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How Kivira is Improving Mental Health Diagnosis
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The Hiring Process is Now an AI Arms Race, but There's Still Room to Restore the Human Element
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How Theta Neurotech is Making Seizure Prediction Possible
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CavilinQ Secures $8.8M Seed Round to Unlock Utility-Scale Quantum Computing
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Small Business Spotlight: Tati’s Floral is Bringing Beauty to Chicago’s South Side
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Remembering Ed Kaplan: A Legacy of Innovation, Generosity, and Lasting Impact
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The Polsky Center Announces the 20 Startups Selected for India Deep Tech Accelerator
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Special Report >> Immunoengineering Deep Dive: What It Is and Why It Matters to the Future of Fighting Disease

In this special report, presented in part with the Immunoengineering 2021 conference and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation explores work from across the University of…

UChicago Grants InFlectis BioScience Exclusive Rights to a Potential New Class of Therapies for Neuromuscular Diseases

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has granted InFlectis BioScience rights to use a patented family of small molecules for the treatment of neuromuscular diseases. Per…

University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Appoints Chuck Vallurupalli to Lead Duality, Preeti Chalsani Named Deputy Director

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has appointed Chuck Vallurupalli, MBA ’05, as the inaugural senior director of Duality, the first accelerator program in…

Esya Labs and HeioThera Receive $250,000 Investment from the George Shultz Innovation Fund

The 2021 Spring Cohort of the George Shultz Innovation Fund has invested $250,000 in both Esya Labs and HeioThera – and this number will increase as they solidify additional funding.…

Drug Delivery, Diagnostics, AI Applications Among 10 Projects in the Spring 2021 I-Corps Cohort

Ten teams are participating in the spring 2021 cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program – a highly experiential, 7-week-long program to empower scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial…

Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Investment Pool Swells to $1.73 Million After Additional Funding Rolls In; First-Place Winner Andes STR Gets $681,000

The record investment pool in the 25th annual Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) jumped to $1.73 million this week after investors put additional money into the finalist…

Telemedicine Platform HeartScreen Wins $70,000 in 2021 Global New Venture Challenge

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Global New Venture Challenge, a startup accelerator and business…

How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? Research Paper Tackling That Question Receives Top Prize From Journal of Financial Economics

A prominent journal in academic finance has awarded top honors to a research paper that used hard data to demystify how venture capitalists select deals and think about the success…

Cancer’s Achilles’ Heel? UChicago Startup Secures $7 Million to Develop ‘Game-Changer’ Treatments

Onchilles Pharma recently closed its Series A funding round, bringing in approximately $7 million, including a $500,000 investment from the University of Chicago’s Startup Investment Fund. Cofounded by UChicago Associate…

Novel Wound Dressing Seals, Protects, and Prevents Scar Formation with ‘Significant’ Advantages

University of Chicago researcher Xiaoyang Wu has developed a novel wound dressing that can stop bleeding while preventing infection and scarring using a single material, which has potential applications in…

UChicago Alums, Researchers Develop Evidence-Based Police Force Management and Early Intervention System

Benchmark Analytics working with research partners led by the University of Chicago has created an evidence-based police force management and early intervention system. The proprietary solution captures and aggregates…

Immunoengineering Conference to Highlight the Latest Developments in Industry, Academia, and UChicago Startups

The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s Chicago Immunoengineering Innovation Center (CIIC) in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is hosting Immunoengineering 2021 – which will highlight the…
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