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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No. 737: Honoring an icon, surviving the storm and deviling the eggs (mmmm), as Christmas begins (?!?)
Not so fast: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we dive headlong into November – and the Christmas season, at least according to Mariah Carey. With Halloween candy on…
No. 735: Theater upgrades, Doonesbury and a little bit of chicken fried – and somebody save Pat Sajak!
Stay cool: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of a freakishly warm autumnal workweek. The thermometer might say spring, but the calendar says fall – and so…
No. 722: A fall kickoff with Farrah Gray, football and some fine boxed wine – and an important JFK arrival
Are you ready for some football? Welcome to Friday, friends, as we finish the first workweek of September and hunker down for a decidedly autumnal weekend – complete with…
No. 717: Knives in, guns out and peach pie for everyone, with water everywhere (and plenty of drops to drink)
Dramatic paws: Welcome back to our pet project, dear readers, as we collar creativity, let invention off the leash and bark up innovation’s tree, once again. Yes, we’re wagging…
Graphic content: New York Tech’s animated history
By TOM MARINER // The $99.7 billion movie industry and the $198 billion videogame industry both bank on computer-generated realism that was birthed on Long Island. One master innovator on…
No. 695: Go ahead and read about light laws, incubators and webslingers – we double-dog dare you!
Silver linings: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and to June, and to the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to…
New York Tech finds its proper ‘Place’ in new ad push
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology is taking its message to the streets. And to subway stations, shop windows and other eye-catching spots around Greater New…
No. 692: Endangered docks, freshman docs, Sadaharu Oh and Cher, with quiche for all
Always impressive: You’ve done it again, dear readers – it’s Friday out there, and you’re this close to wrapping another busy and productive workweek. Well played, as usual. Before…
Surviving the emotional homebuying roller coaster
By COLLEEN KIRK // With soaring prices, plunging inventory and fierce competition, navigating Long Island’s homebuying market can feel like a wild roller coaster ride. When demand outpaces housing stock,…
No. 689: A dimension of sight, sound and mind, with Salvador Dalí, Monty Python and genius LI scientists
Sol train: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shine our way through another sunny springtime workweek. It’s May 11 out there, and as Long Island slowly warms, the…
Government, industry must unite now on telemedicine
By JERRY BALENTINE // During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth platforms acted as a lifeline for New Yorkers to safely access medical services. The lasting effect of this increased use of digital-health services will be nothing…
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…
No. 679: On videogames, Tazers and Twinkies, with Island IDAs in beast mode
Farm report: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shake off these April showers and get our hands good and dirty, tilling the back 40 of socioeconomic progress. It’s…
New York Tech co-ops open doors for IT undergrads
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology will create new professional onramps for computer science students with help from an old friend of Long Island innovation. Peter…