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2009

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

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 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 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

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 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 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 Corp. 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 researchers promises less expensive semiconductors

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

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

2007

February 7, 2007
United States Army selects Hologic’s R2 Technology for Mammography Computer Aided Detection Equipment, developed by UChicago researchers
DotMed News