DOH: Island hospitals top cardiac-surgery charts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for regional patients facing the unfortunate reality of cardiac surgery: Some of the best outcomes in New York State for certain types of open-heart…
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SBU, National Grid throwing gas at the AERTC
By GREGORY ZELLER // Clean, affordable energy solutions are on tap at the “country’s most comprehensive” natural gas-focused research institute. That’s Stony Brook University’s assessment of the Institute of Gas…
Northwell taps MSK veteran to head cancer programs
By GREGORY ZELLER // After a three-decade career at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, an internationally renowned surgeon will take the reins of Northwell Health’s vast network of cancer…
McCune: Partly cloudy, chance of awesome in NEIPAs
By JIM McCUNE // New England India Pale Ale is a conundrum. It’s not even a recognized beer style. But this new variation on the IPA has emerged as one…
SUNY Old Westbury to offer a forensic-accounting first
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a Long Island first – and a New York State rarity – SUNY Old Westbury will begin offering a Master of Science in Forensic Accounting…
CityMD acquires Long Island’s STAT Health clinics
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York City’s leading urgent-care provider will acquire Long Island’s No. 1 operator of walk-in health clinics, the two parties announced this week. CityMD has signed…
Stony Brook lands climate-change ace for SoMAS
By GREGORY ZELLER // An internationally renowned expert in climate-change science has been tapped to run Stony Brook University’s marine and atmospheric science programs. Paul Shepson, currently a distinguished professor…
At SUNY Old Westbury and SBU, it’s up to them
A national competition designed to educate collegians on important national economic issues has come to Long Island. Specifically, to SUNY Old Westbury and Stony Brook University, which have been selected…
Northwell, Connecticut health network buddy up
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Empire State’s busiest healthcare provider has established a new foothold in the Constitution State. New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health – New York’s biggest healthcare network…
Catholic Health Services, NYIT form osteopathic pact
By GREGORY ZELLER // A fresh collaboration between a groundbreaking Long Island medical school and a leading provider of community-based healthcare will improve medical services for patients throughout the region….
Cuomo looks to expand state’s MWBE outreach efforts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is looking to expand the reach of New York’s successful MWBE Program. While current state law attaches specific “utilization” goals to the awarding of state…
NIH backs SBU-based biotech’s tuberculosis effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Setauket-based pharmaceuticals startup specializing in biomarker analysis has landed a chunky National Institutes of Health research award. Chronus Pharmaceuticals, founded and managed by researchers representing…
LIA: Farmingdale State revs a strong economic engine
By GREGORY ZELLER // Higher education on Long Island may be dominated by Hofstra and Stony Brook Universities, but a relatively small SUNY school is proving to be the region’s…
For EGC Group, a wink and a KISS and a really big deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-based digital agency has signed a beauty of a deal with a leading global cosmetics distributor. EGC Group, which maintains offices in Melville and…
Appointees enrich Hofstra’s Center for Entrepreneurship
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re powering up at Hofstra University’s three-year-old Center for Entrepreneurship, where a transfusion of fresh blood is kicking innovation to new levels. The center has tapped…