‘Best Hospitals’ rankings face growing scrutiny
By TERRY LYNAM // Hospitals nationwide will spend tens of millions of dollars in the coming months touting their “Best Hospital” rankings. Announced this month, the most recent rankings for the…
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No. 712: Artistic Napoleon, iron lungs and overlooked inventors, with opportunity blowing in the wind
Away we go: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday in July – and your last Innovate Long Island newsletter for 10…
No. 711: What’s up, Doc? We’ve got best hospitals, crème brûlée and the all-time king of the sitcoms
Here and gone: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we slide into the second half of another summery workweek. Before we do, this quick scheduling reminder: Innovate Long Island…
A Prime opportunity for Adelphi to strut its stuff
By GREGORY ZELLER // A top-rated Long Island university will enjoy 15 (idiomatic) minutes of additional fame on a popular Amazon Prime television series. “The College Tour” – which devotes…
No. 517: The universe ages, Adelphi goes for the Goldman and the AC is invented (thank goodness)
You made it! And we’re so glad you did, dear readers, as we reach the end of this summertime workweek and get ready for another well-earned weekend. It’s July…
No. 467: In which law firms and the universe expand, and offshore wind goes to school
Well played: You’ve done it again, dear reader – the workweek is winding down and a well-earned (if wintry) weekend awaits. Butter believe it: It’s Jan. 17 out there,…
No. 364: Planning HQ2, digitizing Robert Moses and still taking giant leaps for mankind, a half-century later
All downhill from here: Over the hump we go, dear readers, as another wintry Wednesday arrives (though it’s still not winter) and we race through the midpoint of another…
No. 339: Innovation (and procreation) in Russia, the ‘Best Colleges’ on Long Island and strange things on Cynthia Nixon’s bagel
Fair-to-middling: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of another exciting workweek. We trust yours is, at least, slightly above average. It’s Sept. 12 out there, marking the international…
SBU snags $25M grant for new engineering facility
By GREGORY ZELLER // Engineers, start your education. New York State on Thursday announced a major funding initiative that will help bring a cutting-edge engineering facility to the Stony Brook…
No. 318: On Helen Keller, Ross Perot, J.J. Abrams and Captain Video (and yes, that iced tea IS very spicy)
Welcome, welcome: It’s the midpoint of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation, dear readers, with just seven days to go before the nation’s 242nd birthday. Mathematically, that must mean it’s…
FSC tops Island schools in annual ‘Best Value’ rankings
By GREGORY ZELLER // A national hub for college applicants has ranked Farmingdale State College among the nation’s best schools for its price. Online aggregator Best Value Schools places FSC…
No. 269: Cuomo’s big plans, LI’s bouncing babies and other exciting ways to start your innovative 2018
Hello, you wonderful old Building & Loan! OK, yes, enough already with the Christmas references – but the very first U.S. building & loan association organized 87 years ago today…
Eight Island schools ranked among top U.S. colleges
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island has plenty of big brains to drain. That’s according to U.S. News & World Report, which has issued its 2018 Best Colleges survey, a…