Global NY Fund roadshow to hit Bethpage
A road tour promoting state stipends for New York companies looking to expand abroad is coming to Bethpage. The Global NY Fund Tour is a series of informational sessions scheduled…
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ReCharge NY powers up 13 on LI
New York State bet heavy on Long Island in its latest round of ReCharge NY funding. Leveraging $16.2 million in capital investments, the New York Power Authority will send 1,296…
Circling in on laboratory breakthroughs
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a rare business plan that doubles as a regional economic strategy. But then Dynamic Supplier Alignment is in the rarities business. As a supply-chain specialist…
In renewables, no Island should be an island
By GREGORY ZELLER // A report this week detailing state incentives and private investments funneled into structural energy-efficiency projects shows Long Island trailing well behind the rest of New York…
Back story: How FLI Charge took flight
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mission impossible: a six-week window to prepare a functional but unattractive wireless charging-pad prototype for the glaring spotlight of the nation’s largest consumer-electronics showcase. Impossible, at…
Invenergy seeks Brookhaven IDA assistance
A Chicago-based owner/operator of energy storage and generation projects across North America and Europe is looking to shine in Shoreham. And Invenergy – whose portfolio includes wind, solar and natural…
Nader named new Farmingdale president
John S. Nader, provost at SUNY Delhi and the former mayor of Oneonta, has been appointed president of Farmingdale State College, succeeding W. Hubert Keen, who retires in July. Nader, the…
SBU’s Jing Chen wins NSF award, $500K grant
Jing Chen, an assistant professor of computer science at Stony Brook University, has landed a prestigious award – and $500,000 grant – from the National Science Foundation to pursue her work…
Fougera Pharmaceuticals plans $88M Melville plant
Fougera Pharmaceuticals plans to consolidate its local operations into a new $88 million Melville plant that will retain almost 400 jobs and give the firm room for additional growth. Fougera,…
The Debrief: Getting LIFT up where it belongs
Plenty of ups and downs lately for the Long Island Forum for Technology. First came news that a major federal contract has been held up by a competitor’s challenge, then…
SBU lands funds for online-only innovation MBA
Stony Brook University has been awarded $280,000 to create an exclusively online MBA program with a “concentration in innovation.” The money is part of $4 million included in the latest…
Henry Schein inks Japan deal
Medical products specialist Henry Schein Inc. is drilling into the world’s second-largest dental market. The Melville-based distributor of products and services to office-based dental, medical and veterinarian providers has announced a…
Adelphi sets its first TEDx
A heady selection of Adelphi University faculty and graduates will share “ideas worth spreading” April 5 when the university hosts its first-ever TEDx event. Christine Riordan, who this month was…
Craft brewers take another giant hop
Craft brewers expanded their market share by 13 percent in 2015, cooking up 24.5 million barrels worth $22.3 billion, the Colorado-based Brewers Association announced this week. The dollar value now…
Clint Rubin: Even great research needs a Rolodex
By GREGORY ZELLER // The best science can’t commercialize itself. That’s the key lesson gleaned by Clinton Rubin through years of scientific research and the creation of three successful startups,…