In Loveland, a leader who knew how to use his time
By TOM MARINER // It was a drop-the-phone moment. “Ron Loveland is gone?” A shock. A huge hole, not only in the lives of his wife, Vicky, or their four…
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On the records: Northwell, Epic engage EHR upgrade
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has announced a patient-data effort of Epic proportions. Epic Systems, precisely, Northwell’s new partner on a mission to implement a next-generation electronic health record…
Healthcare CEOs bring leadership to national gun fight
By TERRY LYNAM // Given the inability (or unwillingness) of our elected leaders to further strengthen the nation’s gun-safety laws, healthcare leaders from across the country are stepping up to…
Something for all tastes at FuzeHub food-bev forum
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of New York State’s food and beverage industries spiced up FuzeHub’s latest manufacturing forum, held Thursday at Farmingdale State College. Growth of the Urban…
LI leaders board tech trailblazer’s school bus summit
By GREGORY ZELLER // A national school bus-safety sovereign has summoned a king’s court of Long Island leaders for the region’s first-ever School Bus Safety Summit. Virginia-based BusPatrol America, a…
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…
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…