News UChicago Lab Creates ‘Quantum Casino,’ a Win-Win to Educate and Inspire How can integrating the arts with science and technology cultivate something new and unexpected? This question is one that Nancy Kawalek has been answering in several ways throughout her career...
News UChicago Talent, Programming Proves Itself as a Cornerstone of Illinois’ Quantum Success Illinois is a top state for deals made by quantum startups and ranks fifth in the nation for active quantum patents, according to a recent report from the World Business...
Event Energy Frontiers: A Public Event on Emerging Energy Technologies October 12, 2023 *This event has reached full capacity and is no longer accepting new registrations.* Is Illinois emerging as the next clean energy hub? The clean energy transition in the U.S....
News Clarix Imaging Gets $10 Million to Scale FDA-Cleared 3D Imaging Tech University of Chicago spinout Clarix Imaging has received $10 million in funding from kineo finance, a Swiss-headquartered investment firm, to advance its novel imaging-based solution for surgical oncology. The company, which...
News Chicago Biomedical Consortium Secures $13.5 Million to Scale Work, Support for Life Sciences Industry The Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) has received an additional $13.5 million in funding from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust to expand its mission. Launched in 2001 by...
News Meet the Resurgence Cohort 1 Startups: C+UP Team Members Hamed Heidari, PhD – Founder and CEO. Prof. Mohammad Asadi – Cofounder and CTO What does your company do? C+UP’s breakthrough carbon capture utilization technology converts renewable electricity...
Event Chicago Booth Healthcare Conference February 24, 2024 This year’s Chicago Booth Healthcare Conference will explore the theme of how healthcare organizations across the board are balancing questions of cost, quality and the patient experience. Of note...
News NanoPattern Closes $1.5M Seed Round to Scale Quantum Dot Ink Production NanoPattern Technologies has raised $1.5 million in a seed round to scale its photopatternable quantum dot ink, which enables the commercialization of next-generation displays. Cofounded by Yu Kambe, PhD ’19,...
News Polsky Center Teams with Orange Grove Bio to Catalyze Biotech Innovation at UChicago The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has signed a strategic agreement with Orange Grove Bio (OGB), an integrated biopharmaceutical company, to support pipeline development, entrepreneurial training,...
Event Application Deadline: Orange Grove Bio Senior Associate Program September 20, 2024 The Orange Grove Bio (OGB) Senior Associate Program is designed to expose promising scientists to a world of venture capital and biotech.
News Inertial: Tackling Carbon Emissions through Supersonic Innovation Inertial is a participant in cohort 2 of Resurgence, a cleantech accelerator led by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the Pritzker School...
News Heather Walsh Joins Polsky Center as Assistant Vice President for Technology Ventures Heather Walsh joins the Polsky Center as the Assistant Vice President for Technology Ventures beginning July 14. A seasoned leader in innovation and commercialization, Heather brings a wealth of experience...
