Event Info Session: Booth Investment Thesis Challenge (BITC) October 20, 2025 The Booth Investment Thesis Challenge (BITC) encourages students to form teams to conceive and propose an original investment thesis they wish to work on. Selected teams work with mentors at...
Event Application Deadline: Booth Investment Thesis Challenge (BITC) January 9, 2026 The Booth Investment Thesis Challenge (BITC) encourages students to form teams to conceive and propose an original investment thesis they wish to work on. Selected teams work with mentors at...
Event Info Session: Booth Investment Thesis Challenge (BITC) October 19, 2026 The Booth Investment Thesis Challenge (BITC) encourages students to form teams to conceive and propose an original investment thesis they wish to work on. Selected teams work with mentors at...
Event Investing Essentials: How to Build a Strong Investment Thesis November 17, 2025 Polsky Center Investor-in-Residence Duane Jackson, founder and managing partner of Author Capital Partners, leads a workshop focused on building a strong investment thesis. Topics include the foundations of an investment thesis, sources...
Event Investing Essentials: How to Build a Strong Investment Thesis November 2, 2026 The Polsky Center Investor-in-Residence Duane Jackson, founder and managing partner of Author Capital Partners, will lead a workshop focused on building a strong investment thesis. Topics include the foundations of...
Technology Direct Molten-Salt Synthesis of High-Quality III-V Quantum Dots This technology delivers enhanced optical quality and compositional versatility in colloidal III-V nanocrystals through a novel molten salt redox synthesis, enabling efficient fabrication of high-performance semiconductor materials for optoelectronic applications.…
Program Chicago Booth and Polsky Center Private Equity Council Members The Booth Polsky Private Equity Council is comprised of some of the world’s leading private equity investors who provide ongoing guidance and support to the Polsky Center’s Svider Private Equity...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
Program Investing Essentials Investing Essentials is designed for students interested in learning about and pursuing careers in the private equity and venture capital space.
Technology Sulfur-Containing Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Organic‐inorganic hybrid sulfur‐containing materials show promising properties for a variety of applications (e.g., superconductors, thermoelectrics, etc.). Efficient synthesis of such compounds—especially those containing dithiolene‐type ligands—has historically been challenging due to…
Technology New System for the Synthesis of Silicon-Based Materials for Biological Modulation Pure silicon materials with strong photoelectrochemical properties are advantageous to biomodulations devices due to their excellent dielectric properties that are promising in many electrical transmission applications. Synthesis of such materials…
