SBU joins SUNY Buffalo as Flagship Public University
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University has joined The University at Buffalo to split a rare distinction: They now share the mantle as New York State Flagship Public Universities….
Gov. Kathy Hochul
Critics dunk on Hochul’s expensive State of the State
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of High Ambitions comes Gov. Kathy Hochul and her 2022 State of the State, a multibillion-dollar action plan including 228 “bold initiatives” and…
Albany, Army Corps of Engineers dig $1.7B beach plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // As coastal storms increase in frequency and ferocity, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has engaged a massive risk-management project designed to protect Long Island’s most…
No. 650: Pursuing trivia, speaking Esperanto and exploring alien habitats – with masks required, sadly
Yule get there: Just 10 more days until Christmas, intrepid innovators, and you don’t need a calculator to know that makes it Dec. 15 out there. It’s also Wednesday…
Hochul tags unvaccinated as NY mask mandates return
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 2020: With the omicron variant spreading and national COVID cases rising fast, Albany has reinstated public mask-wearing protocols….
No. 646: Adding some color with red apples, ‘GoldenEye’ and White House hotlines – and rising with Ascend LI
Holiday card: Here we go, dear readers – it’s Dec. 1 out there, midpoint of this workweek but the start of the very last leg of testy, tumultuous 2021….
Elmont Station opens (sorta) as the puck drops at UBS
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a long time since the New York Islanders played a home game – and a lot longer since the Long Island Rail Road opened…
No. 642: On codes, quarks, crypto coins and cupcakes – and why Northwell Health is handing over its data
Run for it! Welcome to Wednesday, ladies and gentlemen and innovators of all ages – it’s the midpoint of another busy workweek, at least for the 80 percent of…
No. 640: Ace fighter pilots! Giant monsters! Astro dogs! And if you’re hungry, tacos in spaaaaace!
Keep your cool: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, and the midpoint of another bustling (and blustery!) week of socioeconomic progress. It’s Nov. 3 out there, and with temperatures dropping…
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…
No. 637: On young inventors, Doc Brown and other nuts – and that’s the TRUTH, Ruth
Success story: And just like that … Friday! You’ve done it again, intrepid innovator, with another workweek in the books and another weekend on the horizon. Very impressive, as…
Major water investment includes $4M for Massapequa
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is making a $44 million investment in clean-water systems around the state – and the biggest single chunk of it is flowing into Nassau County….
No. 634: On Beatlemania, bras and an iron baroness, with a head start on your Halloween candy
Already in progress: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we rejoin our broadcast in the middle of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation and at the midpoint of the…
Shell of a sustainable effort on the Nissequogue River
By GREGORY ZELLER // A range of sustainable green features and a mandate to protect the state’s marine habitats mark the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new Suffolk…
No. 631: On dames, NASA and hydrogen-based fuels – with fresh-baked cookies
So fast, it’s spooky: Endings and beginnings, dear readers, as another workweek whips by and we race into the month of flamboyant foliage, Bavarian beer festivals and, of course,…