Feinstein’s Diamond, SBU math whiz earn NAS nods
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another honorable distinction to Betty Diamond’s all-world trophy case – this time, from a scientific academy that traces its roots all the way to Abraham…
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Blue Point Brewing represents, again, in third Crushies
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twelve New York-based winners – including two Long Island companies sharing a double win – paced the field in the 2022 Craft Beer Marketing Awards. Known…
COVID-cracking UPenn duo snags top Feinstein honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // The technology behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccines has earned two University of Pennsylvania scientists highest marks from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Specifically, UPenn Perelman…
Experienced hands take the wheel at the LIREDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // The powerful Long Island Regional Economic Development Council has anointed its new leadership, selecting from within. With longtime co-chairs Stuart Rabinowitz and Kevin Law off on…
ACT one: For challenged children, Hope begins at home
By GREGORY ZELLER // The nation’s first Assertive Community Treatment program targeting mentally challenged children has risen on Long Island. That’s the claim of Amityville-based not-for-profit Hope For Youth, which…
Patient ‘organoids’ may predict chemotherapy effects
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unique cancer treatments, customized to specific patients, may be on the way. Among the things making cancer so vexing are the many physiological variables in play,…
Flies, farms, midnight dentists mark Adelphi contest
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s new-business blood in the water at Adelphi University. The Garden City-based university is gearing up for the latest installment of its annual Business Plan Competition,…
St. Joseph’s wastes no time making ‘university’ switch
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another jewel of Long Island’s academic crown has added some extra luster, with St. Joseph’s College becoming the latest Island school to earn a promotion. The…
Northwell startup stakes $100M for health tech, equity
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has added another economic-development engine to its impressive collection. Already busily commercializing research and generating early-stage enterprises through its Northwell Ventures and Northwell Holdings…
Nordic track proves to be a fast track for SBU ‘Sparks’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s Nordic foray is off to a fast start. Nordic Spark, a virtual business accelerator for foreign clean-energy startups looking to enter U.S. markets,…
Real honors for simulated Westhampton Beach ‘Opal’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A simulated “circular fashion” startup founded by industrious Westhampton Beach High School students has come full circle, capturing a prestigious national business-plan award. Opal, launched in…
Getting your classic game on, without all the quarters
By GREGORY ZELLER // Reports of the demise of the Game On Retro Arcade were somewhat exaggerated – and legions of fans are thankful for that. A fairly routine April…
New York Tech co-ops open doors for IT undergrads
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology will create new professional onramps for computer science students with help from an old friend of Long Island innovation. Peter…
Innovation in its eyes, Molloy earns overdue promotion
By GREGORY ZELLER // An island blessed with a pantheon of leading universities is adding another. And like Stony Brook University, Hofstra University, Adelphi University and the other jewels of…
Vive la France! Northwell partners with la République
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State’s largest healthcare provider is going to France. And France is coming to Northwell Health, via a monumental Memorandum of Understanding signed this month…