By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s ninth-annual Innovation Boot Camp has decamped following an intensive series of workshops and homework assignments for eight up-and-coming startups. The campers, early-stage –…
The Cradle of Aviation museum is celebrating Long Island’s aeronautic glory days with a dinner and panel discussion honoring Grumman’s F-14 Tomcat, arguably one of the nation’s finest-ever fighters. The event,…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Virtually speaking, Stony Brook University is on the front lines of national defense. The mission of the university’s National Security Institute, which launched in 2014 and…
By GREGORY ZELLER // He may have hung his shingle in North Carolina, but tech entrepreneur Greg Artzt sticks close to his Long Island roots. Artzt, the son of legendary…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A broad-based coalition supporting the Long Island Rail Road third track proposal hit the rails Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo personally pushed the throttle on Right Track…
By GREGORY ZELLER // An oversupplied Latin American market put a dent in Chembio Diagnostic’s 2015 earnings, but coming battles with the Zika virus may turn fortunes around. That was…
By GREGORY ZELLER // With one confirmed Zika virus case already recorded and a dozen concerned calls coming every day from pregnant women, Northwell Health has opened its second Zika-focused…
Instead of relocating to Pennsylvania, a manufacturer with deep Long Island roots and a 110-strong payroll is staying put – and will even add 21 new jobs at its Port…
A nanotech startup preparing to pump $1 million into Long Island’s innovation economy is among several new companies joining the Start-Up NY program. Empire State Development has opened the books…
Long Island will receive more than $4.2 million in federal funds to support new counter-terrorism and emergency-preparedness initiatives. All told, nearly $60 million in federal money is being disbursed to…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A New York City Economic Development Corp. initiative to connect digital-health startups with large healthcare organizations for field-testing is getting a boost from Northwell Health. Three professionals…
Six accomplished businesspeople with dozens of startups under their combined belts, and a wealth of experience nurturing other early-stage enterprises, will bring their wisdom to the Hofstra University Center for…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Old programmers never die. They just code away. For renowned digital developer Russ Artzt, that means there’s a life after CA. The cofounder of what started…
By GREGORY ZELLER They sure grow up fast. When last we checked in on political consulting startup Millennial Strategies, the firm was repping a few Democratic causes and gearing up for…
Brookhaven National Lab and SUNY Old Westbury joined forces to host 160 students from Long Island and NYC high schools for a day of mentorship and science that included tours of the lab’s National Synchrotron…