New name, new mission for Adelphi ed/health college
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ruth S. Ammon, we hardly knew ye. Actually, no – Ammon, a gifted teacher, 1942 graduate of Adelphi University and longtime namesake of the Garden City…
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Dual-degree effort gets scientists into business, faster
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a region where biotechnology and other lab work is cemented as a socioeconomic cornerstone, a new dual-degree program will attempt to teach students the business…
Northwell bolsters nursing pipeline at Golden showcase
By GREGORY ZELLER // Think of it as a “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”-type situation, only replace Charlie, Veruca Salt and Augustus Goop with about 500 nursing students, and substitute…
A healthy startup with roots, from Long Island to Peru
By GREGORY ZELLER // It took Chris Cianciulli more than two decades to find his true calling – but when he did, it couldn’t have been any sweeter. It certainly…
Growing nationally, Jericho ed-tech ace refocuses on LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative edu-tech platform designed to digitally instruct New York State students still has a few things to learn itself. So, Jericho-based iTutor is recruiting a…
Statewide leadership role for South Nassau’s Murphy
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Healthcare Association of New York State has found a new leader on Long Island. South Nassau Communities Hospital President and CEO Richard Murphy has been…
In U.S. first, French phenom spreads its bread to LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you’re still clinging to those New Year’s weight-loss resolutions, better stay out of Great Neck. Marie Blachère (bring your French dictionary, the U.S. website is…
Handy IDA package helps maintenance manager move
By GREGORY ZELLER // Leveraging a $5 million company investment and looking to preserve nearly five dozen jobs, the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency has stepped up like a boss….
With clock ticking, SBU’s Mobile Stroke Unit gears up
By GREGORY ZELLER // Fueled by a flood of dire statistics, powered by cutting-edge science and a ready team of medical professionals, the Renaissance School of Medicine’s Mobile Stroke Units…
Lower-tier LI consoled by $68M in 2018 REDC awards
By GREGORY ZELLER // If $68.3 million for workforce development and affordable housing programs is losing, Long Island will take it. That’s the Island’s haul in the 2018 Regional Economic…
NYC magnate, Conn. corp. feel IDA’s holiday spirit
BY GREGORY ZELLER // The Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency is feeling the holiday spirit, giftwrapping new incentives deals for a growth-minded East Patchogue equipment-rental cooperative and a New York City…
Top psychologist to lead new behavioral-health center
By GREGORY ZELLER // A highly credentialed expert in the psychological and social risk factors influencing cardiovascular disease will head the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research’s new behavioral-health center. Karina…
LIU poll: Climate change is real, and it’s not too late
By GREGORY ZELLER // Great swaths of the country may still register as “the base,” but a vast majority of Americans break from President Donald Trump on the key topic…
NIH gets behind new Feinstein Institute sepsis study
By GREGORY ZELLER // A five-year National Institutes of Health grant will pack the protein into a new Long Island sepsis study. Monowar Aziz, an assistant professor at the Manhasset-based…
Daniel Gale Sotheby’s sees the forest for HQ2’s trees
By GREGORY ZELLER // With the echo barely faded from Amazon’s announcement heard ’round the nation – that Long Island City and Crystal City, Va., will host bifurcated “HQ2” facilities…