity. Tinkerers looked for a better mousetrap. Inventors hoped for lightning to strike. Scientists put their heads down and dug deep...
Page Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor The Polsky Center is proud to support the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor—an exciting opportunity for undergraduates to blend liberal arts learning with entrepreneurial skills. Led by...
