NYIT tops regionals in state biz plan contest
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten teams of innovative Long Island collegians are a little bit richer and a little bit closer to their dreams of commercial success. Entrepreneurial squads from…
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Nader named new Farmingdale president
John S. Nader, provost at SUNY Delhi and the former mayor of Oneonta, has been appointed president of Farmingdale State College, succeeding W. Hubert Keen, who retires in July. Nader, the…
SBU’s Jing Chen wins NSF award, $500K grant
Jing Chen, an assistant professor of computer science at Stony Brook University, has landed a prestigious award – and $500,000 grant – from the National Science Foundation to pursue her work…
SBU lands funds for online-only innovation MBA
Stony Brook University has been awarded $280,000 to create an exclusively online MBA program with a “concentration in innovation.” The money is part of $4 million included in the latest…
Adelphi sets its first TEDx
A heady selection of Adelphi University faculty and graduates will share “ideas worth spreading” April 5 when the university hosts its first-ever TEDx event. Christine Riordan, who this month was…
Hofstra names 6 residents in entrepreneurship
Six accomplished businesspeople with dozens of startups under their combined belts, and a wealth of experience nurturing other early-stage enterprises, will bring their wisdom to the Hofstra University Center for…
BNL, SUNY Old Westbury team on science push
Brookhaven National Lab and SUNY Old Westbury joined forces to host 160 students from Long Island and NYC high schools for a day of mentorship and science that included tours of the lab’s National Synchrotron…
Farmingdale adds aeronautics minor
Farmingdale State College has landed a New York first: Starting this spring, it will be the only college or university in the state offering Air Force-designed aerospace classes. Designed to…
At Adelphi, game jams and dunking robots
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s innovation future took the stage at Adelphi University this weekend, with multiple events attracting some of the region’s most technological minds. Adelphi was not…
Farmingdale in line for security center
Strengthening security across regional infrastructure and transportation systems is the focus of a new center coming to Farmingdale State College. Lieutenant Gov. Kathleen Hochul visited the FSC campus Thursday to…
Adelphi adds neuroscience, supply-chain degrees
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two new Adelphi University degree programs will offer very specific, increasingly important foundations for future professionals. The Garden City school has launched a bachelor’s degree program…
Hofstra revamps its student pitch program
The CPXi Challenge has returned to Hofstra University – slightly tweaked, in hopes of involving and inspiring a greater number of innovative thinkers. Hofstra graduate and trustee Mike Seiman, founder…
New life for lifelong learning
Keeping up with evolving work environments takes some doing, and Hofstra University wants to give regional professionals a hand – whether or not they sign up for the school’s continuing-education courses….
The Debrief: Robert Harrison’s 2,000X laptop
As a chemist and a mathematician, Robert Harrison appreciates the vital role computers play in all modern sciences. As director of Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science and…
Squeezing an A into STEM
Education and workforce development come together Nov. 17 to explore the future world in which science and creativity happily co-exist. Popularly called STEAM, the movement aims to build well-rounded workers…