Housing Compact: brave, overdue and a good start
By LAURA HARDING // Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed New York Housing Compact represents a courageous first step in tackling the core challenge of housing on Long Island and across New…
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Return to form (in various forms) at CEWIT hackathon
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology would like to kindly dispel the myth that hackers, programmers and other computer experts are antisocial. In…
Through the years, skies with innovative East/West
By TOM MARINER // You’re three-and-a-half miles up in the sky, carrying three-dozen soldiers in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook – the fastest helicopter in the U.S. fleet – at 200…
Northwell, manufacturing partner eye wellness brand
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State’s largest healthcare provider is bulking up its already impressive commercialization efforts. New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health, also the state’s largest private employer, has…
The Debrief: With landfill leaving, problems piling up
Long Island residents produce almost five pounds of waste per person per day. That’s a whopping 14 million tons of municipal waste, on top of nearly 30 million pounds…
Future cardiologists join pros on research front lines
By GREGORY ZELLER // A top Long Island medical school is collaborating with a leading cardiac institution on a unique mentoring opportunity with profound implications. The New York Institute of…
Kelp help: $75K backs 10,000-year-old science project
By GREGORY ZELLER // A women-led nonprofit kelp farm is leveraging 10,000 years of knowledge to create 21st Century nitrogen-pollution solutions. Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, a 501(c)3 organization claiming the mantle…
As AI evolves, the battle for control begins in court
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // In a haunting scene from 1968’s iconic “2001: A Space Odyssey,” sentient computer HAL 9000 turns off two astronauts’ life-support systems so it can assume…
Revaluing U.S. prosperity, after eye-opening voyage
By TERRY LYNAM // Awestruck by natural beauty. Amazed by racial, ethnic and religious diversity. Shocked by living conditions. Thankful to be an American. Those are my biggest takeaways after…
Feeding the hungry, and the economy, at Island Harvest
By GREGORY ZELLER // A driving force against regional food insecurity is changing the way food banks operate, by addressing hunger’s root causes. In this case, unemployment, underemployment and the…
Marcum-Hofstra CEOs suddenly feel a little better
By GREGORY ZELLER // Inflation? Recessions? You worry too much, according to middle-market CEOs, who are suddenly feeling better about the national business climate. So says the latest CEO Survey…
German VCs stake distinguished prof’s anti-cancer ace
By GREGORY ZELLER // German venture capitalists have locked and loaded a Stony Brook University spinoff’s next-generation weapon against malignant tumors. Munich-based VC firm TVM Capital Life Science – whose…
After 15 years of legwork, time for action in Melville
By DAVID PENNETTA // Melville has a great business history – but action is needed now to keep the hamlet vibrant and relevant. The combination of office and warehousing spaces,…
LIMEHOF, legendary rockers take music to school
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s most dynamic museums is partnering with some of rock ‘n’ roll’s biggest names to promote music education throughout this region and beyond….
Stellar USAF gift fires musical mathematician’s lasers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A musical mathematician is studying theories about the ways light behaves – an effort marked by highest-level calculations, immense scientific potential and frickin’ lasers. Minus the…