IPS goes above and (Vision) Beyond with AR glasses
By GREGORY ZELLER // A decade-old technology has been re-tasked for a decidedly 21st Century mission. Or maybe 23rd Century: beaming doctors from one location to another, allowing a remote…
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Oceanside hospital approved for national cancer trials
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island hospital has earned key National Cancer Institute approvals, opening the doors to two frontline clinical trials. Oceanside’s Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, the…
New teachers gain inside track with inner-city training
By GREGORY ZELLER // An Adelphi University teacher-training program with an eye on inner-city schools is recruiting its first cohort. The university’s College of Education and Health Sciences is partnering…
In UpSkill pilot, public/private pact eyes IT workforce
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new program by a longtime booster of the regional technology workforce will look to get ’em while they’re young. Website development, an impressive list of…
Better late than never, SBU officially installs McInnis
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twenty months since she was announced by the SUNY Board of Trustees – and more than 16 since she actually assumed the office – Maurie McInnis…
With Goddard on board, Qunnect fires all rockets
By GREGORY ZELLER // If ever there was a can’t-miss 21st Century business proposition, un-hackable communications networks just might be it. Ultra-secure networking is a rock-solid concept with vast potential…
New categories, competitors fill third-annual Crushies
By GREGORY ZELLER // With new hops in its step, one of Long Island’s most innovative awards/marketing programs is back for another round, and bigger than ever. Organizers are already…
For ‘ancient DNA’ researchers, ethics never go extinct
By GREGORY ZELLER // Every human being deserves respect – even humans who walked the Earth 10,000 years ago. So says an international assemblage of modern-day scientists – more than…
In Feinstein licensing deal, real movement on paralysis
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with a medical-device startup harnessing the power of neurostimulation. Based on research conducted at…
Marking a half-century of medical invention, with style
By GREGORY ZELLER // Fifty years later, not much has changed for medical-product consultancy MIDI Product Development – except its ever-evolving technological capabilities, its larger role in the client’s commercialization…
At Hofstra, big changes only start with new president
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hofstra University’s new president has been ceremonially inaugurated – and with the pomp and circumstance finished, she’s getting right back to business. Susan Poser actually took…
Pruned in politics, blooming in same-day deliveries
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Everything Happens for a Reason Department comes Adam Haber, who’s made multiple unsuccessful runs for public office – and instead of wading through the…
Northwell, Walgreens announce ‘strategic affiliation’
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State’s largest healthcare provider and one of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains are joining forces. New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health, which boasts more practitioners…
Ceremonies end, but work continues for 9/11 heroes
By GREGORY ZELLER // The heart-rending memorial ceremonies are over, the “never forget” reminders have ceased, the calendar moves on – and once again, the brutal and shattering terrorist attacks…
Albany pumps $40M into biotech commercialization
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for Long Island’s impressive biotech-research corridor: New York State has opened a new Biodefense Commercialization Fund designed to speed promising life-science research to market….