News Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center Welcomes 2 New Advisors Dima Elissa and Major Purnell join the Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as advisors to further support economic growth on Chicago’s South Side. Launched last year, the SBDC...
News New Tumor Mapping Tech Shows Potential to Make ‘Major Impact’ on Cancer Research A new technology developed at the University of Chicago has been recognized for its potential to make a major impact on basic and clinical cancer research. Nicolas Chevrier, assistant professor...
News UChicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Partner on Major Innovation Initiative Read more.
News Survey: Majority of Americans Believe Research Universities Drive U.S. Innovation Survey released as part of UChicago Innovation Fest shows Americans believe research universities drive U.S. innovation at a time of global competition. Read the full article >>
News Love Cork Screw Secures Major Partnerships: ‘It’s Definitely Been a Time For a Lot of Allies to Open Their Eyes,’ says CEO Wine and lifestyle brand Love Cork Screw is going national. Chrishon Lampley, founder and CEO of Love Cork Screw, first became involved in the wine space while owning an art...
News Time to Give Back Timing is everything, and Norm Winarsky figures it’s his time to act.“At this time in my life, I feel as though I have the opportunity to make a bigger impact...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 8 Episode 8: PrettyQuick June 3, 2021 Coco Meers’ career has centered on helping women look and feel their best. When she caught the entrepreneurship bug and looked for a pain...
News Polsky Center Welcomes 5 Fellows and Associates Taking on Roles Across Two New Programs The Polsky Center is welcoming five new faces this summer taking on roles across two new fellowship programs. The Polsky Innovation Fellowship features three 4+1 students with technical backgrounds to...
News Reluctant Renaissance Man Even though Olaf Schneewind operates seamlessly in many overlapping scientific, academic and corporate circles, he denies being a Renaissance Man. “I’m just a complete workaholic, 365 days of the year,”...
News A Look Inside the First Year of Business for CNVC ’19 Winner, podU Wessam Abozeid, AB ’19, won the Polsky Center’s 2019 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) with his startup, podU, the world’s first platform for podcasts in Arabic. After winning the $15,000...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 10 Episode 10: Andes STR June 17, 2021 Growing up in Chile in a family of entrepreneurs, Sebastian Rivas since childhood has been on the lookout for problems that need solving....
News Led by mHub, Clean Tech Economy Coalition Secures $500K from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge The 2025 Clean Tech Economic Coalition (CTEC), led by mHUB, a Chicago-based hardtech and manufacturing innovation center, has been recognized by the US Economic Development Administration for its potential to...
