News U. of C. Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Army Research Laboratory Central Site at the Polsky Center The University of Chicago (U. of C.) and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour for the previously-announced Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Central Site on the...
News ‘This is What the Future Looks Like’: Celebrating Quantum Innovation in Chicago Last week, World Business Chicago and the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) hosted leading innovators in celebration of Chicago’s quantum and deep tech ecosystem. The event doubled as a ribbon-cutting ceremony...
News Third Coast Foundry Celebrates Grand Opening, Showcases 40 Deep Tech Startups at Demo Day The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, along with the seven other university partners that make up Third Coast Foundry, marked the official launch of the new San Francisco-based innovation...
News From Cutting Trees to Cutting Deals: Nick Oberhouse’s Unique Path Through ETA Growing up on his family’s Christmas tree farm in Ohio, Nick Oberhouse, MBA ’20, was no stranger to small business entrepreneurship. From a young age, he was brought into the...
News 10 Startups Graduate from Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program In a ceremony at the Polsky Exchange, mentors, sponsors, and participants gathered to celebrate the completion of the program, which expanded from 10 weeks to nine months this year. The...
News Mayor Lightfoot Addresses the Future of Chicago During a fireside chat at the Economist’s Innovation Summit 2020, City of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot discussed the future of the city, including the opportunities and challenges to transforming neighborhoods...
News Veteran, Teacher, Business Owner: Meet the New Leader of the Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently welcomed Vince Beachum as senior program manager and director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Polsky Exchange. ...
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...
Technology A Platform for Developing High-Affinity Selective Binding Proteins to Short and Flexible Peptide Motifs Short and flexible peptide motifs such as GPCRs and histone tails are attractive targets for therapeutic development, but the generation of traditional antibodies against these targets remains a challenge because…
News Polsky Center Named “Industry Champion” at Annual ITA CityLIGHTS The Industry Champion award is presented to the company or individual who actively and consistently supports the growth of the Illinois technology industry
News Halo Awards to Honor ‘Heroes Of Medicine’ and 40 Under 40 Chicago Scientists, Featuring Many Polsky Partners The second Annual Halo Awards will take place Saturday, October 12, at 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Science and Industry, celebrating the city’s “Heroes of Medicine” and the 40...
