News How Researchers are Returning Sensation to Mastectomy Patients The Bionic Breast Project is an interdisciplinary research program applying bionic technologies to restore post-mastectomy breast function. Leading the project is Stacy Lindau, MD, MA ’02, a Professor of Obstetrics...
News UChicago Spin-Out NowPow Acquired by Unite Us to Scale, Add Greater Value to More Consumers University of Chicago spin-out NowPow, a referral platform grounded in science and community, has been acquired by Unite Us, the nation’s leading technology company connecting health and social care services....
News From Corporate America to Social Impact: How Rachel Kohler Helped Blaze a Trail for Whole-Person Care After 30 years in corporate America, Rachel Kohler, MBA ’89, resolved to redirect her career to have greater social impact. “If anyone could take risk in their life, I could,”...
News How Five UChicago Innovators Are Fighting the IP Gender Gap It is estimated that only 16.2% of inventors named in international patent applications were women in 2022, according to data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In an analysis...
News Experts in Health Tech Share Ideas and Insights at First Polsky Entrepreneurial Outlook Series Event This health tech event marked the beginning of a new breakfast series that the Polsky Center has launched to coincide with the new year.
News This Kohler Director Has a New Side Job in Health Care Rachel Kohler has spent most of her career running parts of the family business, the high-end plumbing products company based in the Wisconsin town that also shares her name. Past...
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 UChicago’s Polsky Center Celebrates Three Startup Exits in Two Months Series of Startup Exits Solidify the Polsky Center as a ‘Venture Creation’ Engine Three startups supported by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – NowPow, Pyxis,...
News Providers Aim to Build Engagement Tools that Actually Work NowPow, a Polsky Incubator company founded by UChicago’s Dr. Stacy Lindau, highlights partnership with Rush Medical Center to provide community-based resources for patients. Read the full article >>
News Polsky Entrepreneurial Outlook Series: What Will Innovation Look Like in 2020? The Polsky Center’s annual outlook series looks to set the record straight on trends that will emerge in the new year. Thinking back on the last decade, there are a...
News Entrepreneurial Outlook Series Kicks Off by Discussing the Future of Medtech As a way to kickstart the next year, and decade, the Polsky Center has brought back its Entrepreneurial Outlook series to help community members connect and get ahead of upcoming...
News A Low Tolerance for ‘No’: In Conversation with Polsky’s Innovation Programs Director Breaking boundaries is not glamorous or easy, but having a low tolerance for ‘no’ and finding mentors can help advance professional opportunities for women in historically male-dominated industries. As we...
