News Polsky Center Pilots Proof-of-Concept Fund to Accelerate Tech Commercialization The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has launched a new “Proof-of-Concept Fund” to support University of Chicago researchers in de-risking early-stage technologies. “By providing funding to bridge the gap...
News A Look Back on the History of Tovala: How an Idea for Fresher and Quicker Meals Became a $11M-Backed Venture By Xiaohe Grace Gu One Sunday afternoon, when David Rabie, MBA ’15, was trying to make food for the whole week, he realized that he was using four different appliances....
Program 2025-26 Program Sponsors Edward L. Kaplan, ’71* FIRST PLACE PRIZE Rattan L. Khosa, ’79 PLATINUM Jim and Karen Frank Venetia Kontogouris, MBA ’77 Gregory J. Purcell, ’94, and Francine C. Purcell Robert Vishny...
News Polsky Center Announces Autumn 2018 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program, a 7-week highly-experiential program designed to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and...
News Change the World, Start a Quantum Company: Panel Talks Opportunity and Investment Quantum technology will revolutionize several industries – and the Midwest, specifically, Chicago, has a unique opportunity to become a hub for innovation in the burgeoning space. Enabled by classical technology,...
Team Madhav V. Rajan, MS, PhD Steven S. Wymer Dean, Chicago Booth; Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth; Chief Global Strategist, University of Chicago Steven S. Wymer Dean, Chicago Booth; Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth; Chief Global Strategist, University of Chicago
News Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2026: Beyond the Hype Last week, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Chicago Booth’s Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (EVC) Group hosted the Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2026, the University of Chicago’s flagship...
Technology Electrically Tunable Quantum Platform Using Spin Defects In SiC Heterostructures Integration of quantum spins into classical electronic devices has been a major challenge. However, the ability to do so would limit spectral noise and line width broadening of emissions from…
Technology Human Brain-Inspired Algorithm for Neural Network “Memory” Catastrophic forgetting or interference is the inability of an artificial neural network (ANN) to learn multiple sequential tasks without a degradation in the accuracy of a previously learned task. When…
Technology Tunable High-Q Superconducting mm-Wave Cavities Cavity and circuit quantum electrodynamics systems provide unprecedented control over photonic quantum states via coupling to strongly nonlinear single emitters. The millimeter (mm) wave frequency band is of great interest…
Technology Low-loss Niobium Josephson Junctions That Improve Quantum Device Performance SUMMARY The invention introduces a method for fabricating low-loss niobium Josephson junctions which enhance quantum device performance by using niobium superconductors that are separated by an aluminum oxide barrier and…
Technology Novel Small Molecules for the Treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis and Asthma Airway remodeling induced by asthma and fibrosis promotes reduced responsiveness to currently available therapies. As such, there is an urgent need for the development of novel treatments that target the…
