Event Application Deadline: 2023 John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge January 25, 2023 One of the nation’s first social venture competitions, the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC) has helped jump-start more than 150 companies and nonprofits since 2011. The SNVC...
News Polsky Partners with Hyde Park Art Center to Bring Artists and Entrepreneurs Together On Thursday, November 1, the Polsky Center, along with the Hyde Park Art Center and Chicago-based artist Beth Kamhi, turned the Polsky Exchange into a postmodernist art gallery.
Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
Technology Algorithm And System For Accurate Breast Parenchymal Enhancement Calculation By Digital Lesion Removal A method uses AI and clustering to remove lesions from breast MRI images, reconstructing clearer projection images for more accurate assessment of tissue enhancement and improved breast cancer risk evaluation.…
Event SBDC: “Experience Hyde Park” Hyde Park Chamber Business Seminar October 2, 2024 This is an opportunity to bring together local businesses and civic, educational, and elected members of the Chicago Hyde Park Business Community to discuss key issues affecting the community and...
News Small Business Spotlight: With Taylor’s Tacos, West Coast Street Food Finds West Side Community After moving back home to Chicago from California, Taylor Mason missed Los Angeles’ ubiquitous street tacos. She’d get an occasional whiff thanks to a guy who sporadically set up a...
News Acclaimed Vintage Boutique Recycled Modern, a Polsky Alum, Expands With New Shop in Hyde Park’s Harper Court Recycled Modern, an alumnus of the Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program, is bringing its art, home décor, and lifestyle boutique to Hyde Park’s Harper Court, fulfilling its owner’s...
News Hyde Park Labs, UChicago Science Incubator Add to Growing Ecosystem for Founders on the South Side The University of Chicago this week celebrated the opening of Hyde Park Labs and its new UChicago Science Incubator — advancing the University’s long-term vision to bring world-class research, entrepreneurial...
News UChicago’s Polsky Exchange Expands Its Commitment to South Side Economic Growth with the Launch of a New Illinois Small Business Development Center The Center will be the first dedicated to supporting professional services and technology entrepreneurs on the south side. The Polsky Exchange at the University of Chicago will soon launch a...
News Building Atomically Thin Circuits for Advanced Devices The nature of Jiwoong Park’s work is multidisciplinary: trying to connect fundamental science with very challenging problems that do not have immediate solutions – “and there are plenty of them,”...
News UChicago Welcomes Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to Hyde Park Labs New presence in the UChicago Science Incubator expands opportunities for high school STEM students and supports the South Side innovation ecosystem The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the...
News From Discovery to Dissemination: How a New Collaboration is Helping Get Knowledge ‘Out the Door’ Healthcare investment firm Deerfield Management recently visited the University of Chicago to meet with researchers and discuss Hyde Park Discovery, a new collaboration to advance discoveries from the lab. “I’m...
