News The Polsky Center Announces the Inaugural AI Research Commons Midwest Fellows Program Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the inaugural cohort of startups selected to participate in the AI Research Commons (ARC) Midwest Fellows Program, a highly selective initiative designed...
Technology Zero-burden Risk Assessment (ZeBRA) Platform for Point-in-care Universal Screening of Complex Disorders ZeBRA is a software-based platform for universal, point-of-care risk screening that uses existing EHR data to identify patients at elevated risk for complex disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and related…
News 8 Students Receive 2026 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowships to Work on Their Ventures Full Time The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation announced the eight recipients of the 2026 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowship (PF3), a program that supports graduating University of Chicago students who are committed to working full time on their startups.
Program Past Participants 2025 Folasade Rancie – Doulala Michael Gustafson – Three Pillars Sudanshu Kaushik – Exalt Data Randel Bennett – Qixent Laurel Alpaugh – Coclo Ritu Sreenivasan – Mooj Foods Shikhar Pandey…
News From New Locations to Million-Dollar Grants, Polsky Small Business Growth Program Alumni Continue to Grow Alumni of the Polsky Small Business Growth Program are marking a series of major milestones, from opening additional locations to securing grants and contracts worth more than $1M.
Event Investing Essentials: Fireside Chat with a First-Year Venture Capitalist November 17, 2026 Join Polsky Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Doug Monieson, MBA ’89, and Isha Mehrotra in a fireside chat about being a first-year venture capitalist. Mehrotra is drawn to deeply technical early-stage software and...
