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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Fair-housing groups fight back as HUD cripples funding
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // A million dollars recently flew out the door of Long Island Housing Services, the only nonprofit fair-housing advocacy and enforcement organization serving Nassau and Suffolk…
In ‘baby pictures,’ an earliest-yet view of the universe
By GREGORY ZELLER // Researchers have looked back in time – way back – to produce pictures of our vast universe in its infancy. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a cosmological…
LI lands $24M in affordable-housing credits, subsidies
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island projects are among 28 statewide developments earning nearly $270 million in federal tax credits and other subsidies designed to spread new affordable-housing opportunities…
Patients, providers feel the pain as federal funds vanish
By TERRY LYNAM // Keeping track of the Trump Administration’s head-spinning budget cuts and layoffs has been tough, but one thing is clear: They could have a staggering impact on…
IV innovators elevate footprint, and wellness, in Roslyn
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative health-and-wellness business has big plans after moving to bigger digs in Roslyn. After about a year at its first location on Old Northern Boulevard,…
The Debrief: Innovation, front and center at Adelphi
Adelphi University has many thriving hubs. Among its most active and progressive is the Adelphi University Innovation Center, a pulsating nerve-point of high-tech presentations, hands-on workshops and interactive demonstrations…
Centuries later, the Town of Islip is always on the move
By TOM MARINER // As I prepare to board a Long Island Rail Road train at Ronkonkoma Station for a quick journey into the city and another hot-button pharmaceutical conference,…
There be whales here! And they’ve got a lot to say
By GREGORY ZELLER // Whales serenading alien probes to save the Earth from total destruction makes for great science fiction – but there’s more science fact in there than you…
Beacon Wind is alive, but is it well? That’s less clear
By GREGORY ZELLER // Reports of the death of the offshore Beacon Wind project have been somewhat exaggerated. While the 2.5-giggawatt offshore-wind duplex has withdrawn its interconnection application with New…
Time to add nuclear back to Long Island’s energy mix
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Nuclear power is back – and despite its bad history with nuclear power, Long Island needs to consider it as a progressive energy source. In…
Health, faith restored by ‘amazing’ kidney donation
By GREGORY ZELLER // A middle-school teacher from Rego Park is alive and well and preparing to return to his classroom, thanks to a surprise gift from a virtual stranger….
Unique challenges, precision skill mark ZonoSlam 2
By GREGORY ZELLER // The ultimate ultrasound competition returned to Long Island Feb. 22, with dozens of future physicians gathering at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at…
Online-search woes multiply as Google dips, AI rises
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // For nearly two decades, Google has enjoyed an iron grip on the search-engine market – but the rise of artificial intelligence-driven search alternatives, most notably…
Goldsmith standard: SBU raises bar with new president
By GREGORY ZELLER // An accomplished academician and private-sector scientific star will become Stony Brook University’s next president. The State University of New York Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday…