SBU School of Health Tech finds ideal dean (at LIU)
By GREGORY ZELLER // A veteran of health-professions education has taken the reins at Stony Brook University’s School of Health Technology and Management. Stacy Jaffee Gropack, who became dean of…
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Same old story for SUNY Empire, in new Suffolk digs
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s newest college is really nothing new. Empire State College, stepchild of the State University of New York system, is all grown up, thank you:…
At WOS, rewriting the code on workforce development
By GREGORY ZELLER // In-demand coding skills may prove to be just the ticket for three dozen under-employed college graduates, thanks to a socially minded nonprofit and a leading regional…
Hofstra flips switch on next-level cybersecurity center
By GREGORY ZELLER // With cybercrime on the rise, Hofstra University students will join the fight – and the future cybersecurity workforce. On Tuesday, smack-dab in the middle of National…
When workforce development met entrepreneurism
By ROSALIE DRAGO // This has certainly been a busy year for workforce development – especially if you know what workforce development truly is. In 2019, in this space, we’ve…
At Adelphi, unplugged students party like it’s 1993
By GREGORY ZELLER // For some Adelphi University students, this may be the hardest week of their entire collegiate careers. Freshmen in a first-year seminar taught by visiting Associate Professor…
Thirsty, tick-ed off and ready for battle in Riptide III
By GREGORY ZELLER // The people have spoken, and Rip Tide III is about to raise someone’s boat, big-time. The annual “Shark Tank” for East End entrepreneurs, a function of…
New York set to raise statewide tobacco, vaping age
By GREGORY ZELLER // Tobacco use may be in decline, but statistics show a sharp rise in “e-cigarette” use – and both remain a catastrophic public-health threat, particularly among younger…
Productivity is the name of the game for APICS NYC/LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’ll manage just fine, thank you, at the New York City/Long Island chapter of the Association for Supply Chain Management – even if that’s not its…
Keeping it real, in a world of med-tech marvels
By TERRY LYNAM // Healthcare embraces constantly evolving tools and processes to help those who are sick and vulnerable – and to continue fulfilling this purpose, we need technology companies…
Making hay, maybe haymakers at the Fight for Charity
By GREGORY ZELLER // The countdown is on to what is arguably Long Island’s most entertaining annual charity event, and undeniably its most pugilistic. More than 300 friends, family members,…
Whole body, whole world in CSHL’s new Demerec lab
By GREGORY ZELLER // A world-class scientific institution has gotten worldlier, and classier, with a $75 million upgrade focused squarely on cancer research. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory this week cut…
Mirabella bows, generations change at the LIBDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A “council of elders” works great in the movies, but for 21st century business development, only fresh thinking will do. This is Edward Mirabella’s mindset, at…
Because there’s tech, and there’s New York Tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology’s unique history and bold future will both play large in a new marketing campaign. The 65-year-old university has unveiled a…
As teacher shortage grows, a virtually ideal substitute
By HARRY AURORA // It’s no secret the teacher shortage facing school districts across the county is a legitimate crisis. A widely distributed 2019 study by the Economic Policy Institute…