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John Flavin, executive director of the Chicago Innovation Exchange, said it was important to put problems in front of students looking to build companies around emerging technology.

IIT, U of Chicago teams win Healthy Chicago Innovation Challenge

May 20, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

Two teams of college-student entrepreneurs will work this spring with the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Chicago Innovation Exchange. They'll tackle public health problems, and they'll do so...

How a trip to India inspired a juice drink, a company and a Kickstarter

May 20, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

After a failed startup attempt four years ago, Kim LaPaglia went to India to regroup — unaware that she was about to discover her next startup. She found it in...

Follett CEO Mary Lee Schneider said Vocabulary.com has been designed to expand the vocabulary of every learner using technology and adaptive tools to make educational improvement an attainable goal for students at every level.

Follett invests in digital learning tool Vocabulary.com

May 20, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Follett, an education technology and products company based in west suburban Westchester, announced Thursday an investment in Vocabulary.com, a K-12 learning platform that helps students master new words. Follett didn't...

Head coach Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks looks dejected after defeat to the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium.

Leadership lessons from Seahawks’ Super Bowl fail: Own it and grow

May 20, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

Entrepreneurs talk boldly about risk and about embracing the lessons of failure when things go wrong. But what if one's failure is epic and instantaneous, with 100-million-plus people watching live...

Craighton Berman demonstrates his "Manual Coffee Maker No. 1," which he sold on Kickstarter.

Using Kickstarter to get students on course for careers in design

May 20, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

There are courses, and then there's cash. Fourteen students at the University of Illinois at Chicago are getting a taste of both from veteran designer and Kickstarter veteran Craighton Berman....

Illinois Technology Association joins national advocacy coalition

May 20, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

The Illinois Technology Association is joining a new coalition of national tech organizations, part of a stepped-up advocacy role for the Chicago-based group. ITA chief executive officer Fred Hoch said...

Teachers, technology and a ‘walled garden’ for students to grow

May 20, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

Long a fixture on the local entertainment scene, Jason Brett had a technology idea: Create a social media platform for theater- and arts-loving young people as a safe online place...

Pei-Roan ( Chin-Chin) Lin gives a presentation for her startup business Lumii Health as part of the Summer Accelerator Program Demo Day of the University of Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Illinois Innovation Index points to strong activity from universities

May 13, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

Illinois is seeing a surge of startup and innovation spinning out of its universities, especially in biomedicine and information-technology software development. And licensing of university-developed patents is seeing especially strong...

Family and friends watch as the casket is loaded into the hearse at Reddit co-founder and internet activist Aaron Swartz' funeral at North Suburban Lubavitch Chabad Central Avenue Synagogue in Highland Park.

Aaron Swartz documentary, ‘The Internet’s Own Boy,’ comes home

May 20, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Aaron Swartz left his home in Highland Park to enroll at Stanford in 2004, the first steps on a brief but brilliant career co-founding Reddit and emerging as a leader...

The mobile app for gift card marketplace Raise.com.

Raise gift-card reseller announces $56 million funding round

May 20, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Raise, a Chicago-based used gift card reseller, announced a $56 million Series B funding round on Thursday, riding a surge of growth since it launched a mobile app late last...

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