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Page 2015-2016 I-Corps Teams Autumn 2015 Argonne Advanced Radiation Lab: aims to identify commercial and government R&D collaborations related to the development of medical isotopes. Freenters: provides ad-subsidized printing to students through its virtual...
News Kin Insurance: How Passion and a Focus on Doing Good Gave Rise to Chicago’s Latest Unicorn Sean Harper, AB ’03, MBA ’09, knew his passion from an early age. “Going back to high school, I was the kid who was reading Milton Friedman while programming his...
News Energy Tech Leaders Take to the National Stage at DOE Pitch Competition >> UPDATE: Team Rise Reforming from the University of Chicago took First Place at the event and was awarded $50,000. Since this article originally ran, Rise Reforming has switched its...
News Zenblen’s Smooth Rise from Office Blender to Robotic Smoothie Bar As a college athlete at the University of Chicago, Tom Zhang always made health and wellness a priority. A track and field runner who later competed in triathlons, he became...
News Polsky Center Announces Teams Selected for the 14th Annual College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the teams selected for the 14th annual College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), an undergraduate student startup accelerator. This year’s...
News One-stop Browsing for Chicago Area Innovation Bigger is better — at least when it comes to disseminating information about innovative research. So is broader and more selective. The new Chicago Innovation Pipeline website, a multi-institution collaboration spearheaded by...
News Three College New Venture Challenge Alums Aim to Solve Global Health Issues with Edible Worms May 2019 will mark the 4 year anniversary of Mealflour, a social enterprise founded in 2016 by three University of Chicago alumnae.
News UChicago invests in next generation AI company automating cognitive work TAIGER is the first recipient outside of the United States and the first in Singapore to secure a venture investment from the UChicago Startup Investment Program. The company’s AI solutions...
Event Transform: Founder Spotlight with Jared Golden March 28, 2024 Transform Presents: Founder Spotlight with Jared Golden, Co-founder, CEO, Leap. Jared Golden is a builder of, investor in and advisor to high growth technology companies. Businesses Jared has founded or...
News Exactics Wins 2025 College New Venture Challenge, Securing $115K for Innovative Rapid Diagnostic The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and The Grainger College of Engineering announces Exactics as the winner of the 13th Annual College New Venture Challenge (CNVC). Exactics, a biotechnology...
News Next Wave of Deep Tech Innovators Selected for Phase 2 of Alchemist Chicago Alchemist Chicago — the deep tech accelerator partnership between the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Alchemist — today announced the startups selected for Phase 2...
