News Small Business Spotlight: With Solo Noir and Zen Soul Apothecary, One Woman Nurtures Outer and Inner Wellness Andrea Polk always considered herself a spiritual person. But it took time for her to see the deeper meaning when her body suddenly went into revolt. At 38, the normally...
Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
News University of Chicago Startup, Tharzen, Demystifies and Disrupts Website Content Management Sometimes, all it takes is a list of names on a spreadsheet and a cold email to get a company off the ground. That’s what happened when Mikael Mayer attended...
News Zenblen’s Smooth Rise from Office Blender to Robotic Smoothie Bar As a college athlete at the University of Chicago, Tom Zhang always made health and wellness a priority. A track and field runner who later competed in triathlons, he became...
News Novel Breast Cancer Therapy Shows Promise Moving a basic scientific finding from a lab to the clinical setting is the Holy Grail for medical researchers the world over. Suzanne Conzen, MD, professor of hematology/oncology at the...
Event Polsky Exchange Frozen Treats Summer Social August 10, 2023 Join us for a frozen treats social at the Polsky Exchange where both existing members and potential ones are warmly invited. Our gracious host for this event will be Larvetta...
News Small Business Spotlight: Egg Rolls Etc. Brings Comfort and Culture to the Frozen Food Aisle It was a dare that brought Javon Nicholas, founder and president of Egg Rolls Etc.™, to Taiwan, and the kindness of her new community that inspired her to start a...
News Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Yvette Kaiser Smith UChicago alum and Polsky member, Yvette Kaiser Smith, MFA ’94, joined the Exchange in May of 2016. Kaiser Smith is an artist, who makes “wall-based geometric abstractions.”
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 5 Episode 5: Foxtrot May 13, 2021 Foxtrot cofounder and CEO Mike LaVitola, MBA ’14, has become expert at hearing “no.” He was not initially accepted into the New Venture Challenge,...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 8 Episode 8: PrettyQuick June 3, 2021 Coco Meers’ career has centered on helping women look and feel their best. When she caught the entrepreneurship bug and looked for a pain...
News Unique Programming Environment Uses New Techniques to Enable Everyday Coding with Graphical User Interfaces Ravi Chugh, an assistant professor in the department of computer science at the University of Chicago, is developing programming language technology for applications in software engineering and human-computer interaction. “Software...
News Polsky Center Names 13 Companies Participating in the 2019 Summer Accelerator Program The latest cohort of the Polsky Accelerator, a 10-week intensive summer program designed for both for-profit and not-for-profit startups, is announced.
