Amidst nursing crisis, Albany OKs training simulations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Future nurses will become current nurses a little faster, thanks to new healthcare laws on New York’s books. Against the backdrop of a critical nationwide nursing…
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No. 788: Hi, Mom – we’re getting ready for your big day with dirty limericks, Dan’s Papers and Tony Hawk
She’s worth every penny: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the Friday before Mother’s Day – but you already know that, with your…
No. 787: Stocking the lab, nominating a pioneer and hitting the fairway – with shrimp on the barbie, mate
Sunny disposition: Mind the glare, dear readers – it’s Wednesday already, and we’re blazing into the back half of this sunny springtime work-sprint. It’s been a sun-drenched stretch here…
A year after historic donation, Pasternak Lab lights up
By GREGORY ZELLER // Farmingdale State College has put the largest individual donation in its history to good use. The college has ceremoniously cut the ribbon on the Murray Pasternak…
Annual air show will roar with full-throttle favorites
By GREGORY ZELLER // The annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is bringing back an all-time favorite for its 2023 flyby. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are set to…
No. 784: Safety first, followed by scary parachute jumps, coronary transplants and Schindler’s risky list
End run: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, as we wrap up another progressive week (and exciting month) in socioeconomic innovation. Before we get to our well-earned mid-Spring weekend, just…
No. 776: March finally ends, but SBU faculty, LinearDNA and artificial lifeforms are just getting started
Quarter pole: You survived the Winter That Winter Forgot … and now The March That Wouldn’t Die, as we reach the fifth (!) Friday of the month and the…
No. 772: Begorrah, another busy workweek in the books – dinosaurs, Nat King Cole and saints preserve us!
Erin go bragh: Welcome to Friday, lasses and lads, and not just any Friday but March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day, of course, the annual wearing of the green…
Something for all tastes at FuzeHub food-bev forum
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of New York State’s food and beverage industries spiced up FuzeHub’s latest manufacturing forum, held Thursday at Farmingdale State College. Growth of the Urban…
No. 767: On prized pigs, radioactive serendipity and the very first Avenger, with composting AND compoting
Some snowstorm: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shake off Tuesday’s “significant” snowfall (about four quick-melting inches across Long Island, for those keeping score) and plow through another…
No. 752: Telegraphing it with Jedediah, Chuck and Sister Sledge, with linear DNA (and shortbread) for all
Short and sweet: Blink and you missed it, dear readers – the first workweek of 2023 is already in the books! Well, almost – just one more workday between…
CCE Nassau heads up ambitious LI Clean Energy Hub
By GREGORY ZELLER // A $4 million NYSERDA investment will connect Long Island communities to cutting-edge clean-energy resources, with Cornell University’s statewide knowledge network leading the way. Cornell Cooperative Extension…
No. 745: Jupiter probes, LI’s smartest women, historic meltdowns – and my baby just wrote me a letter
Break in the action: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we plow straight into the heart of December – now just 17 shopping days until Christmas, and counting –…
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…