Air, water woes enough to make poll respondents sick
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nearly half of Long Islanders think the local environment is unhealthy – and the farther west you go, the worse the numbers get. The latest Mount…
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In Cell and Gene hub, LI’s best socioeconomic destiny
By GREGORY ZELLER // The cutting-edge Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation Hub coming to Nassau County will do more than “radically alter the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases,”…
Regional institutions accept teacher-diversity mission
By GREGORY ZELLER // The SUNY Old Westbury School of Education has joined a unique national program working to bring diversity into the classroom. The Georgia-based Branch Alliance for Educator…
PhDs without borders in new engineering consortium
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new multi-college agreement will see New York Institute of Technology and Stony Brook University engineering students attending classes at top Northeast schools including Princeton, Columbia…
Fierce fire ignites new passion for Tesla Science Center
By GREGORY ZELLER // The devastating fire that tore through the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe isn’t the end for the last standing laboratory of famed inventor Nikola Tesla. That’s…
Construction begins on first South Fork Wind turbine
By GREGORY ZELLER // Marking an “awesome milestone” for the burgeoning U.S. offshore-wind industry – and a red-letter day for international partners Ørsted A/S and Eversource Energy – the first of 12 gigantic…
A decade later, ‘demonstrable success’ from the SCIDA
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten years, 10 towns and one historic effort later, the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency has finalized a winning downtown-redevelopment strategy – and is sharing the…
Hofstra’s computer-science wishes granted by the NSF
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Science Foundation is backing several ambitious Hofstra University professors on computer-science missions with wide-ranging implications. The foundation has awarded the university three grants totaling…
In this ‘Talent Pipeline,’ an innovative workforce plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // The long-term competitiveness of the greater Long Island workforce – and the Northeast’s largest industrial park – gets the royal treatment in a new study by…
Law, med students star in Hofstra’s unique mock trials
By GREGORY ZELLER // Teams of brilliant young doctors and lawyers bringing top medical and litigatory sciences to bear in heart-wrenching courtroom dramas … sounds like another hit for NBC….
Ambitious BFCU staking claims in Queens, Jersey
By GREGORY ZELLER // A borough breakthrough and a first-ever interstate expansion mark new milestones for the intrepid Grumman Hangar 2 Credit Union. Don’t feel bad if you don’t recognize…
They’re positive: ‘Negativity bias’ fuels voter-fraud folly
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the species that thought up “I’m Only Happy When It Rains” comes statistical proof that haters gonna hate and bad news travels best. A new…
New York Tech eyes macro status in microscopic world
By GREGORY ZELLER // A forward-looking Long Island campus is zooming in on the future of high-resolution microscopy. The New York Institute of Technology welcomed a gathering of community leaders…
SBU: After 22 years, 9/11 heroes still paying the price
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twenty-two years later, 9/11 continues to exact a cruel toll: Stony Brook University scientists are tracking early-onset cognitive declines in first responders. This week’s memorials and…
Malverne High takes the fight to the cyberbullies
By GREGORY ZELLER // With the 2023-24 school year set to begin, Long Island educators and victim-advocacy leaders are proactively preparing high-schoolers to battle cyberbullies. The Safe Center Long Island,…