Bucking up, steering ahead at innovative Drone Rodeo
By GREGORY ZELLER // Lose the lassos and cancel the clowns – the rodeo came to town last weekend, and no bull, you had to look up to see it….
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As fatalities rise, stiffer DWI laws are just the ticket
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // It’s time to adopt new laws that address the plague of drunk driving on Long Island roads. Almost every day, there are impaired-driving reports, DWI…
Dad/daughter duo books some quality time (with you)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Art imitates life in a new children’s book about family togetherness – written by a Hofstra University professor and his 13-year-old daughter. “If Time Fell From…
Looking on the bright side after Canadian smoke-out
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Shared Experiences comes this week’s eerie and unhealthy Canadian wildfire smokestorm, engulfing Long Island and much of the Northeast region. More akin…
HPC upgrade set to enhance SBU supercomputing
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two giants of modern computing will help Stony Brook University improve its already-impressive digital game. The university is set to begin deployment of a new High-Performance…
For Hofstra/Northwell nursing, a seamless switch
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies has bid farewell to its founding dean and welcomed a rising star. Registered Nurse Kathleen Gallo,…
Still finding our way in the remote-work world
By DAVID PENNETTA // You might want to rethink your steadfast refusal to return to an office environment. The pandemic’s work-from-home phenomenon caused seismic shifts across mentalities, processes and technologies,…
At SCCC, a $21M STEM center with a real future
By GREGORY ZELLER // Suffolk County Community College has officially opened its Renewable Energy STEM Center, with a host of scientific disciplines and innovative workforce-development initiatives in play. Dedicated to…
A half-billion-dollar boost, and that’s just for starters
By GREGORY ZELLER // There have not been many collegiate donations on this rarified level, and none – ever – for a public school. But public schools usually aren’t elite…
On a slow boat from Texas, LI’s energy future sets sail
By GREGORY ZELLER // A major milestone for Long Island’s offshore wind industry has put to sea – off the Texas coast. International offshore-wind development partners Ørsted A/S and Eversource Energy are…
SUNY scores as OWTI floats $4M in training grants
By GREGORY ZELLER // State awards for the development of an offshore-wind workforce are beginning to circulate around Long Island. The Offshore Wind Training Institute – an academic-government partnership focused…
With charity adds, ‘Crushies’ are the complete package
By GREGORY ZELLER // A born-on-Long Island global competition with a true “can-do” attitude has once again flexed some amazing art, mind-blowing marketing and fantastic fundraising. The 2023 Craft Beer…
Not quite a full house, but Nassau deals Sands in
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nassau lawmakers are all in – almost – on Las Vegas Sands. In granting the Nevada-based resort owner a 99-year lease to develop the 72-acre site…
Stay calm, PR pro — ChatGPT is new, but not nuanced
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // It’s only natural to worry about the consequences of new technology, especially in the communications business. If we went back a few millennia, we’d encounter…
Amidst nursing crisis, Albany OKs training simulations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Future nurses will become current nurses a little faster, thanks to new healthcare laws on New York’s books. Against the backdrop of a critical nationwide nursing…