Employers sink or swim as the ‘Silver Tsunami’ rises
By TERRY LYNAM // For years, business owners and anyone who follows the business world have been preparing for Millennials – and soon after, Gen Z – to enter and…
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These are not the ‘Star Wars’ deals you’re looking for
By GREGORY ZELLER // It is a period of online commerce. Rebel shoppers, striking from their homes and offices, have scored numerous victories against the evil American Retailers. But beware…
With Lentini tuning up, Molloy hits an innovative note
By GREGORY ZELLER // Molloy College has certainly changed its tune. Not that its newly minted president-elect, James Lentini, won’t continue the visionary leadership of current Molloy College President Drew…
Today, tomorrow meet in ULC, Science Center alliance
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative alliance will unite one of Long Island’s top robotics companies with a Riverhead nonprofit on a mission to prepare young learners for the 21st…
Adelphi, SBU mix it up in Island-wide diversity drive
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the It Takes a Village file come multiple attempts to promote inclusion at some of Long Island’s top universities, and beyond. Just weeks after Stony…
On whiskey in winter: Some like it hot
By AMBROSE CLANCY // It was raining horizontally, with sleet, driven by a December gale. We could hear the sea pounding the concrete strand one street away as we ducked…
Pay up, LI employers: Minimum wage is rising again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Going up? You bet – minimum wages on Long Island and around New York State are set to rise again. As part of a Gov. Andrew…
Island ‘hub’ scores as New York Tech adds second PhD
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s another doctorate in the house at the New York Institute of Technology, which has announced its first-ever computer science PhD program. Starting in the Fall…
In TD grant, big win for CSHL, Tuveson and society
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cutting-edge Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory cancer-detection science will get cutting-edgier, thanks to a stocking stuffer from TD Bank. New Jersey-based TD announced Tuesday more than…
FuzeHub boosts digital defenses for LI manufacturers
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nobody is immune from cyber criminals – including regional manufacturers, who have a new opportunity to defend themselves. FuzeHub, the regional New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership…
On Long Island, innovation never takes a holiday
By GREGORY ZELLER // As holidays are wont to do, Thanksgiving brings out the best in people – and Long Island has no shortage of can collections, stuff-a-bus campaigns and…
No snow is low, but banning balloons would really blow
By GREGORY ZELLER // Humbug! Chances are low that Long Island will experience a white Christmas in 2019, according to expert forecasters, while another elemental disappointment may scrub a big…
As channels evolve, brands need a grip on social media
By DAVID CHAUVIN // Thanks to the proliferation of social media, the relationships brands share with their target audiences have changed drastically. Researchers suggest that consumer/brand relationships psychologically mimic personal…
EPA, bus buddies help Bay Shore schools charge ahead
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s “first fully electric production line” from iconic school-bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corp. is now rolling through Bay Shore. The Bay Shore Union Free School…
Mud in their eye at i-hamptons’ “Riptide III”
By GREGORY ZELLER // A sunscreen with an ecological nature and an unmistakable Long Island ID took top honors at the third-annual “Riptide: $ink or $wim” business competition. The Montauk…