News Small Business Spotlight: ‘I Choose the Ladder’ Coaches Fortune 500 Companies on Employee Development, Retention Three years ago, Watchen Nyanue, MBA ’22 had a dream job as the senior vice president of marketing partnerships for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. The only problem? It wasn’t...
News UChicago, Northwestern University and JPMorgan Chase Join Forces To Grow Business And Jobs Three-year partnership will fund new programs to support minority-owned business on south and west sides The University of Chicago and Northwestern University are beginning a three-year partnership to support the...
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...
News Drug Delivery, Diagnostics, AI Applications Among 10 Projects in the Spring 2021 I-Corps Cohort Ten teams are participating in the spring 2021 cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program – a highly experiential, 7-week-long program to empower scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial...
News Polsky Launches DeepTechU to Connect Investors with Faculty Startups in Deep Tech The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is launching DeepTechU, a venture conference convening investors and faculty innovators to showcase deep tech innovation. “Our faculty at the...
News Winter 2026 Collaboratorium Connects Scientific Breakthroughs with Business Insight Bringing together cutting-edge research and real-world business expertise, the Winter 2026 Collaboratorium will feature ventures spanning photonic computing, advanced therapeutics, energy, materials science, and artificial intelligence from across the Midwest...
News University of Chicago Announces Partnership with AI Research Commons, Microsoft, and NVIDIA to Accelerate Midwest AI Startups Inception-stage startups to receive Microsoft for Startups’ technical and go-to-market support, up to $350K in Startup credits on eligible services, and AI model access; benefits from the NVIDIA Inception program for...
News Polsky Announces 10 Teams in the Winter 2021 I-Corps Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the participation of 10 teams in the winter 2021 I-Corps cohort. Open to other Chicago-area institutions, the Polsky I-Corps...
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...
News 8 Midwestern Universities Launch Third Coast Foundry to Connect Startups with Bay Area Venture Capital The University of Chicago, in partnership with seven other leading Midwestern universities, today announced the launch of Third Coast Foundry, a new San Francisco–based hub designed to strengthen the collective...
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...
Program AI Research Commons Midwest Fellows Program Accelerate AI startups through technical resources, mentorship, investor connections, and commercialization support.
