To ensure college success, level the HS academic field
By HARRY AURORA // Education is the cornerstone of success, a college degree is paramount and K-12 schools are committed to doing everything possible to help students excel at the…
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Time running out, supporters rally for ambitious CCPA
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a virtual race against the clock in Albany, where the current legislative session has less than a month to go and a landmark climate-equity bill…
Future female pilots wing it at 2019 Air Show preview
By GREGORY ZELLER // With female pilots set to soar high in this year’s Bethpage Air Show, nearly two dozen high school girls flew out in front of the Memorial…
Debrief: Innovations past and future, with Marc Alessi
Arguably the hardest-working man in Long Island innovation, former New York State Assemblyman Marc Alessi enjoys a singular socioeconomic viewpoint. The entrepreneur and champion of 5G connectivity has had…
USPTO, regional forces unite for Long Island inventors
By GREGORY ZELLER // Innovators, assemble – the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is coming to Long Island. In another bringing-the-mountain-to-Mohammed moment, the USPTO is partnering with Farmingdale State College…
To keep talent coming, tech must fill its own pipeline
By PHIL RUGILE // Workforce development in tech? Not as easy as it sounds. My workforce muse, Rosalie Drago, has in this very column touched on the concept that apprenticeships…
Location plays big as Bridgeworks, DropDesk expand
By GREGORY ZELLER // Consider it ridesharing on the road to professional development. That’s the angle founder Graham Beck is taking at Bridgeworks, the Long Beach co-working community that’s advancing…
At new SBU hub, artificial intelligence is the real deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cornerstone of Long Island’s innovation economy has partnered with a New York City-based technology icon to launch a new hub for regional AI research. Stony…
Joint admissions effort unites NCC, Farmingdale State
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island institutions of higher learning are joining forces to speed students toward their baccalaureate degrees. Trumpeting a “historic effort,” Farmingdale State College and Garden…
As Apollo anniversary nears, mission time at CoA
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unless you’re hiding under a moon rock, you know that humankind’s first stroll on the lunar surface was 50 years ago this July – and as…
‘Switch’ set, superconductivity startup soars
By GREGORY ZELLER // Resistance, it turns out, is not futile – but in this power struggle, a Stony Brook startup may have the technological advantage. In the world of…
And baby makes 30, as ASC adds new fertility clinic
By GREGORY ZELLER // Of all the specialty areas packed inside the Stony Brook Advanced Specialty Care facility, this one might produce the happiest results. Stony Brook Medicine has officially…
Chembio’s dengue field test earns Brazilian nod
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another critical Brazilian regulatory approval to Chembio Diagnostics’ portfolio. The Medford-based point-of-care diagnostics specialist announced this its week the Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, Brazil’s…
At RMF, new legal alternatives for court-weary clients
By GREGORY ZELLER // A top Long Island law firm has significantly expanded its business-focused legal services, with a senior partner heading a new practice group determined to stear clear…
As applications soar, Adelphi stresses multiculturalism
By GREGORY ZELLER // With applications to Adelphi University rising fast – and the university’s student body diversifying rapidly – the school is already reaching out to tomorrow’s multicultural applicants….