ERASE Racism welcomes next social-justice champion
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading Long Island social-justice advocacy organization has a new leader. The Board of Directors at Syosset-based ERASE Racism announced Monday that attorney Laura Harding –…
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No. 704: We travel to Australia, the Olympics and the zoo – and represent the United States everywhere
Independence hall: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the first Friday of July 2022, and the precipice of a glorious three-day weekend. With that,…
Adelphi, SCCC unite on expanded social-work program
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island higher-education forces have combined once again, creating new opportunities for would-be social workers. Adelphi University has partnered with Suffolk County Community College to expand…
Chapters in verse: Poet tackles climate, and YA tropes
By GREGORY ZELLER // A popular writer with a penchant for poetry, an itch for education and close ties to a top Long Island university is storming shelves again. Kentucky-raised,…
No. 689: A dimension of sight, sound and mind, with Salvador Dalí, Monty Python and genius LI scientists
Sol train: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shine our way through another sunny springtime workweek. It’s May 11 out there, and as Long Island slowly warms, the…
No. 684: On Earth Day, Oppenheimer, organoids … and an arterial vanishing act
Break, or make: Welcome to Friday, dear readers – the end of spring break for most regional schoolkids but just another busy socioeconomic sprint for us all-growed-up innovators. It’s…
Flies, farms, midnight dentists mark Adelphi contest
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s new-business blood in the water at Adelphi University. The Garden City-based university is gearing up for the latest installment of its annual Business Plan Competition,…
St. Joseph’s wastes no time making ‘university’ switch
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another jewel of Long Island’s academic crown has added some extra luster, with St. Joseph’s College becoming the latest Island school to earn a promotion. The…
Innovation in its eyes, Molloy earns overdue promotion
By GREGORY ZELLER // An island blessed with a pantheon of leading universities is adding another. And like Stony Brook University, Hofstra University, Adelphi University and the other jewels of…
No. 675: On Dixie Cups, royalty and tiny furballs – with hot tamales and a literal Eurasian crossover
Middle wait: Welcome to Wednesday, pioneering pugilists, as we stick and move our way through another busy bout of socioeconomic innovation – and, as usual, punch way above our…
No. 670: We drop the ax on obesity, bad grammar and awful acronyms, with nifty networking and pound cake
To the ax: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as another busy workweek nears its climax and another lazy weekend prepares to chillax. It’s March 4 out there, and before…
No. 669: On Wilt the Stilt, ‘King Kong’ and other true giants, featuring tax breaks and banana pies
You bet your ash: Welcome to Wednesday, true believers, and not just any Wednesday but Ash Wednesday, the annual Christian holy day of prayer and fasting and traditional start…
International OPM bulks up Adelphi’s online offerings
By GREGORY ZELLER // A fresh collaboration with a leading Online Program Management provider will provide Adelphi University with a half-dozen new online degree programs over the next two school…
No. 662: A midwinter dream with radioactive elements, Teflon, The Facebook and homemade soup, mmmmm
That was close: Welcome to the first Friday of February, intrepid innovators, as Long Island narrowly escapes this week’s nationwide winter storm – a just reward for another productive…
A Prime opportunity for Adelphi to strut its stuff
By GREGORY ZELLER // A top-rated Long Island university will enjoy 15 (idiomatic) minutes of additional fame on a popular Amazon Prime television series. “The College Tour” – which devotes…