Something ventured, lots to gain in Hofstra ‘Challenge’
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a new name but the same entrepreneurial spirit, as Hofstra University hurtles toward the final round of its latest Venture Challenge. Now dubbed the Hofstra-Digital…
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Hey, Biff … that’s DOCTOR McFly to you
At long last, teen hero Marty McFly will go degree-for-degree with his partner in time, Dr. Emmett Brown: Stony Brook University will confer an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree…
In e-health, one app to rule them all
By GREGORY ZELLER // With thousands of healthcare-related software programs and mobile apps now available to patients and providers, creating an industry-wide standard to evaluate their performances has been a…
Financing set, cannabinoid-concussion study aims high
By GREGORY ZELLER // And now, onto the science. Canadian mining exploration company Kitrinor Metals Inc. and Scythian Biosciences Inc., a Calgary-based biotech owned by Great Neck investment banker Jonathan…
Bonded Energy’s new solution: Compatibility
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bonded Energy Solutions is throwing a BYOT party – as in, bring your own thermostat. The Stony Brook-based energy-efficiency startup’s high-tech devices, which work with apartment…
Luminati in deal to buy giant former Grumman site
Luminati Aerospace has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Town of Riverhead’s 2,300-acre Enterprise Park at Calverton for about $40 million. The deal includes about 600 acres of developable…
State pumps $2M into LI emergency communications
Roughly $2 million for programs in Nassau and Suffolk counties was included in a new round of emergency-communications grants announced this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Nassau is receiving $856,563…
At Applied DNA, they’re really getting into leather
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new international partnership backed by a host of well-known global brands will develop DNA-based security and product-authentication solutions for the leather industries. Stony Brook-based biotech…
3D-printed spinal implants debut at NSUH
Surgical patients have received the first batch of 3D-printed titanium spinal implants at North Shore University Hospital. The implants were part of spinal decompression and fusion surgeries performed at the…
Payback is a glitch, so ‘Glo’ guru strikes again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Celestina Pugliese has had another lightbulb moment, and while it’s not quite as literal as her first, it could prove another boon for booze barons. Pugliese,…
Jed Morey and the art of the publishing pivot
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York Financial Press, we hardly knew ye. But founder Jed Morey knew enough, at least, to clearly envision the best destiny for his startup alternative-news…
Winter slows, can’t stop EC/Jasmine expansion
By GREGORY ZELLER // Even winter’s worst could only delay this energy-efficiency milestone. Weeks after a snowy forecast cut short a planned ribbon-cutting ceremony, energy-efficiency upstart Jasmine Universe and its…
For this niche chef, the bright ideas keep coming
By GREGORY ZELLER // The lightbulb moment was clear. But the lightbulb? That was more happenstance. Entrepreneurial chef Alaila-Lee Lawrence can trace the branches of her Clovesz beverage line straight…
At Garvies Point Brewery, a new can-do attitude
By JIM MCCUNE // Garvies Point Craft Brewery was so excited about its first-ever can release, the Glen Cove-based company decided to double down on the event by premiering both…
The winds of war swirl around off-shore turbines
By GREGORY ZELLER // As a concept, ocean-based wind-energy harvesting is gaining momentum on Long Island – but don’t expect completely smooth sailing for the increasingly popular alternative-generation movement. Although wind farms…