Creativity, compassion shine in latest Venture Challenge
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s great collegiate-level innovation competitions staged its Spring 2025 installment last week – and, as usual, it did not disappoint. Now in its…
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A summer sans internships? No way, schools say
By GREGORY ZELLER // With canceled internships and rescinded job offers adding insult to injury for shortchanged U.S. college students, Long Island universities are working hard to keep their flocks…
All things being unequal, Hofstra’s Challenge lives on
By GREGORY ZELLER // Health equity – a concept freshly redefined by our times – takes center stage in this year’s Healthcare Entrepreneurship Community Challenge. Hofstra University’s long-running entrepreneurship competition…
Innovation does well at 2019 Healthcare Challenge
By GREGORY ZELLER // Healthcare was the challenge and the entire community was the winner – though really, a cutting-edge app that helps users make more nutritious food selections was…
The ‘underserved’ aim high, via Ascend Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // The rubber meets the roads Thursday at Hofstra University, when the innovative Ascend Long Island program holds its first-ever “procurement conference.” Combining small Nassau County businesses…
Community wellness meets innovation at Hofstra camp
By GREGORY ZELLER // Healthcare met entrepreneurism this week at Hofstra University, where teams of wellness-focused innovators came together to learn the business ropes directly from seasoned insiders, including Northwest…
Community wellness wins in Hofstra’s 2019 ‘Challenge’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Roughly $60,000 in cash and prizes is up for grabs in an ambitious Hofstra University competition designed to improve health, wellness and socioeconomic conditions in underserved…
Lesko leaves, so Hofstra Entrepreneurship Sikes up
By GREGORY ZELLER // The student has become the master at Hofstra University, where Stacey Sikes is the new executive dean of the Center for Entrepreneurship. Sikes succeeds former Executive…
Ten finalists to shoot for Hofstra-Digital Remedy gold
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten finalists – including eight solo acts and two team efforts – will square off for three top slots (and more than $70,000 in prizes and…