The long and short of it: Yes, Millennials pay attention
By DAVID CHAUVIN // Of all the misconceptions about Millennials – a group that will comprise 50 percent of the workforce by 2020 – the one that annoys me most…
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‘Linear DNA’ combo shows punch in cancer fight
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mark another impressive victory for LineaRX, this time in a two-front battle against cancer. The Stony Brook-based biotech with innovation in its DNA (literally) has lent…
With Saf-T-Swim splash, big fish dives into LI waters
By GREGORY ZELLER // A longtime Long Island swimming school dedicated to teaching people to love and respect the water also loves and respects a good deal. And so Deer…
SBU microRNA tech sparks $10M anticancer startup
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook University-developed technology, a Massachusetts-based startup and an eight-figure investment from China could pave a path toward groundbreaking cancer therapeutics. Through an agreement with…
Island high-schoolers take European science prize
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island high schoolers have earned a top European prize for young scientists. Half Hollow Hills High School West’s Poojan Pandya and Ward Melville Senior…
In energetic bus-based two-step, an ‘elegant’ e-effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // An ambitious school bus pilot program could ease the summertime burden on regional energy grids (students not included). Suffolk Transportation Service – a Bay Shore-based bus…
As suspensions mount, schools have homework to do
By HARRY AURORA // One of the most extreme ways to discipline a student is the out-of-school suspension – but this punishment only bandages a problem, without actually fixing it….
Million-dollar grant opens FSC to less-privileged minds
By GREGORY ZELLER // A million-dollar gift from the National Science Foundation will help a classroom’s worth of science- and math-focused Long Island high schoolers enroll at Farmingdale State College….
Oklahoma opioid ruling offers hope to front-lines LI
By KEVIN DAHILL // The $572 million that an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay to the State of Oklahoma for the company’s role in the opioid crisis…
Hofstra computer-degree programs earn ABET approval
By GREGORY ZELLER // The prevailing authority over international engineering and technology collegiate education has green-stamped two Hofstra University computer-degree programs. The university’s Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied…
The ‘underserved’ aim high, via Ascend Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // The rubber meets the roads Thursday at Hofstra University, when the innovative Ascend Long Island program holds its first-ever “procurement conference.” Combining small Nassau County businesses…
IDA eyes better (maybe not bigger) StartUp Connect
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the hottest nights of the year at The Paramount is coming Oct. 3, with nobody whatsoever set to take the stage. But don’t let…
Brand authentication: Keeping it real in the Digital Age
By DAVID CHAUVIN // In theory, being authentic should be easy. How hard can it be to be yourself – the one person you know better than anyone? Unfortunately, marketing…
Competition runs deep as annual ‘RipTide’ returns
By GREGORY ZELLER // A business plan pitch-a-thon with real pull is returning to the Hamptons. i-Hamptons – the professional networking community that brought you The Spur and Spur East,…
Down is up at Applied DNA, with the good stuff
By GREGORY ZELLER // An aggressive Long Island biotech is getting down, literally, with another global textiles supplier. Stony Brook-based supply-chain security specialist Applied DNA Sciences announced Thursday a new sales…