Morning of a thousand stars
(Photos by Bob Giglione) A dazzling array of sensational scientists, energetic entrepreneurs and regional rainmakers gathered April 24 for the 2018 Innovator of the Year Awards. Innovate Long Island’s third-annual…
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Top CSTEP honors for SUNY Old Westbury trio
By GREGORY ZELLER // Several young minds from SUNY Old Westbury have earned top honors in a New York State competition designed to promote academic excellence among full-time, economically disadvantaged…
LI hospitals, universities take part in take-back effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // Several Long Island institutions will take part in a nationwide effort to rid medicine cabinets across the land of unused, sometimes dangerous unused prescription medications. Five…
In the power-conversion business, it’s who you know
By GREGORY ZELLER // A six-year-old power play and its three-year-old sister startup are providing something truly unique on Long Island – a two-headed engineering enterprise with the ability to…
Cuomo doubles down by speeding up emissions effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // Governor Andrew Cuomo is hitting the gas on his ambitious environmental agenda. The governor on Friday announced a dramatic acceleration of his energy-efficiency plans for New…
Final review: The Long Island Index strikes a balance
By GREGORY ZELLER // Like any great adventure story, the Long Island Index saga has concluded with plenty of drama – specifically, with the Index’s final-ever regional report, a cautionary…
V-50 … Vengo! In a Blink, next-gen vendor expands
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island vending machine company with an innovative hook and a multimillion-dollar pedigree has expanded its dealings with a thriving multistate customer – and deployed…
Huntington Hospital chills out with new air-cooled AC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island hospital has replaced its older air-conditioning system with a network of air-cooled “chillers” – an energy-efficient upgrade expected to create big annual savings….
Eye, eye: Queens eyewear distributor coming to Suffolk
A Queens-based distributor of high-end reading glasses and sunglasses is relocating to Farmingdale. Creative Group Inc., currently located in Ridgewood, has agreed to buy a 21,500-square-foot warehouse in Farmingdale and…
Digital Remedy merger, new COO microcast a wider net
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Growing in More Ways Than One File comes Digital Remedy, a New York City digital advertiser with a Long Island pedigree, an impressive new…
With Patient Innovations, the wait may be over
By GREGORY ZELLER // Patient Innovations does not have modest goals. Citing a sad legacy of waiting-room delays and other gross inefficiencies costing healthcare providers both time and money, the…
Debrief: CSHL’s Whiteley fills shoes, answers needs
A seasoned veteran of scientific- and medical-research commercialization, Andrew Whiteley stepped up this month to take over Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s technology-transfer operations from Teri Willey, who served five years…
CSHL podcast up for a Webby Award (or two)
A Long Island-based podcast is in the running for a top Internet honor – two, actually. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s “Base Pairs” podcast, hosted by Andrea Alfano and Brian Stallard,…
Top physicist Gates to keynote SUNY Research Day
By GREGORY ZELLER // A noted theoretical physicist and strong proponent of diversity in the laboratory will keynote SUNY-Old Westbury’s annual Student Research Day. Sylvester James Gates Jr., the Ford…
New parent for veteran Ronkonkoma machinist
By GREGORY ZELLER // An established Long Island machine shop with three decades of professional output has been acquired by an Ohio-based aerospace manufacturer – but will continue operating in…