A simple code for collegians: programming for all
By MATTHEW WRIGHT // Has higher education gone soft on coding? Isolated in our computer science departments, it’s not reaching the wider student audience I believe it should. At Adelphi…
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No. 462: Silver bells, silver medals and the ‘Silver Tsunami’ – plus, STEM education for grown-ups
Are those bells we hear? Santa’s sleigh is warming up, dear readers, as we hurdle another Wednesday and trigger the one-week countdown to Christmas Day. That makes it Dec….
With red flags, Green Light Law not as easy as 1, 2, 3
By MARGARET GRAY and OLIVIA HEFFERNAN // Do you know about the Green Light Law? If you drive anywhere in New York, you probably should. As of Dec. 16, New…
This chief diversity officer has cleared many hurdles
By GREGORY ZELLER // Diversity continues to drive destinies at Long Island’s top universities, with another major appointment focused on inclusion. This time, it’s Stony Brook University again, announcing this…
No. 460: On diversity, robotics and Hoosiers – plus, how to warm your whiskey
Moving right along: It’s Wednesday already, dear readers, as we speed through this latest busy workweek and plow straight toward the big year-end holidays. The hills are alive: It’s…
Adelphi, SBU mix it up in Island-wide diversity drive
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the It Takes a Village file come multiple attempts to promote inclusion at some of Long Island’s top universities, and beyond. Just weeks after Stony…
No. 453: In which the tide rips, the puns fly and Adelphi students phone out
Cap it off: You’ve done it again, dear reader – another five-day gauntlet completed, another well-earned weekend in sight. It’s Friday, Nov. 8, out there, and we’re ending the…
At Adelphi, unplugged students party like it’s 1993
By GREGORY ZELLER // For some Adelphi University students, this may be the hardest week of their entire collegiate careers. Freshmen in a first-year seminar taught by visiting Associate Professor…
No. 452: Filled with nachos, supernovae, supply chains and a popular movie riff
The innovator who came in from the cold: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we bundle up and brave a blustery week of autumnal socioeconomic innovation. It’s Nov. 6 out…
Productivity is the name of the game for APICS NYC/LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’ll manage just fine, thank you, at the New York City/Long Island chapter of the Association for Supply Chain Management – even if that’s not its…
No. 451: On clusters, blockbusters and Hustlers (plus meatless meals and clean campuses)
That happened fast: Remember, like, last week, when it was January and we were all, “Wow, 2019!” and you were still writing “2018” on your checks? Well, it’s November….
No. 450: Worlds war, bombs blast and Delta delivers – plus, an all-time LI great calls it a career (kinda)
Wicked Wednesday: Boo! Didn’t mean to scare you, dear reader, though today is the day before Halloween – and, of course, the midpoint of this ghoulish week of socioeconomic…
No. 449: Braving the rebrand, locking down opioids and building a better Manufacturers’ Symposium
Almost there: You’ve made it this far, dear readers, and congratulations for that, as we wind down another busy workweek and look ahead to another well-earned autumnal weekend. Shoe…
No. 447: Thunderbolts and lasers, featuring Adelphi’s all-world dean and the Father of Rock ’n Roll
Blow me down! The crazy nor’easter gales have abated, dear readers, and we’ve made it to the precipice of a windblown and well-earned weekend. Nicely done. It’s Friday, Oct….
New Adelphi student affairs VP is a multicultural match
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Fulbright Award winner with a multicultural M.O. will direct Adelphi University’s student affairs. The Garden City-based university has named Ronald Sentwali Bakari its new dean…