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…
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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…
Galactic gala honors past, present of LI air and space
By GREGORY ZELLER // After four trips to space, a front-row seat for the breathless Apollo 13 rescue and some relatively ho-hum years as a U.S. Air Force airman and…
In Israel, high honors for Feinstein’s diabetes warrior
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research professor who’s dedicated his life to battling diabetes has earned a rare honor. Endocrinologist Jesse Roth, a fellow of the…
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…
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…