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How Rayni Turned Scientific Frustration Into a Victory at the 2025 New Venture Challenge
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Zenblen’s Smooth Rise from Office Blender to Robotic Smoothie Bar
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Where Are They Now? Beacon Takes Aim at Eliminating Airborne Transmission
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Inertial Secures Phase I STTR Grant Ahead of Pre-Seed Round
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Harper Court Ventures Launches with $25M to Support UChicago Startup Ecosystem
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'You Start with a Problem and Ambition': One PhD Student's Journey to Quantum Startup Founder
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Small Business Spotlight: How Diversity Connected Helps Companies Turn Chaos into Clarity
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10 Entrepreneurs Graduate from E-Commerce Learning Lab
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Three UChicago Startups Receive Investment from the George Shultz Innovation Fund
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AI-Driven Psychiatry Platform Takes First Place at 18th Annual Global New Venture Challenge
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The Power of a Shared Ecosystem: 27 Midwest Startups Pitch at Deep Tech Demo Day in San Francisco
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From Discovery to Dissemination: How a New Collaboration is Helping Get Knowledge ‘Out the Door’
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Maker Community Comes Together to 3D Print Personal Protective Equipment

When the coronavirus pandemic and state-wide stay-at-home orders in mid-March forced the Polsky Fabrication Lab to temporarily close its doors to the public, Polsky assistant director, Elizabeth Koprucki, was in…

Patent of the Week: Creating a Temperature-Stable Vaccine Platform

Researchers have developed a novel vaccine platform with fewer side-effects and shelf-stability, which addresses the significant challenge of distributing vaccines to developing countries.

Polsky Weekly 10 // May 8

New Inno Fund finalists, physIQ partners with DOD, UChicago's new COVID-19 licensing option, and more.

How Researchers are Returning Sensation to Mastectomy Patients

Partners in Innovation // May 2020

COVID-19 Research: disinfecting N95 respirators, antibodies, clinical trials, and immunoengineering.

UChicago Supports COVID-19 Research with Non-Exclusive, Royalty-Free License

Patent of the Week: Enhancing Vaccine Efficiency

Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago developed a new platform technology for improving the efficiency of vaccines. Jeffrey Hubbell, Eugene Bell Professor…

Polsky Weekly 10 // May 1

Oriente raises $50M, Equilibria raises $2M, alums aid restaurants and frontline, and more.

Polsky Supports 13 STEM Projects in Spring 2020 I-Corps Program Cohort

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of its Polsky I-Corps program, a 7-week highly-experiential program designed to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and…

‘Learn From A Chef’ Brings Live Cooking Classes To Your Kitchen

University of Chicago grad Querida Qiu has launched a new “live learning” business – bringing a variety of online cooking classes taught by chefs who have worked at Michelin star…

Polsky Offers Free Bootcamp for Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Polsky Weekly 10 // April 24

GNVC 2020 finalists, one step closer to supersonic air travel, new immunoengineering center, and more.
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