News Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center Welcomes 2 New Advisors Dima Elissa and Major Purnell join the Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as advisors to further support economic growth on Chicago’s South Side. Launched last year, the SBDC...
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News Melissa Harris Joins U of C’s Entrepreneurship Center Melissa Harris, the former Chicago Tribune columnist who wrote about innovators and innovation, is now helping promote that work. Read more.
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Building a Pitch Deck with Melissa Harris November 5, 2026 Join the Polsky Center and Entrepreneur-in-Residence Melissa Harris, MBA ’16, for an informative workshop on how to build a pitchdeck. A great pitchdeck is more than a collection of slides....
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Customer Discovery for Startups with Melissa Byrn November 10, 2026 Join the Polsky Center and Melissa Byrn, Assistant Dean for Clinical Research at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, for an informative workshop on early stage customer discovery for...
Program Entrepreneurship Essentials Build foundational startup skills through workshops covering strategy, finance, marketing, sales, and venture development.
News UChicago Grad Student Named ‘Changemaker,’ Awarded Grant to Support Bionic Breast Project A graduate student in Sliman Bensmaia’s lab at the University of Chicago, Katie Long, MD/PhD ’24, has received $20,000 from Aerie to support her research into breast sensation. The intimate...
News Clarix Imaging Addresses Unmet Needs with Novel Imaging-Based Solution for Surgical Oncology Clarix Imaging was founded in 2016 as a spin-off company from the University of Chicago – translating decades of research in advanced medical imaging theory and techniques out of professor...
News F3 Platform Biologics Developing Cancer-Preventing Drugs Based on the Work of UChicago Researcher Amifostine has a long history and today could potentially help prevent the development of approximately 40,000 cancer cases each year – the goal of F3 Platform Biologics. Amifostine has traditionally...
News Electrochaea Produces Clean, Renewable Methane Using Catalyst Developed at UChicago The natural gas grid is the largest battery – one that could be used to store and distribute clean, renewable methane created through a unique process first developed at the...
News Sustainable Energy Outlook: The Limitations, Opportunities, and Role of Water The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation kicked off its 2021 Entrepreneurial Outlook series with a session examining the state and potential of sustainable energy. John Carlisle, PhD, director, Chain...
News Health Diagnostics 2021: ‘Everything Has Changed’ The annual Entrepreneurial Outlook series continued last week with a discussion about health diagnostics and the state of the industry in 2021. The discussion was moderated by Christine Karslake, MBA...
