The Debrief: Getting Broad Hollow out of park
A Long Island lifer – he earned an undergraduate degree at C.W. Post and an MBA at Adelphi University before serving as president of the Lake Success-based subsidiary of Norwegian…
Farmingdale State College
Making the global innovation connection
By GREGORY ZELLER /// It’s a big world out there, and a true innovation economy must capitalize on it. Selling widgets around town can get a startup off the ground,…
Farmingdale lands $2.9M grant for at-risk students
Farmingdale State College has been awarded $2.9 million in federal funding to increase mentoring research programs for at-risk students at at its local caampus and schools in three other states. Farmingdale is…
Tech plays center stage in latest funding contest
With visions of a thriving innovation economy front and center, Long Island business and academic leaders are shooting for $105 million in commercialization funds through the annual Regional Economic Development Council…
Protect NY sets move to Farmingdale
By GREGORY ZELLER // The academic and professional think tank Protect New York is moving to Farmingdale State College, relocating from its birthplace inside the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of…
Keen stepping down as Farmingdale prez in ’16
Farmingdale State College President W. Hubert Keen will step down next June after nearly nine years in office. Keen, 70, led the school through a period of significant enrollment growth,…
P-TECH quietly preps future manufacturing stars
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island wasn’t on the list when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a new round of Pathways in Technology funding June 5, but Island educators and businesses…
Farmingdale opens biz school expansion
Farmingdale State College officially opened its three-story, $19.3 million business school expansion on Thursday, adding new classrooms — eight of them with tiered “collaborative” seating — and offices for 40…
Farmingdale sets summer academics program
Farmingdale State College’s academic summer camps program kicks off May 23 with a series of weekend sessions on 3-D printing that runs through June 20. A variety of other classes…