State’s annual eco-dev competition set to start
The state kicked off its annual regional economic development council competition, which this year includes an extra $1.5 billion for upstate projects. As in previous years, the competition will split…
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Lift Stick wins $50K in Hofstra biz plan contest
Hofstra students Nick Calderon and Kevin McCroary won the $50,000 top prize in the annual CPXi VentureTech student business plan contest on Wednesday for The Lift Stick, a device that…
Farmingdale sets summer academics program
Farmingdale State College’s academic summer camps program kicks off May 23 with a series of weekend sessions on 3-D printing that runs through June 20. A variety of other classes…
At age 3, STEM Hub looks back to the future
It’s been three years since the Empire State STEM Learning Network launched the Long Island STEM Hub, an amalgam of industry and academia on a mission to educate LI’s next-generation…
SulfCrete readies its breakout pitch
BY GREGORY ZELLER // A rock-solid Brookhaven National Laboratory commercialization prospect is ready for its close-up. SulfCrete, a stronger, more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional concrete, will share the spotlight…
Bellone kicks off economic development conference
Suffolk County doesn’t lack the transformative ideas that could position it for an innovation economy, but it has so far lacked the regional coordination that has been the hallmark of…
ESPN seeks legal halt to Verizon packaging
As threatened, ESPN has filed suit in New York’s Supreme Court over Verizon’s decision to include the sports network in its new discounted pay-TV package. The legal fight could slow…
17 join Start-Up NY program, but none on LI
A host of new companies have joined the Start-Up NY program, giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s flagging jobs-creation program a needed shot in the arm. Taking heavy fire over the program,…
New distribution deal in hand, Teq looks to bulk up
BY GREGORY ZELLER // Teq, the Huntington-based educational software firm, is about to go on a hiring spree after announcing a new international distribution deal. A producer of innovative classroom…
DEBRIEF: Nada Anid, NYIT
Dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences and an expert in commercial-academic partnerships, emerging technologies, sustainability and STEM education on the K-12 level, Dr. Nada Anid is a key…
Happy Earth Week, Robert Moses
A 500-kilowatt solar energy system will turn Robert Moses State Park into the nation’s first energy-neutral state park. As part of New York’s Earth Week observances, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced…
Henry Schein’s $11 billion niche
BY GREGORY ZELLER// Even for a company as large as Henry Schein, months don’t get much bigger than this. On April 17, one of Long Island’s best-known brands marked its…
In infrastructure, cautious gratefulness
BY GREGORY ZELLER // Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the award of $22 million in federal grants to rebuild New York bridges, reinforce sea walls and strengthen anti-flooding measures this…
Traverse readies the move to market
BY GREGORY ZELLER // Armed with a just-executed licensing agreement for a suite of anti-inflammatory drug therapies, two-year-old Traverse Biosciences is stepping up efforts to land the investors and strategic…
At Hofstra, collaboration without losing your stuff
BY GREGORY ZELLER // A Hofstra University effort to combine industrial and educational forces is breaking the innovation mold. And intellectual property rights are only part of the sea change….