Debrief: Michael Chiang, mic’d up at Stony Brook SBDC
Michael Chiang didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur. But firsthand exposure to Baruch College professors who were also successful entrepreneurs changed his mind (and his major), instilling a…
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College or work? Maybe the path isn’t so cut-and-dry
By ROSALIE DRAGO // As costs rise and debt mounts, debate rages about the “necessity” of college. Throw in a worker shortage in technical occupations that don’t require degrees, and…
Innovation does well at 2019 Healthcare Challenge
By GREGORY ZELLER // Healthcare was the challenge and the entire community was the winner – though really, a cutting-edge app that helps users make more nutritious food selections was…
‘Out There’ innovator thinks outside the box, and office
By GREGORY ZELLER // Wall Street success seemed assured. But for Anthony Capellupo, the truth was out there. Literally (the innovator “grew up on the water”), figuratively (“I was always…
Island set to shine as clean-energy employment soars
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for research-rich, offshore-open Long Island: New York’s clean-energy economy is growing at more than double the rate of the overall state economy. So says…
Incentives keep global distributor grounded on LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading distributor of aviation-support equipment will fly out of Long Island for another decade at least, with a nod to the Suffolk County Industrial Development…
A regular riot: Recalling RALPH, from LI to the moon
By PETER CRESCENTI // A recent Innovate LI newsletter headline – “Chefs of the future” – caught my attention: It had to be a reference to “The Honeymooners,” the classic…
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…
‘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….