News Women in STEM: Nancy Harvey Nancy Harvey, Managing Director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Chicago, discusses how she got her start, the mission of the Center and tips...
News Executive-in-Residence Nancy Harvey: Right Place, Right Time Two out of two. That’s how many new business ventures Nancy Harvey has seen come to fruition since she joined UChicagoTech, the University of Chicago’s Office of Technology and Intellectual...
News Small Business Spotlight: Larry’s Barber College Stays a Cut Above With New Walmart Shop Angela Harvey had never cut hair before she enrolled in Larry’s Barber College. Her first time wielding clippers, after months of classroom instruction, “I was shaking like a leaf,” she...
News Innovation Fund Invests $250,000 in Microbiome-based Startup The University of Chicago Innovation Fund has announced plans to invest up to $250,000 into BiomeSense, a startup developing a fully-automated biosensor for low-cost, scalable microbiome testing. On Thursday, May...
News Ice Slurry Research Pays Off for a Cleaner Environment “Twenty years ago, Argonne and the DOE must have had a crystal ball to develop an environmentally friendly refrigeration system that could meet today’s urgent demand for ‘green’ technologies,” says...
Program UChicago Private Markets Program Explore careers in private markets through workshops, theory, case studies, and networking opportunities.
Technology Chicago Quant’em Chicago Quant’em is an experiential card game that immerses players, beginner and advanced, in a world of quantum physics and qubits. The goal of the game is to use quantum…
News 11 Teams Join Polsky’s Fall 2020 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of its Polsky I-Corps program, a 7-week highly-experiential program designed to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and students...
News Small Business Spotlight: Brown Sugar Bakery Hits the Sweet Spot Between Homey and Gourmet “Some people talk about passion,” said Stephanie Hart, owner of Brown Sugar Bakery on East 75th Street in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, “I’m about discipline.” That nose-to-the-grindstone practicality has helped Hart...
News nuBorn Medical to Pitch Their Preemie-Saving Technology at the 2018 Fall George Shultz Innovation Fund Finals Chicago researchers are trying to deal with one of the preemies’ most vexing problems: Choking while bottle-feeding.
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News Universities Pool Resources, Spotlight Research “The heart of a thriving company-formation effort begins with university research,” said James Tyree, president of Abbott Biotech Ventures and keynote speaker at the Chicago Innovation Spotlight on May 18,...
