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Phase II Teams Selected for the 2020 Social New Venture Challenge

On Thursday, 17 teams advanced to the next round of the 2020 John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC). With the announcement, teams advance to Phase II of…

Polsky Welcomes 11 Teams into Winter 2020 I-Corps Program Cohort

The Polsky I-Corps program is a 7-week highly-experiential program designed to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial potential of their STEM research and ideas.

The University of Chicago and the Grainger College Of Engineering Partner to Expand Undergraduate Track of UChicago’s Accelerator Program

The College New Venture Challenge is expanding to partner with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Phase II Teams Announced for the 2020 Global New Venture Challenge

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business has officially announced the 19 teams moving on to phase II of the…

Digital Adventures Wins ‘Crowd Favorite’ at the 2019 Polsky Accelerator Demo Day

For the past 10 weeks, 13 companies have participated in the 2019 Polsky Accelerator program. The annual program is designed for both for-profit and not-for-profit startups to develop their ventures.…

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.”

Polsky Member of the Month: Mara Gleason

Polsky member Mara Gleason joined the Exchange in March of 2018, and has played a very active role ever since.

Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Kwaku Owusu

Polsky member Kwaku Owusu joined the Polsky Center almost a year ago in the Spring of 2018 while building his startup, Ilerasoft.

Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Chareen Goodman

Polsky member Chareen Goodman is a certified project management professional with more than 20 years of experience in management consulting.

Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Vanessa Stevenson

Polsky member Vanessa Stevenson is the human embodiment of everything that makes the Polsky community so great. In addition to regularly attending events held at the Polsky Exchange, Vanessa is…

KinderMate, TAINA, and Tusome! Advance to GNVC Finals

On February 25, MBA teams competed at the semi-finals of the 2017 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) in London, England. Waverly Deutsch, clinical professor of entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth and…

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