SBU will build a fusion ‘wall’ (and ARPA-E will pay for it)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University will attempt to scale fusion power’s difficult “first wall” with a major boost from the U.S. Department of Energy. The DOE’s Advanced Research…
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Fyre alarm: How criminal failure can fuel huge success
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // With only 11 days until Election Day and the exhausting, omnipresent punditry aiming to push voters to the polls, it’s important to remember that politics…
Unbalanced: With everything at stake, news media fail
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s time for a reckoning among our national news media. I say this is a card-carrying member of that very same media machine, as the editorial…
With $150M ante, Albany all-in on LI’s BioGenesis Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // A whopping nine-digit state investment will spark a groundbreaking Cell and Gene Therapy innovation hub on Long Island. Albany is anteing up $150 million – including…
Students dress for success in NYIT’s ‘professional closet’
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s leading workforce-development institutions is helping its students look the part as they venture into professional fields. The New York Institute of Technology…
Albany assists Island fire departments, first responders
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s volunteer firefighters are getting a major boost from Albany. Just days after honoring fallen firefighters at the 27th Annual New York State Fallen Firefighters…
Churches, charities inching dangerously close to politics
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // The rules are clear: Charitable organizations are supposed to stay out of politics. An important provision in Section 501(c)3 of the Federal Tax Code –…
Found in translation: Feinstein launches sixth institute
By GREGORY ZELLER // An all-new institute has enlarged the ranks at Northwell Health’s R&D mothership. The Manhasset-based Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research as leveraged a $5 million gift to…
Survey: CEOs worried, big time, about Election 2024
By GREGORY ZELLER // Middle-market CEOs are very worried about the potential economic and regulatory impacts of Election 2024. That’s the big takeaway from the latest Marcum-Hofstra CEO Survey, the…
Concepts of a crisis as GOP targets Obamacare, again
By TERRY LYNAM // Except for abortion, healthcare has largely been a back-burner issue for most of the 2024 presidential campaign. The only time it came up during the Sept….
Study: Consumers authentically annoyed by AI content
By GREGORY ZELLER // Major brands incorporating artificial intelligence in their advertising campaigns are walking a risky tightrope, according to a forthcoming study led by the New York Institute of…
Preparing for the worst at Mass-Casualty Training Day
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the You Think YOU’RE Having a Bad Day? File comes the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, which dealt with a terrorist…
Patent law must think hard about ‘traditional knowledge’
By ALLISON SINGH // When it comes to stealing from Long Island’s indigenous people, much of the focus has been on land – much less on the theft of intangibles…
LIU rocks the vote with 250 years of campaign swag
By GREGORY ZELLER // Buttons, banners and a treasure trove of memorabilia recalling some of the most influential chapters in American history highlight a new Long Island University exhibit tracking…
Living large in New York Tech’s new residence hall
By GREGORY ZELLER // Marking a significant milestone for regional student life, the New York Institute of Technology is about to cut the ribbon on its new Long Island residence…