The long road to short-order artistry
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s your typical career trajectory. Start in the hospitality industry, busing tables and supporting kitchens and tending bar and whatever, at age 13. Skyrocket through the…
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A benefactor brings Northwell to the big game
Northwell Health is going to the Super Bowl. The former North Shore-LIJ Health System will shine a big spotlight on its new “Look North” advertising campaign with a series of…
With Sullstice, keeping the conversation going
By GREGORY ZELLER // Entrepreneur James O’Sullivan has reached a critical point familiar to many innovators, particularly those offering digital services: How to monetize your beta-test hit? In O’Sullivan’s case,…
Siemens acquiring CD-adapco for $970M
By GREGORY ZELLER // Siemen’s AG has agreed to buy Melville software firm CD-adapco for $970 million. And, no, the deal is not related to the death of the LI…
Cuomo taps Rosado for state secretary
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated former El Diario publisher Rossana Rosado to replace the retiring Cesar Perales as Secretary of State. Rosado has been in and out of government since 1992, when…
Hairpin tops $1M in RNA licensing deals
A Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory spinoff with less than a year under its belt has sped past $1 million in licensing revenue on the lab’s patented “short hairpin RNA” technology….
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Sesame Workshop and the Collaborative Fund are launching a $10 million fund to invest in startups focused on technology that advances children’s education, health, nutrition and development. Sesame Workshop is…
LI facing housing, workforce, brain drain crisis
By GREGORY ZELLER // Even under the “most optimistic scenario,” Long Island will remain woefully short of rental housing over the next two decades, fueling a mounting loss of young…
Farmingdale adds aeronautics minor
Farmingdale State College has landed a New York first: Starting this spring, it will be the only college or university in the state offering Air Force-designed aerospace classes. Designed to…
Ecoclean boosts Copiague expansion
Doubling down on a green cleaning-products manufacturer planning a Copiague expansion was an easy call for the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. The IDA, which in December approved a 10-year,…
At Adelphi, game jams and dunking robots
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s innovation future took the stage at Adelphi University this weekend, with multiple events attracting some of the region’s most technological minds. Adelphi was not…
Why the Flint disaster couldn’t happen here
By GREGORY ZELLER // Drink up, Long Island: A large-scale lead contamination like the one infecting the public water supply in Flint, Mich. can’t happen here. That’s the good word…
Cohen awarded top trauma designation
The American College of Surgeons has verified Cohen Children’s Medical Center as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center – the second time the ACS has granted top trauma marks to…
Suffolk IDA takes a shine to incubator project
To give spirits-focused startups a chance to properly ferment, two East End entrepreneurs have launched a “distillery incubator” – and the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency is picking up the…
Codagenix preps for fight against Zika virus
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook startup that digitally recreates viruses in order to reprogram their genomes is preparing to take on the Zika virus, which World Health Organization…