Collaboration cooks up unique ‘Food as Health’ effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the You Are What You Eat file comes a New York State first: a hospital-based initiative designed to comprehensively address hunger-related issues. The New Hyde…
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No. 325: Prime time for Whole Foods, a big score for LI colleges and playing it safe with coyotes
Middle ground: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of another busy (and sticky!) summer workweek. X factor: It’s July 25 out there, a big date for suspending the…
Nerve-stim startup Sanguistat shuffles its deck
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Connecticut-based biotech spun out of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has assembled a powerful collection of advisors and directors, including corporate heavyweights and recognized…
Feinstein prof snags $3.5M for bladder-cancer effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Institutes of Health is backing a Long Island-based researcher’s efforts to develop a first-of-its-kind care program for post-surgical bladder cancer patients. Michael Diefenbach, a…
No. 322: On P.T. Barnum, Sinatra, Julius Caesar and Han Solo – and why Stony Brook’s CEBIP is shaking with excitement
It’s Friday the 13th: And there’s absolutely nothing to be afraid of, dear readers – in fact, it’s time to celebrate, with another productive week of socioeconomic innovation in the…
No. 321: Integrating LI schools, fighting crime with TV, and why the sun shines so brightly on J. Kings
Half full: Over the hump we go, dear readers, as another summery week of socioeconomic innovation reaches its midpoint. It’s July 11 out there – “7-Eleven Day,” according to the…
Good sports Hofstra, Northwell team up (once again)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hofstra University athletes will now receive primary medical care directly from New York State’s largest healthcare provider. The Northwell Health Orthopaedic Institute – part of New…
No. 318: On Helen Keller, Ross Perot, J.J. Abrams and Captain Video (and yes, that iced tea IS very spicy)
Welcome, welcome: It’s the midpoint of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation, dear readers, with just seven days to go before the nation’s 242nd birthday. Mathematically, that must mean it’s…
No. 317: Anid’s big promotion, Adelphi’s big award, keeping it local and why you need grumpy employees
The end: Another busy week concludes and another blessed weekend dawns, dear readers – congratulations on successfully navigating the choppy waters of socioeconomic innovation, once again. It’s Friday, June 22,…
No. 316: The winds of change blow at SBU, the BeerBox keeps tabs and Keith Hernandez steps up
Wednesday welcome: And a happy midweek to you, dear readers, as we hurtle together through an exciting (and blessedly summerlike) week of socioeconomic innovation. It’s June 20 all over the…
No. 315: Governor Cuomo’s spending habits, Captain Kirk’s weekend plans and live from The Spur sports desk
Survival instinct: Well done, dear reader – you’ve made it to the end of another busy workweek. Your instincts are formidable indeed. It’s June 15 out there, and while the…
Pinning down patient comfort with Gamma Knife Icon
By GREGORY ZELLER // The latest precision instrument for targeting brain tumors – and only brain tumors – has come to Long Island. But the precision delivery of radiological treatments…
Feinstein ‘risk index’ could get the jump on lupus
By GREGORY ZELLER // A complex research effort led by top Feinstein Institute scientists has opened the door to a wide range of early-intervention protocols for the dreaded disease lupus….
At Elmezzi, it’s the thought (not the size) that counts
By GREGORY ZELLER // At its 58th commence exercises on May 18, counting bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, Stony Brook University conferred 7,185 total diplomas upon happy graduates – a…
No. 309: Gandalf grays, Northwell walks, Islip eyes the CFA and why they’re lining up to fund Envisagenics
Oh, you SO earned it: Congratulations, dear reader – you’ve completed another busy week in socioeconomic innovation, and not just any week, but the week leading up to a long…