CIBS panel accentuates commercial RE’s positives
By GREGORY ZELLER // “Cautious optimism” set the tone Feb. 16, when regional experts laid bare the realities of Long Island commercial real estate. Nearly 200 attendees packed RXR Executive…
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Teaching Master Teachers a thing or two at the AERTC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A stronghold of higher-ed science is sharing its genius with Long Island’s littlest learners, with the help of some educational masters. A dozen representatives of the…
Clever hospitality effort links Hamptons’ past, future
By GREGORY ZELLER // At the intersection of continuing education, workforce development, Hamptons hospitality, residential real estate and history, there is the Canoe Place Inn. And centered on the Canoe…
Albany accelerates future of DNA manufacturing, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // A modest state investment will help push a Long Island bioscience pioneer toward the brink of a DNA-manufacturing revolution. Through its Excelsior Jobs Program and chunky…
Mount Sinai South Nassau unveils ‘mass-casualty’ unit
By GREGORY ZELLER // A bustling Long Island hospital has completed the second phase of a $50 million Emergency Department expansion – just part of a larger $400 million strategic-growth…
Fore score: Nassau IDA tees up PGA Eisenhower return
By GREGORY ZELLER // A rapid reconstruction project fueled by a lucrative tax break will put Eisenhower Park in quick contention for a PGA Tour event. That’s the plan, at…
Virtual beasts, real skills mark LIU veterinary college
By GREGORY ZELLER // Greater New York’s only veterinary-medicine college program is in beast mode. Virtually, at least: On Friday, Long Island University formally introduced its hands-on Veterinary Medicine Learning…
LI STEM Hub converses about kids’ futures
By GREGORY ZELLER // A future-workforce initiative with a regional academic twist is soaring at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. On Feb. 11, the Long Island STEM Hub – a…
Proposed casino already paying off for NCC
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nassau Community College has collected one of Long Island’s first wins from a proposed Uniondale casino. The multibillion-dollar hotel-casino pitched by Las Vegas Sands for the…
In solar carports, energy savings with extra creativity
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Multitasking comes energy-savings innovator Energia, which is perfectly happy to save the world, but sees no need to stop there. Launched in…
Northwell nabs top USPTO honor with 3D-printed swab
By GREGORY ZELLER // Up your nose, Northwell Health – and we mean that in the best possible way. The New Hyde Park-based health system and three partners – the…
On LI, three times the downtown revitalization
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island downtowns had another big day Tuesday, with $19 million in state funding flowing to three critical downtown makeovers. Huntington Station will receive $10 million…
In OW-STEM, a legacy push for STEM diversity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A STEM “preparatory center” will open doors to science and technology careers for traditionally underrepresented – and professionally discouraged – Long Island collegians. Riding a $1.87…
For expectant (and new) moms, bots to be thankful for
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news, expectant women of Long Island: Artificially intelligent “pregnancy chatbots” are now taking appointments. To be clear, the intelligence is legit: The Northwell Health Pregnancy…
Rare accreditation is big news in war on Duchenne MD
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook Children’s Hospital has become a frontline fortress in the war against muscular dystrophy. The hospital’s East Setauket-based Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Comprehensive Care Center has…