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Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge Finalists Announced - 7/10/2025

A Historic Year for Innovation at Illinois: Cozad New Venture Challenge 2025 Winners Announced - 4/22/2025

Jiawei Liu and Mahima Goel Receive 2025 Campuswide Innovation Awards - 4/17/2025

Six startups selected as finalists for Cozad New Venture Challenge 2025 - 4/7/2025

How to Become an Entrepreneur with Illinois Grainger Engineering Student Emily Zhou - 3/26/2025

Startup City Scholars teams secure $105,000 through College New Venture Challenge - 3/10/2025

Nonlinear entrepreneurship journey: A conversation with alumnus Craig Vodnik - 2/20/2025

First Deep Tech Startup Cohort Launches at the Technology Entrepreneur Center - 1/27/2025

Illinois fuels inclusive innovation on Chicago's South Side with community I-Corps program - 12/18/2024

MechSE undergrad brings entrepreneurship in a health food store to Green Street - 12/18/2024

How I gained mentorship and real-world startup experience through Cozad - 12/4/2024

From Cozad to AI-driven document processing: Tilton's entrepreneurial journey continues to gain ground - 11/22/2024

Cozad New Venture Challenge Celebrates Inaugural Prize-Winning Teams and Healthcare Track Achievements - 5/1/2024

Bioengineering Graduate Student Developing Next-Generation Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders Receives Illinois Innovation Award - 4/24/2024

John Thode Named the Richard and Gayle Landuyt Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 4/23/2024

Cozad New Venture Challenge 2024 Grand Prize-winning team Pathlit is making AI more accessible - 4/18/2024

Cozad New Venture Challenge 2024 Finalists - 4/12/2024

Cozad: Making entrepreneurship education accessible - 3/26/2024

U. of I. Digital Asset Security Startup Wins Third Place With $62,500 in Total Funding at the CNVC Finals - 3/4/2024

Four University of Illinois Teams to Compete in the College New Venture Challenge Finals - 2/23/2024

Amplify: Fostering Collaboration to Accelerate the Commercialization of Research - 2/22/2024

ASL Aspire Makes STEM Accessible to Deaf Students and Educators with a Game-Based Learning Platform - 2/16/2024

Five University of Illinois Teams Selected for the 12th Annual College New Venture Challenge - 11/28/2023

Professor Song Receives $1 Million NSF Partnerships for Innovation Grant to Commercialize Ultrafast 3D Ultrasound Imaging - 10/24/2023

Revolutionizing Cervical Cancer Screening with Minimally Invasive Device - 9/22/2023

Childhood Passion for Maps and AI Ignites a Location Intelligence Startup - 8/23/2023

5 Reasons Why College is the Best Time to Launch Your Startup - 7/27/2023

7 Ways to Get Started with Entrepreneurship at TEC - 7/11/2023

U of I Researcher Developing Novel Sensing Technologies for Biomedical Applications Receives Illinois Innovation Award - 4/26/2023

Sports Lessons Scheduling Platform Wins Cozad New Venture Challenge 2023 Grand Prize - 4/20/2023

7 Teams Set To Compete For Record Funding In The Cozad New Venture Challenge 2023 - 4/15/2023

Cozad New Venture Challenge Goes Big This Year! - 3/28/2023

UIUC Student Startups Win Big at College New Venture Challenge! - 3/1/2023

Enhance your career with the ILEE BS Dual Degree - 2/22/2023

Four University of Illinois Teams Selected For The 11th Annual College New Venture Challenge - 12/1/2022

Cozad Winners Named In Chicago Inno's Under 25 List - 10/11/2022

Illinois Entrepreneur Danny Gardner Wins ECE Young Alumni Achievement Award - 9/30/2022

Make Your Innovation Commercially Viable - 7/25/2022

New Portable Testing System for COVID-19 Diagnosis Wins Campus-Wide Innovation Funding - 5/10/2022

Smart Battery Management System Startup Wins Cozad New Venture Challenge 2022 - 4/28/2022

6 Illinois Teams to Compete For Cozad New Venture Challenge Grand Prizes - 4/15/2022

Grainger Engineering Startup City Scholars Teams Secure $60K Total Investment in the 10th Annual College New Venture Challenge - 3/14/2022

Illinois Faculty Startup FastRadius goes Public on Nasdaq - 2/28/2022

Cozad New Venture Challenge: What's in it for you? - 12/20/2021

UIUC to co-lead $15M NSF I-Corps Great Lakes Innovation Hub - 8/25/2021

Novel Health Solutions Win Campus-Wide Innovation Funding - 4/16/2021

Efficient Battery Startup Natrion Wins Cozad New Venture Challenge 2021 - 4/15/2021

Campus-Wide Innovation Prize 2021 Finalists! - 4/5/2021

NSF I-Corps Team Makes Innovative Ocular Biopsy Kit to Improve Vision Outcomes - 3/24/2021

University of Illinois and UChicago Entrepreneurship Program Driving Student Entrepreneurs to Create Transformative Businesses - 3/15/2021

Make Your Idea a Reality with an Innovation LLC Microgrant - 3/2/2021

Grainger College of Engineering Student Launches Premium Sneaker Rental Venture - 5/8/2020

Grainger College of Engineering Team Introduces Illinois RapidAlarm - 4/23/2020

Two UI Students Receive Innovation Funding For Creating Significant Societal Impact - 4/6/2020

The Illinois Innovation Prize 2020 Finalists! - 3/27/2020

Commercialize Your Research with NSF I-Corps at Illinois - 2/13/2020

Entrepreneurship Checklist by Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Samir Mitra - 2/5/2020

IIP Provides Financial Boost To An Innovative Medical Device Startup - 11/13/2019

Cast21: Disrupting the Orthopedic Casts Industry With Its Cast Alternative - 10/30/2019

Cozad and Illinois Innovation Prize Winner Psyonic Launches The First Commercially Available Bionic Hand - 9/25/2019

Five Things Illinois Startup Lightform Wants You to Know About Launching a Company! - 8/24/2019

Illinois Startup Is Making $1.3T Construction Industry More Efficient With Actionable Insights - 7/16/2019

The Illinois Innovation Prize Winner Announced - 4/15/2019

Mechanodontics Takes Home the Cozad New Venture Challenge Grand Prize - 4/12/2019

The Illinois Innovation Prize 2019 Finalists! - 3/27/2019

The Intellectual Property Clinic: A Powerful Tool Supporting Illinois Startups - 3/22/2019

Cut To The Case Leverages the Social Entrepreneurship Momentum - 3/7/2019

Gain Long Term Competitive Edge with Cozad New Venture Challenge - 2/11/2019

How to not get stuck on just one startup idea! - 1/24/2019

Bootstrap Your Startup with the Illinois Innovation Prize - 1/16/2019

Family Struggle Leads to Creation of Startup Nouvo, a Smart Pacifier! - 11/27/2018

Community Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Support is Crucial for a Successful Startup - 11/19/2018

4 Ways to Ace a Winning Startup Pitch - 9/10/2018

First ILEE graduates give program high marks for career enhancement - 5/9/2018

Vitrix Health takes home Cozad grand prize - 4/30/2018

Finalists for Illinois Innovation Prize Announced - 4/23/2018

Cozad New Venture Challenge finals is April 25 - 4/20/2018

GrayMatters team developing sensor to detect concussions in bike riders/athletes - 4/9/2018

HexNest mat can improve cost, safety for athletes - 4/5/2018

Revamped Cozad Competition Producing Dividends - 3/14/2018

MechSE students attend Silicon Valley workshop - 2/28/2018

NSF I-Corps at Illinois helped teams raise $42 million - 12/5/2017

ILEE Dual Degree Presented at 2017 Frontiers in Education Conference - 12/1/2017

Student Startups Win Scholarships for Outstanding Pitches - 11/14/2017

Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE) Applications Open - 9/20/2017

Win $2000 for pitching in your pajamas! - 9/20/2017

Terry Cole Named Assistant Director of Academic Programs - 9/1/2017

ThinkChicago Immerses Students in Chicago Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - 8/10/2017

Videographers Needed! - 7/13/2017

Tovala Launches Smart Oven - 7/12/2017

Frye Wins 2017 Illinois Innovation Prize - 5/2/2017

2017 Cozad Winners Announced - 5/1/2017

2017 Illinois Innovation Prize Finalists Announced - 4/19/2017

2017 Cozad Finalists Announced - 4/5/2017

Andrew Singer named interim director of Siebel Center for Design - 3/7/2017

TEC is Hiring Interns for 2017-2018! - 3/2/2017

Congratulations to Cozad Teams Moving On to Next Round - 2/24/2017

Therapalz Wins Saint Louis University Real Elevator Pitch Competition - 12/8/2016

How UIUC Is Seeding a Chicago Tech Network of Founders & Investors - 12/1/2016

$20,000 Illinois Innovation Prize Nominations Open - 11/22/2016

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Startups Dominate Ocean Exchange Competition - 11/16/2016

University Students from Across the Nation Explore Chicago's Innovation Eco-system - 11/3/2016

Wired In: Landon Frye - 10/17/2016

TEC is looking for a TA for Spring 2017 - 10/11/2016

Wired In: Wendy Tam Cho - 10/10/2016

Wired In: Mani Golparvar - 10/4/2016

IBHE approves Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship degree - 9/27/2016

Wired In: David Cohen - 9/26/2016

Wired In: Paul Couston - 9/19/2016

Universities Collaborate on Best Entrepreneurial Practices - 9/8/2016

Engineering at Illinois announces next class of Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellows - 8/31/2016

Students Dive Into Chicago's Growing Tech Scene - 8/11/2016

Check out these TEC courses - ideal for Illinois Freshman! - 5/31/2016

For Thode and Rogers, FEF program paying early dividends - 5/6/2016

2016 Cozad New Venture Competition Winners Announced - 4/28/2016

2016 Illinois Innovation Prize Winner Announced - 4/28/2016

2016 Cozad New Venture Competition Finalists Announced - 4/8/2016

TEC Instructors Rank High on ICES - 3/7/2016

Congratulations to Cozad Teams Moving On to Next Round - 2/26/2016

Tips and Tricks for a Compelling Pitch - 2/18/2016

Food tech startup Tovala announces $500,000 in seed funding - 1/20/2016

2015 Illinois Innovation Prize Winner Pilots New BIOE Course - 1/6/2016

Cast21 Rises to the Occasion at St. Louis University Real Elevator Pitch Competition - 12/10/2015

Tovala Seeking Videography Intern - 12/10/2015

University of Illinois Startup Teams to Make "Real Pitches on Real Elevators" this Weekend - 12/6/2015

University of Illinois to Host Nationwide Student Startup Madness Competition - 11/20/2015

Illinois Entrepreneurs: Catching up with Diagnostic Photonics - 11/20/2015

5 Ways to Excel in the Cozad New Venture Competition - 11/16/2015

Universities collaborate to create Maestro - 11/6/2015

Students Explore Chicago's Thriving Innovation Ecosystem through ThinkChicago:Lollapalooza - 8/26/2015

University's prosthetic researchers transition to a startup company - 8/24/2015

PSYONIC to Develop and Deploy Highly Advanced Prosthetic Hands Around the World - 8/4/2015

First class of Engineering Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellows announced - 8/4/2015

Midwest Universities Meet to Discuss Unique Challenges Faced in Engineering Entrepreneurship Programs - 7/23/2015

Innovation LLC receives National Residence Hall Honorary Community of the Year Award - 6/23/2015

Entrepreneurial Living-Learning Communities Gather in Gainesville for the Fourth Annual Roundtable - 6/15/2015

FOURTH ANNUAL ENTREPRENEURIAL LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE TO TAKE PLACE IN GAINESVILLE - 6/3/2015

EscaWheel launches Kickstarter campaign for wheelchair lift technology - 6/1/2015

Translating Code into Language Learning�and Cozad Victory - 5/6/2015

$20,000 Illinois Innovation Prize Winner Announced - 4/29/2015

Corvae making wireless heart monitoring possible - 4/29/2015

$160,000 awarded in funding and prizes at the 2015 Cozad New Venture Competition - 4/29/2015

$20,000 Illinois Innovation Prize Finalists Chosen - 4/22/2015

2015 CNVC Finalists Announced! - 4/12/2015

BreakfastBox Provides Your Personal Morning Cook - 4/8/2015

Illinois Students Developing Real-Time Concussion Detection System - 4/8/2015

Zondr Has Taken the Social Illini By Storm - 4/8/2015

FreeSkies Takes Rein of the Quadcopter - 4/8/2015

For FreeSkies, the Sky is Truly the Limit - 2/18/2015

Increasing Disease Diagnosis with BioAnalytics - 2/4/2015

Creating Campus Safety with Servabo - 2/2/2015

Silicon Valley Workshop 2015 - 1/30/2015

AVriculture and Tube Access Point win 2 spots at SLU's Real Elevator Pitch Competition - 12/12/2014

University of Illinois TEC, Regional Host for Student Startup Madness - 12/5/2014

Scanning the Field with AVriculture - 11/7/2014

Empowering Girls to Dream Big with Miss Possible - 11/7/2014

International Students and Entrepreneurship in the US - 10/6/2014

Optimize your workouts with Rithmio! - 10/2/2014

Top 3 things every entrepreneur needs to know about: SBIR Funding - 10/2/2014

TEC Hosts Their Biggest SocialFuse Yet! - 9/23/2014

Creating your own circuits has never been easier with Electroninks - 9/12/2014

Destination DESIGNATION for Aspiring Designers and Developers - 8/22/2014

Recommendations from Recomonk - 8/6/2014

Keith Schacht: Bringing Back the Mystery of Science - 7/29/2014

Hashtagr: Your SOCIAL Search Engine - 7/25/2014

Zach Tratar: Still Feeling the Entrepreneurial "Vibe" (Pun Intended) - 7/22/2014

Entrepreneurial Living-Learning Communities Share Best Practices at the Third Annual Roundtable - 6/13/2014

Wearable Device Technology & Projection Mapping Startup Win Top Prizes at Cozad New Venture Competition - 4/29/2014

$20,000 Illinois Innovation Prize Awarded to Advancements in Unusual Electronics - 4/29/2014

News Gazette: Pacemaker pioneer honored - 4/29/2014

$20,000 ILLINOIS INNOVATION PRIZE FINALISTS CHOSEN - 4/23/2014

Illinois Innovation Prize - Nominations Due TOMORROW - 4/1/2014

UI 'dream team' developing project mapping - 3/17/2014

Notefuly from Seton Hall University wins 2013-14 National Student Startup Madness Finals at SXSW - 3/12/2014

Firm wants to educate, inspire with dolls of historical figures - 3/12/2014

High-tech help: Servabo - 3/12/2014

Oso Technologies prepping product for delivery - 3/12/2014

2014 Innovation Celebration Winners Announced - 3/6/2014

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop: You Only Silicon Valley Once - 2/14/2014

Bigger than the Final Four: College student startup national tournament names 'Entrepreneurial Eight' finalists; teams from colleges across the country will compete at South By Southwest in March - 1/21/2014

Thirty-two college teams move on to semi-final round in national collegiate startup tournament; only Entrepreneurial Eight will go to South By Southwest for finals in March - 1/8/2014

Field of sixty-four college teams begins national collegiate startup tournament; all hope to be going to South By Southwest festival for finals in March - 12/20/2013

Electroninks: Conductive silver ink startup draws its own success story - 11/20/2013

ThinkChicago: Talented Students Explore Chicago's Tech Scene - 10/31/2013

Social Fuse: Technology Entrepreneur Center brings interdisciplinary students together - 10/4/2013

Polsinelli Entrepreneur & Investor Forum Posed a Success for UI Campuses - 9/19/2013

University's first NSF I-Corps Sites program to begin Thursday - 8/27/2013

ThinkChicago:Lollapalooza - An Insider's View - 8/9/2013

"Innovation" in the Cozad New Venture Competition - 5/20/2013

MechSE graduate students win first place in Cozad competition - 5/1/2013

13th Annual Cozad Competition: Big Prizes for Big Ideas - 4/16/2013

Mayor Emanuel Launches First Mayor's Office Technology Fellowship Program To Recruit Top Student Talent to Chicago - 3/27/2013

Student awarded for innovation in engineering - 3/11/2013

Silicon Valley Workshop: A Journey to the Center of Entrepreneurship - 3/7/2013

Oso CEO wins one of three Lemelson prizes - 3/5/2013

NBCNews.com Story on Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Prize Winners - 3/5/2013

Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize Winner and Two Surprise Awards Announced - 3/5/2013

$30,000 LEMELSON-ILLINOIS STUDENT PRIZE FINALISTS CHOSEN - 3/1/2013

Hackathon Breaks Records: MHacks winners, Ali and Ehsan Razfar of UIUC - 2/5/2013

Drudge Report: New App Lets Users 'Talk' With House Plants - 2/5/2013