No. 567: A moving tribute, featuring space beams, ice capades and Jimmy Durante
Snow kidding: Remember those winters when it was kinda warm and it barely snowed and we were all, like, waaahhh, I miss the snow, it’s so pretty and it…
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No. 563: On historical mice, Mozart, NutraSweet and slim chances for fiber-optics
Flush with excitement: Hello again, dear readers, and a joyous Thomas Crapper Day to you, as we wipe away the competition and reclaim the innovation throne. All over the…
No. 557: On quantum speed, EV ports and Jane Austen – and to all, a good night
A toast: To family, friends, good fortune and a rapid end of this global pandemic – welcome to Dec. 23, dear readers, and the heart of the holidays. It’s…
No. 549: On Truth, justice for Susan B. and the state of American bridges (not good)
Let freedom ring: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we muscle through this latest busy workweek in the land of the free and the home of the brave. On…
No. 541: In which Cool Whip, garbanzo beans and Godzilla get their due, and podcasts take over
Healthy start: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of this latest busy week of socioeconomic innovation. Before we get into it, Oct. 21 brings us National Check…
No. 534: In which batters strike out, small businesses strike gold and Henry Ford gives you your weekend
Autumnal equalizer: Give yourself 10 seconds to forget POTUS, SCOTUS and every other fuss, dear reader, and consider this – you’ve completed the gauntlet of another busy workweek, and…
No. 508: Boomgaarden rocks, Judy Garland sings, industrial forces go home and gougers get theirs
Big day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the day Long Island engages Phase 2 in Albany’s official reopening playbook – an important step…
Island colleges ease tough senior moments, virtually
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s top-shelf institutions of higher learning are springing to action to help one of the pandemic’s healthiest – and most negatively affected – populations. Among…
At New York Tech, eSports are way more than a game
By GREGORY ZELLER // A long time ago, on a campus far, far away, “Spacewar!” changed everything. In October 1972, Stanford University hosted an “intergalactic Olympics” featuring the groundbreaking space-combat…
At NYIT, a science lab also working on the workforce
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York Institute of Technology’s brightest will multiply their minds in the university’s new Biomedical Sciences and Bioengineering Laboratory, where biology times engineering equals 21st century…
No. 461: Creative cones, melodious Molloy and an architect for New York Tech
But not least: Welcome to Friday, dear readers – not only the last leg of this busy week of socioeconomic innovation, but the last Friday the 13th of the…
Island ‘hub’ scores as New York Tech adds second PhD
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s another doctorate in the house at the New York Institute of Technology, which has announced its first-ever computer science PhD program. Starting in the Fall…
No. 456: A closeup look at Hubble, Feinstein’s finest and the Moon men of Garden City
Tipping point: Over the hump we go, dear readers, as we speed into the second half of this autumnal week of innovation and economic development. It’s Nov. 20 out…
No. 450: Worlds war, bombs blast and Delta delivers – plus, an all-time LI great calls it a career (kinda)
Wicked Wednesday: Boo! Didn’t mean to scare you, dear reader, though today is the day before Halloween – and, of course, the midpoint of this ghoulish week of socioeconomic…
Because there’s tech, and there’s New York Tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology’s unique history and bold future will both play large in a new marketing campaign. The 65-year-old university has unveiled a…