LI economics (kinda), political jabs (sorta) in King’s Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // Governor Kathy Hochul visited King’s Park Thursday to detail a king’s ransom in state funding – and throw a few political jabs (or, more to the…
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In Cell and Gene hub, LI’s best socioeconomic destiny
By GREGORY ZELLER // The cutting-edge Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation Hub coming to Nassau County will do more than “radically alter the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases,”…
No. 814: Epigenetics shine, the mighty hashtags rise and summer survives, with hot Cubans (the sandwiches)
Summer swan song: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we muscle our way through the penultimate week of the Summer of 2023. It’s not quite summer’s chronological end, but…
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…
At CSHL, the brains (and the funding) of the operation
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cornerstone of Long Island’s world-class scientific foundation has broken ground on an evolutionary leap in neuroscience research. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory stuck ceremonial shovels in…
No. 744: On corn fritters, the EPA and the ‘greatest show on Earth’ – and why SUNY dorms are getting crowded
Last leg: Welcome to the first Friday in December, intrepid innovators – don’t look now, but Christmas Eve is three weeks from tomorrow and 2023 is just four short weeks…
Patient FSC earns $75M computer-science award
By GREGORY ZELLER // A state-of-the-art computer center will open at Farmingdale State College by 2025 – almost a full decade after the SUNY school began lobbying for such a…
Islip airport ups its ground game with $8.4M GTC
By GREGORY ZELLER // New options welcome Long Island MacArthur Airport passengers taking the train, bus, taxi, Uber or hotel shuttle to the plane. The Town of Islip has officially…
No. 659: On dental drills, dominant diamonds and Wayne’s world – with a whole lotta Long Island love
Crikey, it’s cold! Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as the Winter of 2022 peaks on Long Island with highs in the 20s, lows in the teens and the threat…
Amityville, Riverhead score $10M downtown awards
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Better Late Than Never File come Riverhead Town and the Village of Amityville, Long Island winners of Albany’s annual Downtown Revitalization Initiative. Make that…
For these NASA patents, ETIC is just their prototype
By GREGORY ZELLER // Some of the New York Institute of Technology’s brightest minds and boldest scientific thinkers are soaring through a new agreement with NASA. The National Aeronautics and…
No. 641: Garfunkel sings, Ronkonkoma Hub expands and FDR just keeps winning – plus, lunch at Roy Rogers!
On the clock: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last one where you’ll see much daylight past 5 p.m., at least for the…
Better late than never, SBU officially installs McInnis
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twenty months since she was announced by the SUNY Board of Trustees – and more than 16 since she actually assumed the office – Maurie McInnis…
Albany pumps $40M into biotech commercialization
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for Long Island’s impressive biotech-research corridor: New York State has opened a new Biodefense Commercialization Fund designed to speed promising life-science research to market….
Small screen, big honor for Emmy-nominated series
By GREGORY ZELLER // And the Emmy Award nominations go to … HJMT Public Relations! Whether the Long Beach-based PR house walks away with a golden statuette remains to be…