Impact in Action: Polsky Center Year in Review

  2023-24 Annual Report From providing world-class entrepreneurship education to advancing the commercialization of invaluable technologies, this past year helped cement the Polsky Center’s role as the central spoke connecting…

Polsky Center and Portal Innovations Announce New UChicago Science Incubator

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has teamed up with Portal Innovations, a national venture creation and development platform, to design and manage a science startup incubator at Hyde…

Duality Quantum Accelerator Welcomes 5 Startups into Fourth Cohort

The Chicago-based Duality quantum accelerator has accepted its fourth cohort of startups into its program as the quantum revolution arrives in Illinois. The five startups in this cohort are…

Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center Welcomes 2 New Advisors

Dima Elissa and Major Purnell join the Polsky Exchange's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as advisors to further support economic growth on Chicago’s South Side. Launched last year, the SBDC…

Polsky Center Teams with Orange Grove Bio to Catalyze Biotech Innovation at UChicago

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has signed a strategic agreement with Orange Grove Bio (OGB), an integrated biopharmaceutical company, to support pipeline development, entrepreneurial training,…

From Cutting Trees to Cutting Deals: Nick Oberhouse’s Unique Path Through ETA

Growing up on his family’s Christmas tree farm in Ohio, Nick Oberhouse, MBA ’20, was no stranger to small business entrepreneurship. From a young age, he was brought into…

Cardiologist-Founded PAC Dynamic Wins $150K for Tool to Personalize Patient Care

A heart failure doctor at the University of Chicago Medicine, Jonathan Grinstein founded PAC Dynamic to personalize patient care. Managed by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the George…

7 Graduating Students Receive Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowships to Work On Their Ventures Full Time

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation announced the seven recipients of the 2024 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowship (PF3), a program that provides funding to graduating UChicago students who are…

Polsky Center Welcomes 5 Fellows and Associates Taking on Roles Across Two New Programs

The Polsky Center is welcoming five new faces this summer taking on roles across two new fellowship programs. The Polsky Innovation Fellowship features three 4+1 students with technical backgrounds…

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