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…
Empire State Development Corp.
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…
No. 606: In which we travel through time, catch a train and raise the Titanic, with the grill hot and ready
Hot stuff: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we speed (or should we say steam?) toward a much-welcomed (and much cooler) extended weekend. On that note, a quick reminder…
Albany all-in as Hofstra science center breaks ground
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hofstra University is digging in, literally, on a high-profile plan to meet the growing regional demand for young scientists and healthcare professionals. The Hempstead-based university has…
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…
No. 587: The Bard’s happy birthday, Yacov’s happy ‘retirement’ and Coca-Cola’s happy mistake – or was it?
A for effort: Another hard-fought workweek in the can, another well-earned weekend in the offing – remarkable job, dear readers, and we’re not easily impressed. It’s Friday, April 23,…
No. 570: In which Kellogg’s, Cracker Jack snacks and tartar sauce all get a taste – and science strikes back
Will this never end? Yes, it will, dear readers! Not only does this latest wintry workweek wrap up today, but the snow does, too – and, lo and behold,…
No. 543: On SUNY’s Thanksgiving plans, and Harvard–educated immigrant chocolatiers
Shivers: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Halloween approaches, COVID rages, there’s talk of a coup and winter is suddenly in the air. It’s Oct. 28 out there, and…
Planes, trains, autos: Wheels up on LIMA ‘ground hub’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A key component of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council’s strategic investment has taken flight – actually, broken ground – at Long Island MacArthur Airport….
New York Forward widens field for small-biz loans
By GREGORY ZELLER // Gut-punched small businesses on Long Island and across New York State just caught a break from the Empire State Development Corp. Albany’s main economic engine announced…
No. 502: TopDocs, bottom dollars and lines in the sand, on a good day to be a millionaire
Place your bets: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island eagerly anticipates its Phase 1 reopening (not just yet) and we patiently muscle through another WFH workweek (marking,…
Hofstra biz-plan contest ventures into new territory
By GREGORY ZELLER // The coronavirus couldn’t stop tradition at Hofstra University, where the regularly scheduled Hofstra-Digital Remedy Venture Challenge went off without a hitch, virtually. Now in its eighth…
FuzeHub stakes $400K for quick-acting manufacturers
By GREGORY ZELLER // As the COVID-19 fight rages, a statewide manufacturing motivator is throwing a large chunk of change into the ring. FuzeHub, Albany’s New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership…
No. 490: Fine points, Maiman methods and homebound haircuts – plus, Albany tips the scales
Well bread: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers … and yes, it’s Wednesday out there, April 8 to be precise, as we muscle through this latest week of quasi-quarantines and…