2012
* Event
* May 24, 2012
UChicago Innovation Showcase
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
May 2, 2012
A new tech hub for startups at Merchandise Mart
Chicago Tribune
* April 26, 2012
iBIO IndEx 2012 - Destination: INNOVATION
iBIO
April 12, 2012
Dr. Issam Awad's drug treatment could replace surgery for brain disorder
The University of Chicago Medical Center
April 12, 2012
Dr. Ernst Lengyel: Shifting the odds on ovarian cancer
The University of Chicago Medical Center
April 12, 2012
Radiation or chemo? The answer may be around the corner
The University of Chicago Medical Center
April 12, 2012
Dr. Sean Crosson: Brucella and the fake self-destruct
The University of Chicago Medical Center
April 4, 2012
Dr. Stephanie Dulawa: Testing treatments in the anorexic mouse
The University of Chicago Medical Center
April 3, 2012
Agile Diagnosis launches to help doctors better treat their patients
TechCrunch
March 21, 2012
Dr. Jonathan Moss: Opioids may play role in cancer growth
ABC News
March 19, 2012
Viruses recruited as killers of tumors
The New York Times
March 13, 2012
Study finds iPads let doctors work more efficiently
CBS News
* March 2, 2012
Energy Forward 2012
The Chicago Booth Energy Group
March 1, 2012
Methylnaltrexone may reduce opioid-induced constipation in critical care patients
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
March 1, 2012
The deep impact of childhood sleep apnea
The University of Chicago Medical Center
* February 24, 2012
11th annual Private Equity Conference
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
February 21, 2012
Energy network within cells may be new target for cancer therapy
The University of Chicago Medical Center
February 16, 2012
Targeted therapies improve prognosis for lung cancer patients
The University of Chicago Medical Center
February 15, 2012
Yingming Zhao: Doubling the dictionary of protein modification
The University of Chicago Medical Center
February 6, 2012
Facebook, LinkedIn like Chicago's ad connections, increase hiring
Crain's Chicago Business
February 1, 2012
Robert Daum and vaccine development: Man vs MRSA
Nature
January 26, 2012
Mentors: A young entrepreneur's secret weapon
Entrepreneur
January 25, 2012
Janet Rowley, MD, to receive Japan Prize for her role in the development of targeted cancer therapy
The University of Chicago Medical Center
January 25, 2012
Kenneth Alexander, MD, helps sort through fears, myths surrounding HPV vaccine
Chicago Tribune
* February 2, 2012
Funding and commercializing research: A new approach
Innovation Workshop Series
January 27, 2012
Can a KISS predict breast cancer?
The University of Chicago Medical Center
January 4, 2012
Stephanie Dulawa targets obsessive compulsive disorder
The University of Chicago Medical Center
January 4, 2012
UChicagoTech start-up Chromatin, Inc. awarded $5.7 million from the DOE to develop drop-in biofuels
Chromatin
News Archive
UChicago Tech News 2011
December 21, 2011
Issam Awad unwraps mystery of little-known brain disease
Chicago Tribune
December 20, 2011
Salix and Progenics announce positive highly statistically significant results of oral methylnaltrexone for Phase 3 trial in chronic, non-cancer pain subjects with opioid-induced constipation
Salix Pharmaceuticals
December 13, 2011
UChicagoTech start-up Chromatin, Inc. passes major milestone in sweet sorghum technologies
Chromatin
December 13, 2011
Molecular markers can predict spread of cancer, guide treatment
The University of Chicago Medical Center
*December 6, 2011
Women in Bio-Chicago hosts Networking on the Northshore
WIB-Chicago
*November 19, 2011
Traditional New Venture Challenge Kickoff (Gleacher)
Chicago Booth/Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
*November 15, 2011
Advanced Technologies: What Starts Here Changes the World
Chicago Booth/Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship/UChicagoTech
November 10, 2011
GE's SmartSignal software powers research on efficient wind energy production
MarketWatch
*November 9, 2011
Big Problems, Big Ideas
Chicago Booth/Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship/UChicagoTech
*November 1, 2011
Traditional New Venture Challenge Kickoff (Harper)
Chicago Booth/Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
*November 1, 2011
A conversation on current issues in orphan drug development
Women in Bio - Chicago
October 29, 2011
Drug treatment developed by Issam Awad shows promise for brain blood vessel abnormality
The University of Chicago Medical Center
*October 27, 2011
Social New Venture Challenge Kickoff
Chicago Booth/Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
October 25, 2011
UChicagoTech start-up Chromatin raises $10 million as BP and Unilever become investors
Bloomberg
*October 21, 2011
CBC Ninth Annual Symposium: "Engineering Biology: From tools to insights"
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
October 19, 2011
WBEZ's Clever Apes features Heinrich Jaeger's jamming technology
WBEZ
October 18, 2011
New research links common RNA modification to obesity
UChicago News
September 27, 2011
UChicagoTech licensee RefleXion Medical announces intellectual property milestones
RefleXion Medical
*September 22, 2011
Building Intellectual Property Assets: Advice from the Trenches
Women in Bio - Chicago
September 21, 2011
Constellation Energy and Chromatin announce partnership to test sorghum biomass as fuel to generate power
Chromatin
September 19, 2011
UChicagoTech start-up Electrochaea launches new energy technology in Denmark
Nidus
September 18, 2011
Engaging parents: A new school 'report card' tells parents what they need to know
Chicago Tribune
September 13, 2011
WBEZ's Clever Apes tours the University of Chicago's Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory
WBEZ
September 13, 2011
5 Essentials School Reports provide "annual physical" on 600 Chicago schools
Urban Education Institute
September 12, 2011
UChicagoTech start-up Chromatin reaches first milestone in research collaboration with Dow AgroSciences
Business Wire
August 30, 2011
Progenics and Salix Announce FDA Acceptance of sNDA Filing For Relistor in Patients With Non-Cancer Pain
Miller-McCune
August 23, 2011
Magazine details Urban Education Institute's innovative efforts in "reimagining urban education"
Miller-McCune
August 16, 2011
New drug aids gout patients not helped by standard treatments
UChicago News
August 10, 2011
Anonymous gifts support new professorships in Institute for Molecular Engineering
UChicago News
*August 10, 2011
Exhibiting excellence in clean technology innovation, products and services.
Midwest Clean Tech
August 1, 2011
Study Finds Patients with Bowel Disease Are Ready to Test "Fecal Therapy"
UChicago News
July 25, 2011
Chicago Innovation Mentors receive $60,000 grant from Chicago Biomedical Consortium
UChicago News
July 13, 2011
Firms started by Chicago Booth students receive $85 million in funding during past year
UChicago News
July 7, 2011
SSE expands deployment of GE's SmartSignal solutions across fleet
MarketWatch
June 27, 2011
Pinnacle Oncology LLC acquires rights to unique radioprotector from the University of Chicago
PR Newswire
June 24, 2011
Agile Diagnosis takes top honors at 15th annual NVC business competition
Chicago Booth News
June 6, 2011
University of Chicago scientists aim to develop prostheses with sense of touch
Chicago Tribune
May 23, 2011
Pritzker Foundation Gift to Support the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute
UChicago News
May 19, 2011
UChicago inventor Bana Jabri comes closer to a cure for celiac disease
UChicago Medical Center
April 15, 2011
UChicagoTech Director Alan Thomas discusses strategies for getting more innovation from public universities
Cell Cycle
April 14, 2011
Obama nominates University of Chicago's Robert Zimmer to the National Science Board
Chicago Sun-Times
March 23, 2011
UChicago start-up NephRx Corporation announced issuance of a U.S. patent for use of its novel growth factor peptide NX002 as a potential treatment for IBD
NephRX
March 4, 2011
Sci Protek Signs Licensing Deal for Technology to Reduce Plant Disease
Seed Today
February 25, 2011
UChicago Scientist Olufunmilayo Olopade named to Obama Post
Chicago Sun-Times
February 17, 2011
UChicagoTech Alan Thomas to co-host AUTM webinar entitled "A View of the Basics of Technology Transfer for Licensing Professionals"
Association of University Technology Managers
February 14, 2011
New vaccine to tame deadly MSRA pneumonia
February 10, 2011
Powerful new ways to electronically mine published research may lead to new scientific breakthroughs"
UChicago News
February 9, 2011
Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust renews funding for Chicago Biomedical Consortium
UChicago News
February 9, 2011
Human and mouse studies sharpen focus on cause of celiac disease.
UChicago Medical Center
February 7, 2011
UChicago licensee Progenics Pharmaceuticals announces worldwide license agreement with Salix Pharmaceuticals for RELISTOR®
BusinessWire
February 7, 2011
UChicago geneticist, Janet Davison Rowley, recognized as the Matriarch of Modern Cancer Genetics
The New York Times
January 24, 2011
College prep starts early in UEI program
UChicago News
January 19, 2011
UChicagoTech start-up Chromatin announced the successful first demonstration that genes can be assembled, stacked, and expressed in sugarcane using the company's mini-chromosome technology.
Biofuels Digest
January 10, 2011
UChicago scientist takes big step toward a universal flu vaccine
WBEZ 91.5
January 6, 2011
LG Chem, Argonne sign licensing deal to make, commercialize advanced battery material
UChicago News
January 6, 2011
UChicagoTech start-up SmartSignal announces acquisition by GE
Crain's Chicago Business
UChicago Tech News 2010
December 23, 2010
Physicists grow pleats in two-dimensional curved spaces
UChicago News
November 18, 2010
UChicago licensee Progenics Pharmaceuticals in collaboration with Ono Pharmaceuticals enters phase 2 clinical trials in Japan
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
November 11, 2010
UChicagoTech start-up NephRx Corp. initiates Phase I Trial of its lead drug being developed for prevention of delayed graft function in kidney transplant patients
PR Newswire
November 9, 2010
Invenergy chooses UChicagoTech start-up SmartSignal to Protect Wind Turbines Fleetwide
Business Wire
October 7, 2010
UChicagoTech start-up NephRx filed IND and shows preclinical efficacy for 2nd therapeutic peptide.
PR Newswire
September 23, 2010
Customers of UChicago start-up SmartSignal win industry accolades for innovation
Business Wire
September 22, 2010
UChicago first to offer newly FDA-approved drug for multiple sclerosis; Professor Anthony Reder comments
Newswise
September 20, 2010
UChicago professors Stephen Kent and Chuan He selected for prestegious chemistry awards
September 17, 2010
New clean energy ecosystem to include UChicago, Argonne
September 14, 2010
UChicago start-up Advanced Diamond Technologies named one of the best startups in America (PDF)
Advanced Diamond Technologies
September 10, 2010
UChicago professor Rustem Ismagilov awarded NIH gratn to fund new research technology targeting human gut bacteria
September 9, 2010
UChicago professor Mark Ratain and team awarded $10 million grant to study how genes affect cancer therapies
September 9, 2010
UChicago professor John Cacioppo performs research showing that addressing negative thoughts is most effective in fighting loneliness
September 8, 2010
UChicago licensee Progenics Pharmaceuticals initiates oral methylnaltrexone Phase 3 Trial in patients with chronic non-cancer pain
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
September 7, 2010
Monsanto and Bunge join early-stage technology fund; UChicago technology is fund's first recipient
Chemical & Engineering News
September 1, 2010
UChicago professors Gillian Newstead, Maryellen Giger, and Greg Karczmar work toward a clearer picture of breast cancer
August 27, 2010
UChicago innovator Stacy Lindau leads research showing the effects of diabetes on the sexual activity of older adults
August 20, 2010
Inventor Leo Towle's work at UChicago's Epilepsy Center has the potential to transform healthcare
Medical Design Technology Blog
August 18, 2010
UChicago licensee NephRx Corp. receives orphan drug designation for NX001 for prevention of delayed kidney graft function
PR Newswire
August 17, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal to present at XXI World Energy Congress to discuss breakthrough advances in predictive diagnoistics and work management
SmartSignal
August 16, 2010
UChicago inventors Olaf Schneewind and Dominique Missiakas lead studies that pinpoint key targets for MRSA vaccine
August 14, 2010
UChicagoTech director Alan Thomas discusses the challenges of translating early stage technologies into products for the market
Chicago SunTimes
August 6, 2010
Former UChicago inventor Philip Eaton elected to Americal Chemical Society 2010 class of fellows
August 5, 2010
UChicago licensee Progenics announces positive opinion issued by a committee of the European Medicines Agency on Relistor in pre-filled syringes
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
August 3, 2010
UChicago inventor Jerrold Turner develops new tagging technique with researchers at UIC, which enhances view of living cells
EurekAlert!
August 1, 2010
The Chicago Innovation Pipeline bridges indistry and academia, enhancing biotechnology research and bridging discoveries to market
July 31, 2010
UChicago licensee SmartSignal helps plants win the race against equipment failure
Plant Engineering
July 29, 2010
UChicago inventor Murray Favus shares concerns for calcium supplementation increasing the risk of myocardial infarction in certain patient populations (PDF)
Medpage Today
July 30, 2010
UChicago licensee Complete Genomics, Inc. files registration statement for proposed IPO (PDF)
Complete Genomics
July 22, 2010
UChicago licensee SmartSignal announces speakers for Summit 2010: Avoid Surprises
Enhanced Online News
July 14, 2010
UChicago inventor Ravi Salgia advances cancer research through novel approach
July 14, 2010
UChicago inventor Julie Bubeck Wardenburg creates new vaccine that may tame deadly MRSA pneumonia
July 12, 2010
UChicago inventor Chuan He discusses important considerations when combining existing molecules to create new ones
Chicago Tribune
July 8, 2010
Hopkins County, Kentucky Elementary Schools using UChicago's Everyday Math top district math competition
PR Newswire
July 7, 2010
UChicago innovator Elad Harel comments on UChicago-led research on coherence in the FMO protein complex
Wired Science
July 1 2010
David Bell of UChicago licensee SmartSignal explains how predictive diagnostic software detects abnormal turbine operation before performance is compromised
Wind Systems
June 28, 2010
UChicago inventor Rustem Ismagilov discusses MIT research to develop living, breathing human lung-on-a-chip
Business Wire
June 24, 2010
UChicago licensee Emerald BioStructures and FORMA Therapeutics enter strategic cancer research partnership
EurkeaAlert!
June 24, 2010
UChicago inventor Zoltan Takacs' research seeks to turn killers into cures
ABC WLS-TV Chicago
June 24, 2010
Anderson County, Kentucky kindergarten classes using UChicago's Everyday Math experience significant jump in national math scores
PR Newswire
June 23, 2010
UChicago licensee RainDance Technologies appoints Alan Sherr as Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
RainDance Technologies
June 22, 2010
UChicago innovator Giuliano Testa comments on the difficulties of organ transplantation from donors with pre-existing medical conditions
Chicago Sun-Times
June 21, 2010
NREL launches partnership with UChicago licensee Solarmer Energy to extend lifetime of plastic solar cells
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
June 17, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal announces expanded APC offerings
SmartSignal
June 10, 2010
UChicago licensee Progenics Pharmaceuticals elects Peter Crowley as new Chairman of the Board
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
June 10, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal's David Bell, VP of Application Engineering, featured at US Wind Conference
SmartSignal
June 8, 2010
Chicago institutions, led by UChicago, join forces for BIO
IP Marketing Advisor
June 8, 2010
UChicago inventor Stephen Archer leads research showing that epigenetic gene silencing may hold key to fatal lung vascular disease
Medical News Today
June 1, 2010
UChicago innovator Ernst Lengyel and team show that blocking tumor's death switch stops tumor growth
Bioresearch Online
May 27, 2010
UChicago innovator Ernst Lengyel performs research that suggests a molecule thought to fight cancer may help fuel it
Telegraph UK
May 18, 2010
UChicago startups show returns from federally funded research
May 18, 2010
UChicago startups show returns from federally funded research
May 18, 2010
National Geographic names UChicago innovator Zoltan Takacs an "Emerging Explorer for 2010"
May 18, 2010
Scottish and Southern Energy chooses UChicago start-up SmartSignal to protect its entire thermal fleet
SmartSignal
May 17, 2010
UChicago inventors Dmitri Talapin and Elena Schevchenko's study of nano-level structures yields big results
May 11, 2010
Profile on UChicagoTech's efforts in creating The Chicago Innovation Pipeline for the 2010 BIO International Convention
IP Marketing Advisor
May 11, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal announces Summit 2010: Avoid Surprises
SmartSignal
May 7, 2010
UChicago inventor Bana Jabri awarded coveted Warren Prize for Excellence in Celiac Disease Research
May 5, 2010
UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc. to address business, technology implications of plant science at International BIO Convention
Chromatin, Inc.
May 4, 2010
UChicagoTech to showcase regional technology at BIO International Convention
April 29, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal announces agressive international expansion due to world's increasing interest in predictive analytics and diagnostics
SmartSignal
April 28, 2010
UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc. acquires Sorghum Partners, Inc. and Milo Genetics, LP
Chromatin, Inc.
April 28, 2010
UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc. announces commitment to optimize Sorghum as a feedstock for renewables market applications
Chromatin, Inc.
April 26, 2010
UChicago Associate Project Manager Karla Melendez is named an official blogger for 2010 BIO International Convention
Patently BIOtech
April 23, 2010
UChicago inventor David Gozal discusses Toy Story 3 screening; proceeds will support programs at UChicago Comer Children's Hospital
April 22, 2010
UChicago School Mathematics Project and McGraw-Hill announce first continuous Pre-K through 12th grade math curriculum
PR Newswire
April 20, 2010
UChicago inventors Thomas Rosenbaum and Olufunmilayo Olopade named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 20, 2010
The University of Chicago and the Field Museum launch emerging pathogens project
EurekaAlert!
April 16, 2010
UChicago Everyday Mathematics author Andy Isaacs addresses President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PR Newswire
April 15, 2010
SEDL to study national impact and effectiveness of UChicago's Everyday Mathematics curriculum
PR Newswire
April 14, 2010
UChicago inventor Janet Rowley to receive AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research
April 13, 2010
UChicago licensee MediGene AG divests oncolytic herpes simplex viruses (oHSV) program to Catherex, Inc.
MediGene
April 13, 2010
UChicago inventor Janet Rowley receives AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research
April 8, 2010
Jim Gagnard, CEO of UChicago start-up SmartSignal, announces significant product innovation
SmartSignal
April 7, 2010
UChicago innovator John Cacioppo comments on the effects of loneliness on the body and mind
USA Today
April 2, 2010
Friends of UChicagoTech, Tom Churchwell and Hyde Park Angels, along with James Gagnard, CEO of UChicago licensee SmartSignal, announced as finalists for ITA CityLIGHTS Awards
Illinois Technology Association
April 1, 2010
UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc. recruits industry R&D leader David Jessen as its Chief Technology Officer
Chromatin, Inc.
March 29, 2010
UChicago licensee GenVec discontinues Phase III clinical trial of TNFerade™ (PDF)
GenVec
March 29, 2010
UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc. expands operations in University of Illinois' Research Park
Chromatin, Inc.
March 23, 2010
UChicago innovator Louise Hawkley discusses relationship between lonliness and high blood pressure
The Suncoast News
March 25, 2010
Biotech and Agribusiness leader John A. Greaves, PhD joins UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc.'s Board of Directors
Chromatin, Inc.
March 18, 2010
UChicago inventor Milan Mrksich and colleagues influence stem-cell development with geometry
March 16, 2010
UChicago's Everyday Mathematics drives student achievement in Washington, DC school system
PR Newswire
March 16, 2010
UChicago licensee Solarmer and inventor Luping Yu give plastic solar cells an energy boost
MIT Technology Review
March 15, 2010
UChicago innovator Vineet Arora publishes research showing that communication is often fumbled during patient hand-offs in hosptials
March 15, 2010
UChicago's Everyday Mathematics, developed by McGraw-Hill, drives student achievement in Washington, DC school system (PDF)
McGraw-Hill
March 14, 2010
Math fun at Lansing, Michigan's Northwestern Elementary is a hit because of UChicago's Everyday Mathematics curriculum
Lansing State Journal
March 12, 2010
Support network seeks to grow biotech companies in the Chicagoland area
The New York Times
March 12, 2010
UChicago licensee Progenics to advance oral Methylnaltrexone into late stage clinical development
Progenics
March 8, 2010
Success adds up for DC schools' math program, aided by UChicago's Everyday Mathematics curriculum
The Washington Post
March 8, 2010
UChicago inventor Mitchell Posner named President of the Society of Surgical Oncology
March 3, 2010
UChicago inventors awarded prestegious grant to explore the hidden dynamics of molecular biology using a new technique
March 3, 2010
New research reveals mechanism by which the UChicago developed TNFerade (licensed by GenVec) suppresses metastases (PDF)
GenVec
March 1, 2010
UChicago Medical Physicist and inventor Maryellen Giger elected to National Academy of Engineering
February 27, 2010
UChicago inventor Robert Daum comments on the need for continued concern regarding H1N1 virus
AOL News
February 24, 2010
UChicago innovator Nicholas Hatsopoulos and colleagues use brain implant to reveal neural patterns of attention
February 24, 2010
Research led by UChicago inventor David Gozal identifies genes that may allow drugs to replace tonsil removal for kids with sleep apnea
Chicago Tribune
February 23, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal rejects recession with growth surge from new xConnector, providing increased value to OSIsoft PI customers (PDF)
SmartSignal
February 17, 2010
UChicago inventor Maryellen Giger elected to the National Academy of Engineering for her innovations in cancer detection and treatment
NationalAcademies.org
February 17, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal named combustion turbine industry "Super Champion" (PDF)
SmartSignal
February 16, 2010
South Pole Telescope team, led by UChicago inventor John Carlstrom, to search for gravity waves
February 15, 2010
Studies performed by UChicago inventor David Gozal and colleagues show that better sleep in children may lead to better learning
February 11, 2010
UChicago innovator Thomas Rosenbaum and colleagues develop new magnetic tuning method to enhance data storage
ScienceDaily
February 10, 2010
UChicago inventor Thomas Rosenbaum and colleagues develop new magnetic turning method to enhance data storage
February 13, 2010
UChicago inventor and textbook author Zalman Usiskin comments on teachers' difficulty with math component of Illinois Basics Skills Test
Chicago SunTimes
February 4, 2010
UChicago inventor David Gozal and colleagues identify possible pharmacological targets in pediatric OSA
EurekaAlert!
January 28, 2010
UChicago inventors Maciej Lesniak and Elena Rozhkova discuss new approach to fighting cancer using nanomedicine
ABC7Chicago
January 26, 2010
Emerald BioSystems wins ALA 2010 new product award for Plug Maker™, a product based on technology licensed from UChicago (PDF)
Emerald BioStructures
January 26, 2010
UChicago inventor Kenji Suzuki and colleagues develop a CAD scheme to reduce false positives in CT colonography
HealthImaging.com
January 25, 2010
UChicago inventor Richard Jones and colleagues develop a new assay able to illuminate protein networks in one step
January 22, 2010
GenVec presents esophageal cancer study data of TNFerade™, a drug licensed from UChicago, at the 2010 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium (PDF)
GenVec
January 22, 2010
UChicago establishes new center for chemical innovation, headed by inventor Steven Sibener
January 21, 2010
National Academy of Sciences honors UChicago inventor Janet Rowley
January 20, 2010
UChicago inventor Brian Popko and colleagues describe a novel mouse model of demyelinating disorder
ScienceDaily
January 19, 2010
UChicago start-up SmartSignal introduces first predictive-diagnostics software to energy industry (PDF)
SmartSignal
January 15, 2010
Celegene completes aquisition of UChicago licensee Gloucester Pharmaceuticals
Celgene
January 15, 2010
Key event occurs in GenVec's Phase III Clinical Trial for it's UChicago developed TNFerade™ product (PDF)
GenVec
January 11, 2010
UChicago Urban Education Institute's Consortium on Chicago School Research program used as a model for Milwaukee Public Schools accountability
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
January 8, 2010
UChicago inventor Conrad Gilliam named Dean for Research at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division
January 6, 2010
UChicago inventor Mardi Gomberg-Maitland and colleagues revisit pulmonary arterial hypertension survival
UChicago Tech News 2009
December 23, 2009
Discussion of UChicago inventors Kevin White's and Janet Rowley's work in cancer through the use of tumor genomes
December 21, 2009
UChicago's Everyday Math leaves lasting legacy of success in Greensburg Salem, PA schools (PDF)
McGraw-Hill Wright Group
December 21, 2009
Schools in New Jersey district reach 100% proficiency with UChicago's Everyday Mathematics (PDF)
McGraw-Hill Wright Group
December 21, 2009
UChicago inventor Olaf Schneewind prepares to move to new state-of-the-art laboratory facility
December 21, 2009
UChicago inventor Kevin White and colleagues study genetics of 1,000 tumors in Chicago Cancer Genome Project
EurekaAlert!
December 15, 2009
Entergy Nuclear and SmartSignal honored among industry best by Power Gen (PDF)
SmartSignal
December 14, 2009
Two scientific societies honor UChicago inventor Ka Yee Lee, Professor in Chemistry
December 8, 2009
UChicago inventor David Gozal developing urine test for childhood sleep apnea
December 7, 2009
UChicago innovator Martha McClintock identifies isolation and stress as contributing factors to breast cancer susceptibility
December 7, 2009
Celgene to acquire UChicago licensee Gloucester Pharmaceuticals
Gloucester Pharmaceuticals
December 4, 2009
UChicago inventor Eve Van Cauter says shift work causes significant sleep deprivation
U.S.News & World Report
December 3, 2009
Invenergy chooses UChicago start-up SmartSignal to protect wind turbines fleetwide (PDF)
SmartSignal
December 3, 2009
UChicago start-up Midway Pharmaceuticals develops a polymer therapeutic that protects gut from radiation damage and infection after cancer treatment (PDF)
Midway Pharmaceuticals
December 2, 2009
UChicago inventor David Gozal develops a urine test for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
EurekaAlert!
November 25, 2009
UChicago inventors Tao Pan and Marsha Rosner work with colleagues to discover how cells defend themselves against viruses
November 25, 2009
UChicago innovator Pamela Martin shares concerns about global warming at EPA hearings
November 24, 2009
Gas Natural adopts UChicago start-up SmartSignal's predictive diagnostics fleet-wide (PDF)
SmartSignal
November 23, 2009
University seed grants spur collaboration of UChicago innovators with colleagues at Argonne and Fermilab and spark DOE support
November 23, 2009
UChicago awards $419,000 to Argonne-University collaborators; UChicago inventors amongst awardees
November 16, 2009
UChicago inventors Gillian Newstead and Robert Schmidt debate the US Preventive Services Task Force's changes in mammography guidelines
Chicago Sun-Times
November 13, 2009
UChicago inventor Chun-Su Yuan cautions patients on the use of holistic methods to fend off H1N1 flu
Chicago Tribune
November 11, 2009
Dow AgroSciences and UChicago start-up Chromatin announce research and license agreements
Chromatin, Inc.
November 10, 2009
UChicago start-up SmartSignal's EPI*Center 3.0 is an industry game changer in predictive diagnostics (PDF)
SmartSignal
November 10, 2009
UChicago innovators work with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory create "homegrown" hybrid solar cells, aiming for low-cost power
Argonne Newsroom
November 10, 2009
UChicago innovator David Meltzer co-authors study showing that health care accounts for eight percent of US carbon footprint
November 5, 2009
UChicago Licensee SmartSignal's plant availability and performance solution selected by major energy company
SmartSignal
November 5, 2009
UChicago licensee SmartSignal chosen by Power Gen Company to help maintain equipment health
SmartSignal
November 4, 2009
FDA grants orphan drug designation for GenVec's TNFerade™,a drug licensed from UChicago (PDF)
GenVec Pharmaceuticals
November 3, 2009
UChicago innovators use miniature microscope to improve disease detection, diagnosis and treatment
November 2, 2009
First annual World Pneumonia Day - UChicago innovator Dr. Steven Goldstein on the danger of pneumonia for children in the developing world
Chicago Public Radio
October 31, 2009
UChicago innovators highligthed in the Cancer Research Center's Fall 2009 Pathways to Discovery publication
October 30, 2009
Clontech releases new product E2-Crimson, a research tool out of UChicago inventors' Ben Glick and Bob Keenan laboratories
Clontech
October 30, 2009
UChicago inventor Dmitri Talapin and colleagues create first quasicrystals out of self-assembling nanoparticles
October 28, 2009
UChicago inventor Louis Philipson identifying new ways to look at diabetes
Chicago Tribune
October 27, 2009
$3 million NSF grant teams UChicago inventor Sid Nagel with others to define new field
EurekaAlert!
October 26, 2009
UChicago investigators find that a protein crucial for insulin secretion may be contributor to diabetes
October 22, 2009
UChicago licensee Solarmer Energy, Inc. continues to break world records with 7.6% efficient plastic solar cell (PDF)
Business Wire
October 22, 2009
UChicago inventors are combining forces with local academic and government labs to reel in a host of collaborative research projects (PDF)
Nature
October 20, 2009
UChicago inventor Priscilla Frisch publishes satellite data revealing surprising cosmic 'weather' at edge of solar system
October 20, 2009
UChicago licensee GenVec's CEO gives interview to discuss company and lead product, TNFerade
Yahoo! Finance
October 19, 2009
UChicago inventor Patrick Wilson involved in assuring the public of the safety of new H1N1 vaccine
Chicago Tribune
October 15, 2009
UChicago inventor Shohei Koide wins NIH grant to study molecular components of disease
October 15, 2009
UChicago inventor Dmitri Talapin awarded 2009 prestegious Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
October 14, 2009
UChicago inventor Peggy Mason publishes research showing that "comfort food" reduces pain response to heat
October 14, 2009
UChicago licensee Progenics regains worldwide rights to RELISTOR™ franchise
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
October 11, 2009
UChicago's Everyday Mathematics Program praised for rising mathematics scores
The Philadelphia Enquirer
October 5, 2009
UChicago receives $42 million in stimulus funds from NIH; largest grant awarded to UChicago inventor Carole Ober
October 4, 2009
A lifelong commitment - For UChicago inventor Dr. Funmi Olopade, teaching and connection with breast cancer patients balances time devoted to research
Chicago Tribune
September 30, 2009
UChicago licensee GenVec receives National Cancer Institute grant to expand cancer program
Yahoo! Finance
September 30, 2009
UChicago inventor Shohei Koide's protein research wins prestegious NIH award
September 30, 2009
UChicago inventors show that social isolation worsens cancer
September 28, 2009
UChicago licensee Solarmer Energy, Inc. profiled on the Economic Report
YouTube
September 24, 2009
UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc. adds two to executive team
Chromatin, Inc.
September 24, 2009
New Jersey district excited for implementation of UChicago Everyday Math program
Greater Middlesex Newspaper Hub Section
September 14, 2009
UChicago investigator and innovator Pamela Martin's Feeding the City research project investigates sustainable agricultural practices
September 3, 2009
Everyday Math program, developed at UChicago, provides New Jersey elementary students fun games
Greater Middlesex Newspaper Independent Section
August 31, 2009
MIT Technology Review names Elena Shevchenko of Argonne National Laboratory to its 2009 list of Young Innovators Under 35
Technology Review
August 30, 2009
Woodridge Local School District Earns Highest Academic Rating From State of Ohio using UChicago developed Everyday Math
Falls News Press
August 27, 2009
$30 million grant to enhance world's largest open computing network awarded to UChicago inventor Ian Foster and colleagues
August 23, 2009
Math lessons add up: Districts see improvements after implementing UChicago's 'everyday' approach to mathematics
Centre Daily
August 20, 2009
UChicago start-up, Chromatin, and Bayer CropScience launch mini-chromosome technology alliance
Chromatin, Inc.
August 19, 2009
Argonne, UChicago innvoators develop targeted cancer treatment using nanomaterials
Argonne Newsroom
August 18, 2009
UChicago licensee SmartSignal announces CycleWatch™ Predictive-Analytic Solution, which increases reliable starts in combustion turbines (PDF)
SmartSignal
August 13, 2009
UChicago inventor Janet Rowley 'overwhelmed' after receiving nation's highest civilian honor
August 10, 2009
UChicago licensee SmartSignal ramps up wind turbine monitoring on "Wind Day" (PDF)
SmartSignal
August 7, 2009
Opexa sells stem cell technology and assigns UChicago license agreement to Novartis
Reuters
August 7, 2009
UChicago licensee Solarmer boosting cell phone batteries with solar plastic
Earth2Tech
August 5, 2009
New delivery system for RELISTOR (product based on technology licensed to Progenics Pharmaceuticals by UChicagoTech) in pre-filled syringes submitted for U.S. and European marketing approval
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
August 3, 2009
UChicago inventor Mahesh Gupta and colleagues link the protein SIRT3 to increased human lifespan
ScienceDaily
July 30, 2009
UChicago innovator Janet Rowley wins Presidential Medal of Freedom for cancer chromosome studies
July 20, 2009
UChicago licensee Progenics announces Initiation of RELISTOR clinical trials in Japan by Ono Pharmaceutical
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
July 15, 2009
UChicago and Argonne National Laboratory innovators reveal structure of crucial anthrax protein
July 10, 2009
UChicago inventor Olufunmilayo Olopade explains research, efforts, and recourses available for breast cancer risk assessment
PBS's Tavis Smiley Show
July 7, 2009
UChicago licensee Solarmer breaks world records for plastic solar technology
Fox Business
July 1, 2009
UChicago inventor Janet Rowley awarded Gruber Genetics Prize for cancer research
June 29, 2009
Bruce Power selects UChicago start-up SmartSignal to support critical nuclear plant equipment (PDF)
SmartSignal
June 26, 2009
UChicago start-up Chromatin licenses gene stacking technology for sugar cane to Syngenta
Chromatin,Inc.
June 24, 2009
UChicago inventor Dmitri Talapin and colleagues at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory develop new ‘electronic glue’
ScienceDaily
June 17, 2009
New York City students narrow the achievement gap with McGraw-Hill Education's Everyday Mathematics developed by UChicago faculty
PRNewswire
June 11, 2009
New ‘electronic glue’ developed by UChicago researchers promises less expensive semiconductors
June 3, 2009
Argonne's lithium-ion battery technology to be commercialized by BASF
Argonne Newsroom
June 1, 2009
TNFerade™ (a product based on technology licensed to UChicago start-up GenVec) Phase III data presented as ASCO (PDF)
GenVec, Inc.
June 1, 2009
UChicago licensee Gloucester Pharmaceuticals presents positive clinical data for Romidepsin in CTCL and further preclinical evidence of synergism with Bortezomib at ASCO
Gloucester Pharmaceuticals
May 7, 2009
Therapy developed by UChicago researchers shows positive results in phase 3 clinical study
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
May 5, 2009
University of Chicago launches new workshop series on commercializing innovation May 7
May 4, 2009
UChicago licensee SmartSignal Corporation wins Lighthouse Award (PDF)
SmartSignal
April 30, 2009
UChicago inventor Luping Yu quoted in MIT’s Technology Review
Technology Review
April 27, 2009
UChicago licensee Opexa to present Tovaxin® data at the American Academy of Neurology 2009 Annual Meeting
Business Wire
April 20, 2009
Therapists use internet to treat reluctant veterans based on UChicago start-up, Prevail Health Systems’, computer-based program
WBEZ
March 17, 2009
More students at Oklahoma’s Norman Public Schools score advanced in math with Everyday Mathematics©, the nation’s leading elementary mathematics curriculum developed by UChicago faculty (PDF)
Wright Group
February 12, 2009
UChicago start-up ISCO International announces "Proteus" for digital radio frequency signal processing
ISCO International
January 22, 2009
New ‘electronic glue’ developed by UChicago inventors promises less expensive semiconductors
UChicago Tech News 2008
December 11, 2008
UChicago start-up Chromatin, Inc. demonstrates mini-chromosome performance through 10 generations
Chromatin, Inc.
November 26, 2008
UChicago licensee Progenics, with partner Wyeth, announce positive outcome of phase 3 clinical study of subcutaneous RELISTOR for opioid-induced constipation in patients with chronic non-cancer pain (PDF)
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
November 19, 2008
UChicago licensee Genvec announces interim survival data in pivotal trial of TNFerade in locally advanced pancreatic cancer (PDF)
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
November 17, 2008
UChicago licensee Riverain Medical announces international availability of its OnGuard Computer-Aided Detection Technology and Softview Enhanced Chest Imaging Technology (PDF)
Riverain Medical
October 24, 2008
UChicago inventor John Alverdy discusses the effectiveness of experimental weight loss surgery
ABC 7 Chicago
July 3, 2008
UChicago licensee Progenics, with partner Wyeth, receive approval from European commission for RELISTOR for opioid-induced constipation in advanced illness patients
Progenics Pharmaceuticals
June 17, 2008
UChicago licensee Gloucester Pharmaceuticals announces phase 2 data for Romidepsin showing durable response in refractory CTCL
Drugs.com
UChicago Tech News 2007
October 29, 2007
Gene screen patent leads to 'Deal of Distinction' for University of Chicago; Licensing to Mayo Clinic aids colorectal cancer patients
February 7, 2007
United States Army selects Hologic’s R2 Technology for Mammography Computer Aided Detection Equipment, developed by UChicago inventors
DotMed News