News Small Business Spotlight: Hemp Heals Body Shop Preaches Plants Over Pills Tiffany Joi raised some eyebrows when she debuted her line of CBD-infused lotions and oils at the Hyde Park Farmers Market in 2019. “You should have seen the looks,” said...
News Small Business Spotlight: Urban Roots Builds Business While Building Up Their Community Jimmie Williams, owner of social enterprise landscaping and snow removal firm Urban Roots, had his most successful year ever last year. He used that success to hire additional employees and...
News Students and Small Businesses Work Together to Address Challenges, Form Strategies for Growth Small businesses in Chicago and across the US have been hit hard during the shutdowns and changes affecting our economy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yelp estimates, for...
News Polsky Center Welcomes Newest Cohort of the Small Business Financial Fundamentals Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming a new cohort of entrepreneurs to the Polsky Exchange Small Business Financial Fundamentals program. The 10-week program is designed to support...
Technology Tumor-Specific Cancer Vaccine Adjuvant Formulation Many cancer vaccines fail due to insufficient CD8+ T cell targeting. To save patient lives, oncologists need tumor-specific vaccines that increase CD8+ T cell response. The inventors developed and validated…
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News Polsky 10: UtilityInnovation Group acquired for projected $2.6B | Aura Life Science joins ISS accelerator | OrisDX launches first diagnostic product The Polsky 10 is a bi-weekly newsletter featuring 10 things to know from the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center.
Page Polsky Council The Polsky Council comprises many of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and private equity investors, who provide ongoing guidance and support to the Polsky Center.
News Hospitality Industry Veteran Joins Polsky Center as New Executive Director Dan Sachs, a seasoned business executive and entrepreneur in the hospitality industry, has been named the new executive director of the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation....
News University of Chicago Joins Global Scholars Program The University of Chicago has joined the competitive program which is supported by the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) and designed to provide researchers with funding as well as access...
