New look, momentum fortify Hofstra’s ambitious mission
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s less a rebranding than a re-logo-ing, but however you define it, Hofstra University has a brand-new look. Over the course of two events – the…
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Farewell, Sands Long Island casino, we hardly knew ye
By GREGORY ZELLER // Las Vegas Sands will not be developing a glitzy casino resort on Long Island – but the Island is not out of the brick-and-mortar casino business…
Poll: Drinkers heed ex-surgeon general’s alcohol advice
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another round? Maybe not, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll. Released this week, the poll reports that a majority of…
Triple transplant ranks Northwell among surgical elite
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s first-ever triple transplant surgery is in the books. Surgeons at the Northwell Health Transplant Institute have performed a successful three-organ transplant on 47-year-old Queens resident Sergio…
Creativity, compassion shine in latest Venture Challenge
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s great collegiate-level innovation competitions staged its Spring 2025 installment last week – and, as usual, it did not disappoint. Now in its…
In ‘baby pictures,’ an earliest-yet view of the universe
By GREGORY ZELLER // Researchers have looked back in time – way back – to produce pictures of our vast universe in its infancy. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a cosmological…
Beacon Wind is alive, but is it well? That’s less clear
By GREGORY ZELLER // Reports of the death of the offshore Beacon Wind project have been somewhat exaggerated. While the 2.5-giggawatt offshore-wind duplex has withdrawn its interconnection application with New…
Unique challenges, precision skill mark ZonoSlam 2
By GREGORY ZELLER // The ultimate ultrasound competition returned to Long Island Feb. 22, with dozens of future physicians gathering at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at…
Goldsmith standard: SBU raises bar with new president
By GREGORY ZELLER // An accomplished academician and private-sector scientific star will become Stony Brook University’s next president. The State University of New York Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday…
WePower: What happened in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island energy enterprise left this month’s CES 2025 with a new sense of power. Energy-harvesting 2019 startup WePower Technologies, which is looking to upgrade…
Cohen Children’s breaks new gene-therapy ground, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another next-generation genetic therapy for sickle cell disease has debuted at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Just months after it became the first hospital in New York…
Northwell sees better spinal surgeries with Teligen tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health is showing some real spine. Literally. The New Hyde Park-based health system has become the first in New York State to employ the Teligen…
At Bethpage, women’s empowerment written in the star
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bethpage Federal Credit Union is going Hollywood. The Bethpage-based bank – a top-20 nationwide credit union, boasting roughly 480,000 members and upwards of $13.4 billion in total assets…
Mount Sinai South Nassau delivers for Long Beach, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mount Sinai South Nassau has delivered another significant healthcare upgrade to the City of Long Beach. The flagship Long Island hospital of the New York City-based…
Safety first, last, always as NOWTC preps offshore crews
By GREGORY ZELLER // As Long Island’s wind-energy industry flourishes, the safety of the men and women working on offshore rigs is paramount – and the National Offshore Wind Training…