At Metco, workforce efforts run deep below the surface
By TOM MARINER // “Metco has been here for 91 years?” This was my surprised retort to Ed Sottile and Nicole Hernandez of Oerlikon Metco, when I found them talking…
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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…
Hochul keeps it real in grounded ’24 State of the State
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mental and physical health challenges, the marijuana black market, education, the climate and New York’s ongoing affordable-housing crisis – not to mention budget-balancing – are all…
As crises abound, Hochul narrows focus of annual plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // Maybe governors feel inflation’s pinch, too. While still proposing an impressive array of housing, energy, healthcare and public safety initiatives, Gov. Kathy Hochul absolutely dialed it…
Scholarships, Super Bowl tix lure the vaccine-hesitant
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is getting more creative in its efforts to convince New Yorkers to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Following Ohio’s lead – earlier this month, the Buckeye…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…
Study: Tech (and balances) for people with disabilities
By GREGORY ZELLER // Helping individuals with disabilities access good high-tech jobs – and helping talent-starved tech industries recognize a deep employment pool waiting to be tapped – is the…
New admissions effort ‘pharms’ out Adelphi grads
By GREGORY ZELLER // The joint-admissions wave continues to roll over Long Island, with Adelphi University announcing another high-profile two-fer. This time, the Garden City school has forged a collaboration…
Adelphi, Upstate Medical ink joint-admissions pact
By GREGORY ZELLER // Following a popular higher-education trend, Adelphi University has forged a joint-admissions alliance that will funnel graduates straight into medical school. The Syracuse-based Upstate Medical University, to…
NSF backs NYIT team’s critical climate-change mission
By GREGORY ZELLER // With irrefutable scientific data confirming the global climate change crisis, a New York Institute of Technology research team is supporting a multinational effort to digitally forecast…
From Japan to Garden City, critics blast Trump tariffs
By GREGORY ZELLER // Over the objections of his chief economist (who quit) and virtually all U.S. trade partners (NAFTA members are spared, for now), President Donald Trump got his…
State Senate OKs workforce package
The New York State Senate has approved a comprehensive workforce-development package designed to train workers for in-demand, new-economy skills. Stemming from the Senate Task Force on Workforce Development, the legislation…