A middle school farm team is automating agriculture
By GREGORY ZELLER // Meanwhile, back on the farm, the future was evolving. The farm, in this case, is inside West Hollow Middle School, a forward-looking jewel of the Half…
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Co-creator: U.S. must get back on the Maglev track
By JAMES POWELL // Our 20th century highways are failing us in the 21st century. The American Society of Civil Engineers grades U.S. highways as D-minus, with a cost of…
At LIU Post, improving at-risk odds through mentoring
By GREGORY ZELLER // A regional mentoring initiative with a long history of supporting at-risk middle and high school students will mark its 15th anniversary this week in Brookville. Designed…
Lawmakers, labor to Albany: Invest $53M in FSC plan
BY GREGORY ZELLER // The right stuff has put Farmingdale State College into a tight spot. A number of them, actually, as the school with Long Island’s second-largest undergraduate enrollment…
From shadowing to Lego Night, careers start in school
By ROSALIE DRAGO // One of the most important business relationships an employer can invest in is the school-business partnership. Urgency in filling immediate and near-term jobs is an obvious…
Schools, hospital unite on teen mental-health issues
By GREGORY ZELLER // In an era of unprecedented social pressures, one Long Island school district is teaming up with a local hospital to provide critical mental-health services for students….
ThermoLift lands on (Google for Startups) cloud nine
By GREGORY ZELLER // A rising star of Stony Brook University’s science-commercialization ecosystem is getting a major boost from Google. ThermoLift, headquartered at SBU’s Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center…
Among 9/11 responders, SBU sees PTSD-dementia link
By GREGORY ZELLER // The heroes of 9/11 continue to confront danger, according to a new study by Stony Brook University researchers that sees a potential connection between PTSD and…
Minority-owned businesses benefit as Hofstra ‘Ascends’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new university/government/industry outreach program focused on minority entrepreneurs received an executive-grade kickoff Tuesday at Hofstra University. Funded by a $350,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase, the…
BioPosture: Septuagenarian entrepreneurs bounce back
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Going in Style File comes Sleep BioLogics Inc., a startup from two 70-something entrepreneurs who wouldn’t take retirement lying down. Actually, Sleep BioLogics is…
For homebound-ed answers, ask the right questions
By HARRY AURORA // The distressing fact about American education is that the deck is stacked against many children before they open their first textbook. Much of the nation’s attention,…
Adelphi honored for ‘personal’ enrollment effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // Riding a 9.7 percent spike in annual applications – pushing its total number of applicants past 13,000 for the first time – Adelphi University and its…
As PGA Championship looms, Northwell gears up
By GREGORY ZELLER // When the masses congregate on Long Island in May for one of professional golf’s crown-jewel events, they’ll be in good hands, medically speaking. New Hyde Park-based…
In innovative ‘opera,’ a new weapon in the opioid war
By GINA CZARK // How bad is our opioid epidemic? Consider these stats: In 1993, America’s peak year of gun violence, we lost approximately 40,000 people to firearms. The AIDS…
With Northwell’s new joint jobs, it’s hip to be home
By GREGORY ZELLER // A need for speed – and revolutionary, multidisciplinary approaches to pre-op education and post-op recovery – have Northwell Health kicking joint-replacement patients to the curb. Relax,…