Happe-ness is a grit-free beach drink
By GREGORY ZELLER // Inventor Jeanne Cilmi is not reinventing the wheel. But her Happe Holder still dreams big. Standing 8.5 inches tall on four sturdy legs, the portable, elevated…
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Living it up on good news and positive thinking
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you’d suggested back in 2009 that “Live It Up!,” a kinda-web, sorta-television Long Island video magazine, would be seen in 25 countries and draw 100,000-plus…
State awards research funding to local hospitals
Three Long Island hospitals are among 26 statewide academic medical institutions receiving a total of $17.2 million in state research awards. The awards, announced Thursday, will be used to train…
Stony Brook Medicine welcomes largest-ever class
One-hundred-thirty-two first-year students received their first white coats this week – and, for the first time ever, complimentary stethoscopes – as the Stony Brook University School of Medicine welcomed its…
Political insight and advocacy, millennial style
By GREGORY ZELLER // There had to be a better way. That was the thinking shared by Jeff Guillot and Alex Voetsch. Both worked in political capacities – Guillot for…
The Debrief: David Calone, Jove Equity Partners
Chief executive of Setauket investment firm Jove Equity Partners, founder of the Long Island Emerging Technologies Fund, chairman of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, candidate for the U.S. House of…
Getting a leg up on physical therapy
By GREGORY ZELLER // You’re doing your physical therapy all wrong. That’s not a stretch, says Nassau BOCES physical therapist Mary Ann Malizia, who claims a common exercise performed daily…
Prototyping and production, right here on LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island tinkerers needn’t look to other domestic regions or overseas when they want to prototype or manufacture their designs – there are Island-based options that…
No strikeouts at LaunchPad NYIT pitch night
By GREGORY ZELLER // LaunchPad NYIT’s first pitch night was a hit. With an audience of about 100 packing the auditorium inside NYIT’s student innovation center, an entrepreneurial quintet –…
Industrial gastropub docks at Port Jeff
By JIM McCUNE // Craft brewing is helping popularize a new wave of gastropubs, where small-batch craft beer and spirits are paired with high-level cuisine. Long Island is home to…
State team to visit local eco-dev projects
By GREGORY ZELLER // As it prepares to submit requests for another $100 million or more in state aid, the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council is proudly showing off…
Discovering a world beyond contract research
By GREGORY ZELLER // Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory spinoff Certerra Inc. is finally getting ready to spin off. Founded in 2011 by CSHL associate professor Pavel Osten and venture capitalist…
The Debrief: Kevin Law on Jeter, Trump and taxes
Few individuals play as influential a role in the Long Island economy as Kevin Law, president and CEO of the Long Island Association, chairman of business booster Accelerate Long Island…
Teq inks NY distribution deal
Huntington classroom-technology producer Teq has announced a new distribution deal covering its home turf. Teq has been named the exclusive provider of SMART Education Solutions software and hardware for all…
Hot biotech startup Coferon decamping for Florida
By GREGORY ZELLER // Coferon, a biotech firm headed by former OSI Pharmaceuticals chief Colin Goddard and a rising star in the region’s innovation economy, has abruptly left its incubator…