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News Discovery Matters Alan Thomas, Director, UChicagoTech, Ellen Rudnick, Executive Director and Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Polsky Center, Keith Moffat, Deputy Provost for Research, Donald Levy, Vice President for Research and...
News Polsky Welcomes 11 Teams into Winter 2020 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky I-Corps program is a 7-week highly-experiential program designed to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial potential of their STEM research and ideas.
News How to Manage Personal and Professional Ups and Downs While Managing a Business Business owners and entrepreneurs are facing uncharted territory and a situation that is unparalleled to anything that the majority of us have seen throughout our lifetimes. David Johnson, Chicago Booth...
News How Researchers are Returning Sensation to Mastectomy Patients The Bionic Breast Project is an interdisciplinary research program applying bionic technologies to restore post-mastectomy breast function. Leading the project is Stacy Lindau, MD, MA ’02, a Professor of Obstetrics...
News Universities Continue to Drive Innovation in Illinois: ISTC Report Illinois university students and faculty set records for startup activity – raising approximately $1.42 billion over the last five years, according to a recent report. Published by Illinois Science and...
News 2020 NVC Finals Awards Record $1 Million Investment for Student Startups, Pippin Title Named Winner The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has announced winners of the 24th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), which awarded a record $1 million to 11 student-run startups....
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 8 Things to Look for in 2021 at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation It’s a New Year and the Polsky Center kicks it off with a full line-up of events and programs, including our milestone 25th anniversary celebration of our nationally-ranked Edward K....
News Fireside Chat: Booth Alums Rattan L. Khosa and Son Neel Discuss Bootstrapping, Running a Family Business, and Weathering COVID-19 Growing up in the family business, Neel Khosa, MBA ’07, sometimes felt that the company his father founded was his “little brother.” “I had a bit of a sibling rivalry...
