News $1 Million Gift from Booth Alumnus Leon Wagner, MBA ’77 New gift will establish the Alumni Venture Support Fund at the Polsky Center and support the Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership.
News UChicago Researchers, Booth Students to Connect at Fall Collaboratorium Seven teams from across the University of Chicago presented at the Collaboratorium, which brings together Chicago Booth students with researchers and faculty who are exploring commercialization opportunities for their work....
News 6 UChicago Researchers to Present at Illinois Ignite Researchers from the University of Chicago are showcasing novel technologies and innovative startups at the third biennial Illinois Ignite. The event takes place on September 22, 2022, from 9:00 a.m....
News ETA Conference Sets an Attendance Record The Polsky Center, Chicago Booth, and the Kellogg Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative at Northwestern University late last year hosted the sixth annual Booth-Kellogg Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Conference, which set...
News Build and Launch Accelerator Accepts 18 Teams for the 2023 Summer Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 18 startups selected to participate in the 2023 Polsky Accelerator, a competitive 10-week summer program open to all...
Technology Embedding-Space Harmonization for Robust Foundation Model Deployment University of Chicago researchers have developed FEATMAP, a computational framework that improves the reliability and interoperability of foundation-model embeddings by reducing unwanted technical or domain-specific signatures. This technology enables more…
News 40 Startups to Present at Midwest Deep Tech Demo Day in San Francisco The inaugural Deep Tech Demo Day in 2025, held at Pear VC in San Francisco. The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the 40 startups from leading Midwest...
Technology Simultaneous Acquisition of Myocyte Oxygen Usage and Cardiac Strain Data in a Single MRI Scan Abnormal myocardial oxygen usage can predict heart attack or heart transplant rejection before the onset of clinical symptoms. However, there are currently no robust and reliable methods for globally measuring…
Program Advisors Tim Kelly, MBA ’00 Polsky Center Investor-in-Residence, Consultant to the Svider Private Equity Program Tim Kelly’s private equity career spans nearly three decades, including senior leadership and investment management roles...
News Turntables to Teach STEM? ThinkLive! Engages Students with DJ Tech The DJ technology startup ThinkLive! is developing turntable labs to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) – working closely with the University of Chicago to create a...
News Polsky Center I-Corps Teams Test Commercialization Potential of Research The Polsky I-Corps program helps scientists, researchers, and students test the commercial potential of their research and ideas. Supported with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Great...
News Samir Mayekar Named Managing Director of Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Samir Mayekar, an accomplished leader with a track record of driving innovation and impact across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, has been named managing director of the University of...
