Five-year NYSTAR boost backs Accelerate Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // A reborn regional commercialization collaboration has received a $1.25 million boost from New York State. Accelerate Long Island is one of five Innovation Hot Spots recognized…
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CEO Survey: Partly sunny, chance of economic disaster
By GREGORY ZELLER // ’Tis the season to be worried, according to the latest Marcum-Hofstra CEO Survey, which laments cybersecurity threats, a possible recession and other economic concerns heading into…
Conservative SCOTUS’s next target: Affirmative Action
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Based on lengthy oral arguments in two recent high-profile cases, the U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to overturn decades-old precedents on Affirmative Action at public…
Island colleges, cops gather for active-shooter summit
By GREGORY ZELLER // An active-shooter situation is expected Friday at Adelphi University – but this one has the potential to save lives. Six Long Island colleges and universities will…
Northwell unveils $110M Pediatric Surgery Complex
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a $110 million resource that most Long Island parents will be glad is here – and all hope they never see. Cohen Children’s Medical Center…
No. 707: On Hollywoodland, Sinatra and historic cubes, with a mighty blow struck against sinister sepsis
Full steam: Welcome to another warm Wednesday in our lovely Northern Hemisphere, dear readers, as summer temperatures soar and socioeconomic progress sizzles. It’s July 13 out there, and your…
Half empty: Optimism plummets in latest CEO Survey
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Look Better Than You Feel File comes the latest Marcum-Hofstra CEO Survey, which details increasing satisfaction with evolving hybrid-work models – and skyrocketing pessimism…
No. 699: In which we vulcanize rubber, rock lobsters and show some spectacular spider sense
Full throttle: Holy guacamole, dear readers – this late-spring workweek and the entire month of June are already half over! That makes it Wednesday, June 15, and we’re pouring…
No. 693: Great donations, clever lawyers and fine wine, in a galaxy far, far away…
A little forced: Welcome to Wednesday, nerf-herders, as we travel from one end of the galaxy to the other in search of technological breakthroughs and other amazing powers. It’s…
Feinstein’s Diamond, SBU math whiz earn NAS nods
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another honorable distinction to Betty Diamond’s all-world trophy case – this time, from a scientific academy that traces its roots all the way to Abraham…
Hofstra hosts new ‘Eyewitness News’ Island Bureau
By GREGORY ZELLER // Let’s go live to WABC-TV’s Long Island Bureau on the campus of Hofstra University, where a full-time reporter and two production trucks are standing by. That’s…
Bond absorbs Lazer in latest high-profile LI firm flip
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s already been a busy year for Long Island law firms, with regional practices combining, big names snagging corner offices – and now, a major out-of-market…
Experienced hands take the wheel at the LIREDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // The powerful Long Island Regional Economic Development Council has anointed its new leadership, selecting from within. With longtime co-chairs Stuart Rabinowitz and Kevin Law off on…
Patient ‘organoids’ may predict chemotherapy effects
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unique cancer treatments, customized to specific patients, may be on the way. Among the things making cancer so vexing are the many physiological variables in play,…
St. Joseph’s wastes no time making ‘university’ switch
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another jewel of Long Island’s academic crown has added some extra luster, with St. Joseph’s College becoming the latest Island school to earn a promotion. The…