Event Polsky Center and Rustandy Center Open House October 2, 2024 Join the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation in an open house event to meet and greet staff. Take the opportunity to learn...
Event Polsky Center and Rustandy Center Open House September 30, 2025 An open house event to meet and greet new and returning students and inform them about all of the great programming happening at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation...
News Debate it Forward Takes Home Top Prize and $60,000 at the 2019 John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge Finals Winners of the ninth annual SNVC received a total of $140,000 in venture funding, the most prize money ever awarded at the startup competition.
Program Official Rules and Guidelines PURPOSE OF PROGRAM To encourage the founding and growth of high-potential new ventures with a social mission. ELIGIBILITY EQUITY AGREEMENTS As a condition to receive the prize money, for-profit winning...
Event Polsky + Rustandy Open House September 26, 2023 An open house event to meet and greet new and returning students and inform them about all of the great programming happening at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation...
News Social New Venture Challenge Awards Record $175K in Investment The Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are pleased to announce the winners...
News 7 Mission-driven UChicago Teams to Compete for $150,000 at 2024 John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge Finals The following story was originally published by the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation. Seven mission-driven teams with innovative ideas, including leveraging AI to aid career development, efficient waste management...
News AIM Clinics Wins First Place at the 2018 Social New Venture Challenge The Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation and Polsky Center are pleased to announce the winners of the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC). The SNVC is the social...
News The 10 Days of Polsky: Looking Back at 2020 The past year was unlike any we’ve experienced before. Despite the many challenges caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, we stayed focused on advancing our Polsky Center mission. We authored...
News Polsky Partners with Hyde Park Art Center to Bring Artists and Entrepreneurs Together On Thursday, November 1, the Polsky Center, along with the Hyde Park Art Center and Chicago-based artist Beth Kamhi, turned the Polsky Exchange into a postmodernist art gallery.
News Polsky Accepts Record-Breaking 20 Teams for Summer Accelerator Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has accepted 20 teams, the most ever, for its Polsky Accelerator, a 10-week intensive summer program designed for both for-profit and not-for-profit ventures....
News UChicago GEN Launches as New Online Community to Support University Alumni and Student Entrepreneurs Today is the soft launch of the University of Chicago Global Entrepreneurs Network (UChicago GEN), a new initiative that fosters a global community of UChicago entrepreneurs and investors affiliated with...
