With $150M ante, Albany all-in on LI’s BioGenesis Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // A whopping nine-digit state investment will spark a groundbreaking Cell and Gene Therapy innovation hub on Long Island. Albany is anteing up $150 million – including…
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Students dress for success in NYIT’s ‘professional closet’
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s leading workforce-development institutions is helping its students look the part as they venture into professional fields. The New York Institute of Technology…
Albany assists Island fire departments, first responders
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s volunteer firefighters are getting a major boost from Albany. Just days after honoring fallen firefighters at the 27th Annual New York State Fallen Firefighters…
Preparing for the worst at Mass-Casualty Training Day
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the You Think YOU’RE Having a Bad Day? File comes the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, which dealt with a terrorist…
Living large in New York Tech’s new residence hall
By GREGORY ZELLER // Marking a significant milestone for regional student life, the New York Institute of Technology is about to cut the ribbon on its new Long Island residence…
Study gives science the upper hand on Lyme disease
By GREGORY ZELLER // Scientists have deciphered the genetics of dozens of bacteria known to transmit Lyme disease – a major step toward new treatments for the world’s most prevalent…
SBU leads regional geniuses on a new quantum quest
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University will head up a heavy-hitting roster of major players looking to supercharge the nation’s quantum-computing abilities. The State University of New York flagship…
High winds: Work begins on U.S.’s largest offshore farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // Construction has begun on the largest offshore-wind project in the nation, opening soon off Long Island. A ceremonial groundbreaking – or sea-breaking, in this case –…
A summer of energetic schooling with SBU (and friends)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Power players from across regional industry and academia have joined forces this summer to give disadvantaged students – and Long Island socioeconomics – an energetic boost….
Major healthcare advances bolster LI health systems
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a hot summer for medical advancements across Long Island’s leading healthcare systems. Already this season, Northwell Health and Catholic Health have introduced multimillion-dollar next-generation…
PILOTs proliferate in busy summer for Island IDAs
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s no summer vacation for Long Island’s busy IDAs, which continue to spur regional economic activity with a series of tax-abatement deals. Both the Suffolk County…
Marine biologist swims upstream as new FSC president
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nearly eight months after its current leader announced his retirement, Farmingdale State College has found its next president. The State University of New York Board of…
State nod marks another win for ‘precision medication’
By GREGORY ZELLER // An accomplished Long Island biotech with a penchant for polymerase chain reaction-based DNA technologies has earned state approvals for a cutting-edge pharmacogenomic testing service. Pharmacogenomics, the…
In little Leo, the face of future personalized medicine
By GREGORY ZELLER // A California biotech has leveraged artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge tools in a perilous rescue mission focused on a 2-year-old Setauket boy born with an unusual…
CSHL, Northwell extend cancer-fighting ‘affiliation’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two of Long Island’s cornerstone bioscience institutions have extended a longstanding – and highly successful – collaboration. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and New Hyde Park-based Northwell…