New life for lifelong learning
Keeping up with evolving work environments takes some doing, and Hofstra University wants to give regional professionals a hand – whether or not they sign up for the school’s continuing-education courses….
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Women-focused pitch program at Hofstra
Hofstra’s Center for Entrepreneurship has been selected as the local host of the national InnovateHER Competition, a business plan pitch-off inviting entrepreneurs to showcase products and services with “a measurable…
Squeezing an A into STEM
Education and workforce development come together Nov. 17 to explore the future world in which science and creativity happily co-exist. Popularly called STEAM, the movement aims to build well-rounded workers…
Teaching to the truth: Nowadays, we’re all in sales
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a big world getting smaller – one of several critical lessons in the modern marketing classroom. As social media and other online avenues regularly smudge…
Lesko tapped to head Hofstra entrepreneur center
By GREGORY ZELLER // Accelerate Long Island director Mark Lesko has been named executive dean of Hofstra University’s new Center for Entrepreneurship, a multi-disciplinary program that plans to leverage entrepreneurial activities…
The Debrief: Kevin Craig, Hofstra’s innovation man
Few people can legitimately claim to be innovating innovation itself. But when Kevin Craig agreed to lead Hofstra University’s new Center for Innovation, he insisted that private companies working with…
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…
Berliner takes over Hofstra biz school
It’s a busy summer at Hofstra University, where a history-making provost is settling in and a longtime administrator is going full circle, with a business bent. Gail Simmons, the former…
Hofstra lands $2M for engineering, robotics and big data programs
Hofstra University was awarded $2 million in state grants on Monday to expand its School of Engineering and Applied Science and create new laboratories and classrooms focusing on big data…
Lift Stick wins $50K in Hofstra biz plan contest
Hofstra students Nick Calderon and Kevin McCroary won the $50,000 top prize in the annual CPXi VentureTech student business plan contest on Wednesday for The Lift Stick, a device that…
Hofstra’s CPXi pitch challenge nears finals
Hofstra University is shaking up this year’s CPXi Venture Tech Challenge, a $100,000 student business-plan contest that’s touted as one of the richest in the country. Now in its third…