Island set to shine as clean-energy employment soars
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for research-rich, offshore-open Long Island: New York’s clean-energy economy is growing at more than double the rate of the overall state economy. So says…
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Incentives keep global distributor grounded on LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading distributor of aviation-support equipment will fly out of Long Island for another decade at least, with a nod to the Suffolk County Industrial Development…
‘Linear DNA’ combo shows punch in cancer fight
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mark another impressive victory for LineaRX, this time in a two-front battle against cancer. The Stony Brook-based biotech with innovation in its DNA (literally) has lent…
SBU microRNA tech sparks $10M anticancer startup
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook University-developed technology, a Massachusetts-based startup and an eight-figure investment from China could pave a path toward groundbreaking cancer therapeutics. Through an agreement with…
Island high-schoolers take European science prize
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island high schoolers have earned a top European prize for young scientists. Half Hollow Hills High School West’s Poojan Pandya and Ward Melville Senior…
Million-dollar grant opens FSC to less-privileged minds
By GREGORY ZELLER // A million-dollar gift from the National Science Foundation will help a classroom’s worth of science- and math-focused Long Island high schoolers enroll at Farmingdale State College….
Hofstra computer-degree programs earn ABET approval
By GREGORY ZELLER // The prevailing authority over international engineering and technology collegiate education has green-stamped two Hofstra University computer-degree programs. The university’s Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied…
The ‘underserved’ aim high, via Ascend Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // The rubber meets the roads Thursday at Hofstra University, when the innovative Ascend Long Island program holds its first-ever “procurement conference.” Combining small Nassau County businesses…
IDA eyes better (maybe not bigger) StartUp Connect
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the hottest nights of the year at The Paramount is coming Oct. 3, with nobody whatsoever set to take the stage. But don’t let…
Competition runs deep as annual ‘RipTide’ returns
By GREGORY ZELLER // A business plan pitch-a-thon with real pull is returning to the Hamptons. i-Hamptons – the professional networking community that brought you The Spur and Spur East,…
Down is up at Applied DNA, with the good stuff
By GREGORY ZELLER // An aggressive Long Island biotech is getting down, literally, with another global textiles supplier. Stony Brook-based supply-chain security specialist Applied DNA Sciences announced Thursday a new sales…
For student success, NYIT is simply THE’s best
By GREGORY ZELLER // A regional institution known for supporting its students is partnering with a global higher-education publication on a forum designed to improve universal student success. The New…
NYU Winthrop’s pet project is all heart (and fur)
By GREGORY ZELLER // The newest therapists at NYU Winthrop Hospital don’t have advanced degrees. Or any degrees. You’re lucky if they have pedigrees. But they are, indisputably, love doctors…
Ominous winds blow, but offshore efforts hold steady
By GREGORY ZELLER // President Trump is tapping the breaks on offshore-wind development, but the burgeoning billion-dollar industry is still poised to reset environmental and economic barometers. That’s the word…
New admissions effort ‘pharms’ out Adelphi grads
By GREGORY ZELLER // The joint-admissions wave continues to roll over Long Island, with Adelphi University announcing another high-profile two-fer. This time, the Garden City school has forged a collaboration…