At Henry Schein, worth a Fortune and still climbing
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s only Fortune 500 company is actually a little more Fortune-ate than it was last year – thought its success is based on anything but…
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NYIT Academy offers future grads a running start
By GREGORY ZELLER // With the collegiate world focused this week on the Class of 2018, the New York Institute of Technology is taking a broader view – and opening…
Is there a nurse practitioner in the house? 28, actually
By GREGORY ZELLER // Three years after opening its doors, the Hofstra/Northwell nursing school is promoting its first graduating class. Twenty-eight freshly minted nurse practitioners – each specializing in either…
Another two months won’t stop FSC’s Adult Learners
If at first the brutal winter won’t let you succeed, try, try again. That’s the rallying cry at Farmingdale State College, which has rescheduled its Adult-Learner College Fair, a community…
Thanks to IPS’s remote sensor, the well water’s fine
By GREGORY ZELLER // An award-winning digital sensor system is helping clean water flow to rural communities around the globe, thanks in part to the creativity of a top Long…
The Spur: How I spent my summer (working) vacation
By GREGORY ZELLER // That jingle-jangle you hear in Southampton comes from The Spur, the private co-working and entrepreneur’s club that’s moseyed into a new summer home. After a six-month…
At Adelphi, the ‘Transformed’ have stories to tell
By GREGORY ZELLER // Adelphi University is offering an innovative multimedia salute to several standout graduates. With hundreds of students set to toss their mortarboards in commencement exercises Friday at…
Heavy-hitting LI BioMentor Initiative makes it official
By GREGORY ZELLER // A high-octane effort to unite regional bioentrepreneurs with qualified business mentors has formally launched – though the Long Island BioMentor Initiative is already quite busy. The…
With $2M gift, NYIT redesigns architectural programs
By GREGORY ZELLER // A sizeable grant from the IDC Foundation, the “legacy” organization spun out of the defunct Institute of Design and Construction, will support new architecture programs at…
Two billion if by sea, with Island’s new NYNJ-1 cable
By GREGORY ZELLER // They like to be under the sea at Cleareon Fiber Networks, a data-transmission specialist that’s happy to have its headquarters in New York City, but prefers…
How to speak cytokine: a bioelectronics breakthrough
By GREGORY ZELLER // You can bet they didn’t use secret decoder rings. In a major feat of bioengineering and neurological science, a team of doctors at Northwell Health’s Feinstein…
Citing offshore risks, Cuomo drills Trump again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Governor Andrew Cuomo is firing more broadside cannon shots at the Trump White House in a sea battle centered off Long Island’s shores. Cuomo is advancing…
Brookhaven IDA backs remake of former IRS center
A former Internal Revenue Service office will be converted into nearly 50,000 square feet of industrial spaces, with the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency’s help. The town IDA has approved an…
Debrief: One year in, NYIT Prez Foley sees LI’s promise
Decades of high-level experience in university-based research and strategic planning, including 10 months at the helm of the New York Institute of Technology, infuse everything Hank Foley says about higher…
At Lorraine Gregory Studios, they’re making the scene
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re (almost) ready for their close-up at Lorraine Gregory Communications, where the curtain is about to rise on a new video-production studio – and an even…