For Feinstein, a brainy summer of big breakthroughs
By GREGORY ZELLER // The big brains at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research are compiling an enormous summer, replete with breakthrough studies and millions of dollars in new research…
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Mount Sinai South Nassau looks within for new leader
By GREGORY ZELLER // A familiar face will take the reins at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital. Emergency medicine veteran Adhi Sharma, who spearheaded Mount Sinai South Nassau’s COVID-19 response…
What’s in a name? That which we call better branding
By GREGORY ZELLER // After 16 years of quality storytelling, a veteran of Long Island’s PR wars is closing one book, and starting a whole new chapter. Putting its rebranding…
Samanea New York links up with high-tech X-Golf
By GREGORY ZELLER // A retail/dining/entertainment mecca rising fast in Westbury has added another adventurous link – multiple links, actually. Samanea New York, the 750,000-square-foot something-for-everyone destination rising on 38…
Plot twist: ‘Choker’ Biles becomes mental-health hero
By TERRY LYNAM // When U.S. gymnast Simone Biles announced that she was withdrawing from the team finals and individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics because she had to…
Backing small biz, LIA wades into federal antitrust war
By GREGORY ZELLER // Suggesting they could “fracture the technology industry” – with especially harmful effects on technology-driven Long Island socioeconomics – the Long Island Association is speaking out against…
SBU startup earns top honors in SUNY ‘summer school’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A data-mining and machine-learning expert with a key job at Stony Brook University’s Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology has earned critical commercialization support…
Life’s a beach with SBU’s inclusive water-quality app
By GREGORY ZELLER // Come on in, the water’s fine. That’s the promise of the Long Island Beach and Water Quality App, a unique public app designed by Stony Brook…
New collaboration gives Acupath wings, literally
By GREGORY ZELLER // Despite the lingering threat of COVID-19, Acupath has announced a world tour. Actually, the tour is because of that lingering threat. Acupath Laboratories, the Plainview-based diagnostics…
Community wins as Suffolk doubles down on Double Up
By KATE FULLAM // As the poundage of produce arriving in our East End Food Institute kitchen swings from hundreds to thousands of pounds per week, I’m encouraged to see…
Sun rises on CEBIP’s ambitious Nordic accelerator
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University is now on the Nordic track. On Wednesday, the university’s Clean Energy Business Incubator Program and Nordic Innovation House NY – an online…
Adelphi as a ‘block institute’ in keen Minecraft clone
By GREGORY ZELLER // A creative team of computer-science students and mentors have taken Adelphi University where it’s never gone before – into the world of Minecraft. For the uninitiated,…
Apollo: Not quite the God of Light, but it’s a good start
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-created solar technology – potentially, a long-term solution for noisy, diesel-powered construction-zone nightlights – is shining bright at Molloy College. The Apollo Lighting Tower…
Remembering the lessons of the iconic Henry Ford
By GREG DEMETRIOU // The iconic Henry Ford was a prolific thinker who sought to expound on the world around him. Often, while discussing business, he provided profound pieces of…
Despite innovations, LI wasn’t always a biotech hotbed
By TOM MARINER // Long Island is recognized as a burgeoning biotech corridor now, though its past biotech efforts “flied under the radar” – despite the region giving birth to…