UChicago nurtures city’s Internet start-up scene
With mentors from Groupon and other local companies, young entrepreneurs are joining Chicago’s burgeoning tech industry.
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Coursework inspires ice cream innovation, Chicago Booth alumni
Alums mix Booth training with science to create cutting-edge confections.
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Emily Underwood
Title: Clinical Professor of Law, Bluhm-Helfand Director of the Innovation Clinic
Expertise: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups
Departmental website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/underwood
Waverly Deutsch
Title: Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of University-Wide Entrepreneurship Content
Expertise: Diversity, Entrepreneurship
Departmental website: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/d/waverly-deutsch
James E. Schrager
Title: Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management
Expertise: Entrepreneurship
Departmental website: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/s/james-e-schrager
Elizabeth Kregor
Title: Lecturer in Law, Director of The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
Expertise: Entrepreneurship
University website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/kregor
Funmi Olopade
Title: Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
Expertise: Breast cancer, Entrepreneurship
Departmental website: http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/olufunmilayo-olopade.html