In NYSERDA’s ‘Strategic Outlook,’ a sunny LI forecast
By GREGORY ZELLER // You have to say this about NYSERDA: They think big. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority has unveiled a three-year “Strategic Outlook” combining…
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No. 564: Diving right in, with fast jets, robot houses and veteran entrepreneurs – plus Fritos for everyone
Chilling and thrilling: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as another wintry workweek – Winter 2021’s wintriest one yet – reaches its cold climax. It’s a blustery Jan. 29 out…
Adelphi, FSC grease the skids on key graduate degrees
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island higher-ed institutions are uniting to give collegians a running start on their graduate degrees. Farmingdale State College and Garden City-based Adelphi University have…
No. 560: Do you ever have déjà vu? Or loose change? Or bagels? Or déjà vu?
Stay tuned: You made it, dear reader – the end of another weak-in-the-knees workweek, with deadly pandemics and everything else overshadowed by the sickening schism in our nation’s capital….
State launches Offshore Wind Training Institute, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Representing the largest public investment by any state in offshore wind workforce development, New York’s Offshore Wind Training Institute is now afloat. Seriously. The State University…
No. 544: In which Canada beckons, adults learn and people with disabilities save technology as we know it
Brrrrr: Holy Christmas, dear readers, it’s getting cold out there! Yes, that was the S word in your local forecast last night (“north and west of the city,” as…
SUNY’s LI schools look good as COVID tracker debuts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Note to the party crowds on SUNY’s 64 statewide campuses: Big Doctor is watching. With colleges and universities across the land reporting significant COVID-19 outbreaks –…
No. 512: In which Twain tinkers, Lovelace leaps and UFOs conquer the world
Phase in: Welcome to Wednesday and welcome to Phase 3, dear readers, a hard-earned reopening privilege which lands on Long Island today, and we will only keep by keeping…
No. 504: On Phase 1, thousands of grads and 918 million degrees (but who’s counting)?
Cross your fingers: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just the midpoint of this abbreviated WFH workweek, but possibly the Phase 1 reopening Long Island has been waiting…
No. 501: On Kepler, Mickey Mouse and Joltin’ Joe – and an A+ for Farmingdale State
Almost there: Another work-from-home workweek ends, another stuck-at-home weekend begins – welcome to May 15, dear readers, exactly two-thirds through The Spring That Time Forgot. Of course, it’s a…
High honor for Farmingdale State high school effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative Farmingdale State College program built for eager high school students who can’t wait to crack the collegiate books has earned prestigious national accreditation. Farmingdale…
No. 497: It’s May Day, but don’t panic – new month, same pandemic (plus BASIC lingo … and mmm, parfaits!)
Yes, you May: Welcome to Friday (we checked, it’s true) and a brand-new month in the surreal odyssey that is the Age of Coronavirus. It’s May 1 out there…
‘Monumental’ moves help FSC respond, move forward
By JOHN NADER // The past few weeks have been challenging for all of us, and especially for our students preparing to complete their degrees, graduate school and enter the…
Island colleges ease tough senior moments, virtually
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s top-shelf institutions of higher learning are springing to action to help one of the pandemic’s healthiest – and most negatively affected – populations. Among…
Island interests blast gun violence, with both barrels
By GREGORY ZELLER // As deadly shootings rage across the nation, a common theme is ricocheting more frequently around Long Island socioeconomics: protection from gun violence. Several Island-based institutions and…