Technology Protein Engineering Strategy for Enhancing Healing Of Chronic Diabetic and Radiation-Induced Wounds The problem: Chronic, non‐healing wounds have reached epidemic proportions and have a sustainable impact on both an individual’s quality of life and on healthcare costs as a whole The field…
Technology A New Genetic Medicine Strategy For Treating Neurological Disorders Synaptic transmission and plasticity are fundamental to neuronal functions, and alterations of synaptic protein expression are direct causes of autism, intellectual disability (ID), and epilepsy. De novo loss-of-function (LoF) mutations…
Technology Prophylactic Strategy For C. Difficile Infection Prevention This technology is a prevention method for those at risk of C. difficile infection using a mutated strain of C. difficile that reduces toxicity and competes with virulent strains, offering…
Page Local Business Owners local Business Owners Through the Polsky Exchange and the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Polsky Exchange, local business owners gain access to experienced advisors, educational programs, and...
Event Funding Strategy: Grants, Non-Dilutive Capital, Revenue, and Preparing for Series A August 27, 2026 Explore different funding pathways, including grants, non-dilutive capital, and revenue strategies, while learning how to prepare your company for a successful Series A raise in this workshop with the UChicago...
Program Small Business Growth Program Address key business challenges and determine new strategies for business growth with support from UChicago grad students.
News Stellatus Solutions, a Startup Born at UChicago and Nurtured By Polsky, Acquired by Slingshot Aerospace to Help Prevent Satellite Collisions in Space Last fall, a team of University of Chicago students was tasked with addressing a challenge one might hope already had a solution: How to improve communication between satellite operators to...
News If You’re Serious About Creating Value for Your Business, This is the Mindset You Need The following article was written by Duane Jackson, investor-in-residence at the Polsky Center and founder and managing partner at Author Capital Partners, and Nick Brand, partner at Author Capital Partners,...
News Polsky Center and Chicago Booth Private Equity Group Host 24th Annual PE Conference The conference brings together investors, students, and entrepreneurs to network and share insights into the dynamics of investing in a constantly changing economy. The conference began with opening remarks from...
News The Polsky Center Welcomes the 2026 Market Navigator Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming the newest cohort of the Market Navigator program.
News New Chief Marketing Officer Takes Strategic View While Divya Varshney attended the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, earning her master’s of business administration in 1999, she was not even aware of UChicagoTech. Recently named to...
News Disrupting Brazil’s Ice Cream Industry Lowko, previously known as MUU, was a finalist at the 2018 New Venture Challenge and has since launched in Brazil.
