LA startup heading to Stony Brook
A California-based dermatology company is relocating to New York – specifically, to the Stony Brook University campus – as one of 12 new Start-Up NY companies announced Thursday. PhD Skin…
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Collaboration, the mother of invention
By GREGORY ZELLER // Even Brian Fried was impressed. And he holds more than a dozen patents and trademarks. Fried, founder of the Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club of Suffolk County,…
In Sikorsky deal, cautious local optimism
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island aerospace manufacturers are reassessing their markets following word of Lockheed Martin’s $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft, but none expect the megadeal to hurt…
Harriman Hall, retooled for innovation
By GREGORY ZELLER // The startups and products of the future are assembling now in the Stony Brook University business school. Specifically, they’re coming together in Room 210 of Harriman…
Hofstra, LIFT, arts group win state funding
Hofstra’s medical school, LIFT’s composite program and the Long Island Arts Alliance were among the winners of the latest round of Albany economic development funding announced Tuesday. A total of…
At Sweigh, your opinion really does matter
By GREGORY ZELLER // Opinions are like … well, let’s just say everyone has one. And while the omnipresence of online opinions might lessen their individual value, they’re collective gold…
The Inventors: Caryn Horsley helps women find Inner Peace
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s not easy to discuss. Even Caryn Horsley hesitates over some of the intimate details. But incontinence is familiar to many Americans – 13 million of…
Hofstra gets state OKs on nursing programs
The New York State Department of Education has approved license-qualifying nurse practitioner programs to be offered by the new Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies….
New lottery promotion: Scratch for Long Island
The New York Lottery and the state’s tourism arm are launching a scratch-off game to promote tourism to five parts of the state. As per usual, Long Island not included….
Debrief: Carrie Cottingham, LIU Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
As director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and special counsel to the office of the university president, Long Island University’s Carrie Cottingham enjoys multiple perspectives on LI’s innovation…
FAA funding safety upgrades at Republic
Farmingdale’s Republic Airport is in line for more than $24 million in safety upgrades via funding from the Federal Aviation Administration and New York State. The enhancements include realigning runways,…
Alyssa Bossio is all about high intensity
By GREGORY ZELLER // Alyssa Bossio didn’t study nutrition. She’s not a trained physical therapist, or a medical doctor, or a doctor of any kind. And she’s absolutely not letting…
Cuomo unveils community-based renewables program
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced a Shared Renewables Program on Thursday that aims to make clean and affordable energy available to millions of New Yorkers. The program, part of Cuomo’s…
Helping Big Pharma master Big Data
By GREGORY ZELLER // Medicine is making giant strides in the research of ribonucleic acid – RNA for short – a molecule that plays vital roles in the coding, decoding…
Jasmine Universe: Powering a more efficient world
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based startup is preparing a product launch that could change the way humans and their spaces consume energy. Launched in 2014, Jasmine Universe –…