Bond absorbs Lazer in latest high-profile LI firm flip
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s already been a busy year for Long Island law firms, with regional practices combining, big names snagging corner offices – and now, a major out-of-market…
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Gluten-free galley is icing atop ace food-biz incubator
By DAVID HAMILTON // There’s a real gem hidden inside the Food Business Incubator at Calverton, like finally getting in enough licks on your Tootsie Pop to discover the delicious…
COVID-cracking UPenn duo snags top Feinstein honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // The technology behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccines has earned two University of Pennsylvania scientists highest marks from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Specifically, UPenn Perelman…
Experienced hands take the wheel at the LIREDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // The powerful Long Island Regional Economic Development Council has anointed its new leadership, selecting from within. With longtime co-chairs Stuart Rabinowitz and Kevin Law off on…
NY, CT senators pump up Plum Island preservation
By GREGORY ZELLER // The preservationist armada blockading Plum Island is enlisting some big guns. Just two months after the Long Island Regional Planning Council announced its support of public…
ACT one: For challenged children, Hope begins at home
By GREGORY ZELLER // The nation’s first Assertive Community Treatment program targeting mentally challenged children has risen on Long Island. That’s the claim of Amityville-based not-for-profit Hope For Youth, which…
At BNL, an energetic history of medical innovation
By TOM MARINER // Upton-based Brookhaven National Laboratory is a national treasure operating at the forefront of energy science – but it’s also made profound contributions to medical sciences. One…
Patient ‘organoids’ may predict chemotherapy effects
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unique cancer treatments, customized to specific patients, may be on the way. Among the things making cancer so vexing are the many physiological variables in play,…
SBU study detects ‘gender chasm’ in scientific papers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A review of nearly two decades of publications in the nation’s top medical journals shows a clear bias against women authors. Led by researchers from Stony…
Albany announces $157M in LI road-paving projects
By GREGORY ZELLER // A harsh winter has left Long Island roadways battered, but help is on the way: a $157 million package of “pavement renewal projects” aiming to smooth…
Flies, farms, midnight dentists mark Adelphi contest
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s new-business blood in the water at Adelphi University. The Garden City-based university is gearing up for the latest installment of its annual Business Plan Competition,…
EV ambitions are nice – but what’s the action plan?
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // As we mark Earth Day No. 52 on April 22, have the challenges to our environment ever been greater? The UN has warned that time…
St. Joseph’s wastes no time making ‘university’ switch
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another jewel of Long Island’s academic crown has added some extra luster, with St. Joseph’s College becoming the latest Island school to earn a promotion. The…
Northwell startup stakes $100M for health tech, equity
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has added another economic-development engine to its impressive collection. Already busily commercializing research and generating early-stage enterprises through its Northwell Ventures and Northwell Holdings…
Nordic track proves to be a fast track for SBU ‘Sparks’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s Nordic foray is off to a fast start. Nordic Spark, a virtual business accelerator for foreign clean-energy startups looking to enter U.S. markets,…