News 11 Teams Join Polsky’s Fall 2020 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of its Polsky I-Corps program, a 7-week highly-experiential program designed to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and students...
News Startup Spotlight: The Revival The Polsky Center had the opportunity to speak with John Stoops about his journey up to this point in building The Revival and his hopes for its future.
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 Halo Awards to Honor ‘Heroes Of Medicine’ and 40 Under 40 Chicago Scientists, Featuring Many Polsky Partners The second Annual Halo Awards will take place Saturday, October 12, at 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Science and Industry, celebrating the city’s “Heroes of Medicine” and the 40...
News Halo Awards Honor ‘Heroes Of Medicine’ and 40 Under 40 Chicago Scientists Many UChicago and Polsky-affiliated scientists and researchers were among the honorees.
News Phase II Teams Selected for the Social New Venture Challenge The Social Enterprise Initiative has announced the 14 teams accepted into phase II of the 2017 John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC). The SNVC is the social impact...
Program Advisors BITC participants benefit from the guidance of experienced faculty and industry advisors who bring decades of private equity and venture capital expertise to the program. Chris McGowan Adjunct Professor of...
News Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Christine Saffold Polsky Member Christine Saffold represents everything that makes the Polsky Exchange, as well as the South Side community as a whole, so strong.
News Small Business Spotlight: In the Age of Amazon, Kido’s Key to Retail Success is Knowing Your Community When Keewa Nurullah, a performing artist, had her first child, she encountered a whole new world of things her son needed – and was disappointed by what she found. Baby...
News Small Business Spotlight: Amazing Edibles Catering Has Been Serving Great Food and Good Times For 30 Years Andrea Herrera started Amazing Edibles Catering three decades ago, growing it from a small storefront with just a chef and herself to a thriving business with a 5,000-square-foot kitchen...
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