‘Monumental’ moves help FSC respond, move forward
By JOHN NADER // The past few weeks have been challenging for all of us, and especially for our students preparing to complete their degrees, graduate school and enter the…
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Stony Brook Medicine shifts telehealth into high gear
By GREGORY ZELLER // Telehealth is not exactly a new concept for Stony Brook Medicine, which had an interdisciplinary Telehealth Workgroup – a collaboration of executives, academicians, researchers, marketers and…
Hofstra biz-plan contest ventures into new territory
By GREGORY ZELLER // The coronavirus couldn’t stop tradition at Hofstra University, where the regularly scheduled Hofstra-Digital Remedy Venture Challenge went off without a hitch, virtually. Now in its eighth…
Pharma manufacturers, IDA eye Hauppauge redux
By GREGORY ZELLER // Old economic-development friends have crossed paths again in Hauppauge, with a critical new ED edict. The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency has issued preliminary approval of…
For restaurateurs, nothing will ever be the same
By RON EDELSON // Before COVID-19, the scene on virtually any night at many of the popular full-service restaurants – be they casual dining, family dining, or fine dining –…
Debating the ethics of AI (before it’s too late)
By JOHN MAGLIOCCO JR. // With highly sophisticated algorithms and rapid advancements in storing, processing and analyzing data, artificial intelligence is making its presence known in the world today. With…
Willumstad wings it with virtual biz-plan competition
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s innovation squared at the Willumstad School of Business, where a business-plan competition rewarding inventiveness has performed a pandemic pivot. Student entrepreneurs from across the multifaceted…
Digital-gifting pioneer leads U.S. ‘Main Street’ mission
By GREGORY ZELLER // Regional innovation veterans have conjured a pandemic-approved small-business support system stretching from Main Street, Long Island, to Main Streets everywhere. Behold, OperationMainStreet.com, a free gift card…
Thanks for the Quantum Memory: DOE backs Qunnect
By GREGORY ZELLER // A red-hot “Quantum Memory” technology has secured a seven-figure federal grant for a Stony Brook startup with plans for ultra-secure global communications. Qunnect Inc., which leverages…
Tipping the leader meter, everyday heroes abound
By DAVID CHAUVIN // True leaders tend to reveal themselves in times of crisis. (Fraudulent leaders tend to be exposed as well – a story for another column, but see…
CSHL, partners track COVID-19 culprit to tricky NET
By GREGORY ZELLER // An international research consortium with Long Island roots may have identified the culprit behind COVID-19’s worst cases. It’s been well-documented that a large majority of patients…
LI biotech speeds COVID-19 vaccine candidates to Italy
By GREGORY ZELLER // With preliminary lab tests looking good, an innovative Long Island biotech is rushing a quintet of potential COVID-19 vaccines overseas. Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences announced…
Island colleges ease tough senior moments, virtually
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s top-shelf institutions of higher learning are springing to action to help one of the pandemic’s healthiest – and most negatively affected – populations. Among…
Incentives abound as Nassau IDA, LEAC plug away
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s full steam ahead in Nassau County’s economic-development wing, where the coronavirus can’t slow the works. The Nassau County Local Economic Assistance Corp. and the Nassau…
FuzeHub stakes $400K for quick-acting manufacturers
By GREGORY ZELLER // As the COVID-19 fight rages, a statewide manufacturing motivator is throwing a large chunk of change into the ring. FuzeHub, Albany’s New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership…