Soaring above (and diving below) manufacturing history
By TOM MARINER // Sixty-seven months after the day in 1903 when Orville Wright flew 120 feet in the first powered aircraft flight at Kitty Hawk, Glenn Curtiss flew 25…
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The Debrief: Art, for education’s sake, at the LICM
Erika Floreska has a keen understanding of the unique relationship between art and intellectual development. Her impressive résumé is filled with instructional and administrative roles at well-known theaters and…
In youth robotics, high hopes for manufacturing’s future
By TOM MARINER // It was as if I was transported to the Haas pit at the Formula One race in Monaco. Crews in logoed shirts, fervently tuning their complex…
No. 933: On cocoa, cones and Kofi Annon (plus the origins of life on Earth, and other tidbits)
Friggin’ superstitions: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but Friday the 13th – the second (and last, obviously) of 2024. Hey, we’re not going to…
No. 844: On holiday feasts, bright lights, favorite games and IDA gift packages … and to all, a good night!
That’s a wrap: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the very last Wednesday before Christmas, and the second-to-last hump day of 2023. Yes, the big,…
Hofstra’s computer-science wishes granted by the NSF
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Science Foundation is backing several ambitious Hofstra University professors on computer-science missions with wide-ranging implications. The foundation has awarded the university three grants totaling…
Competitive gaming, at full STEAM, in Westbury
By GREGORY ZELLER // A one-of-a-kind mall with creativity in its foundation has added another innovative tenant, where science, mathematics and engineering are all fun and games. Snapology, an educational-support…
At SCCC, a $21M STEM center with a real future
By GREGORY ZELLER // Suffolk County Community College has officially opened its Renewable Energy STEM Center, with a host of scientific disciplines and innovative workforce-development initiatives in play. Dedicated to…
Mission (and logo) intact, SUNY Old Westbury steps up
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another excellent Long Island college is stepping up to “university” status. Following Rockville Centre-based Molloy University and Patchogue-based St. Joseph’s University – which earned their stripes…
In Loveland, a leader who knew how to use his time
By TOM MARINER // It was a drop-the-phone moment. “Ron Loveland is gone?” A shock. A huge hole, not only in the lives of his wife, Vicky, or their four…
No. 765: Dining on ashes, extended funding rounds and icy miracles – and keeping it real with CIBS
Fast forward: The winter-break workweek speeds along, intrepid innovators – it’s Wednesday already and all downhill from here (the positive version). We’re racing with you step for step on…
Teaching Master Teachers a thing or two at the AERTC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A stronghold of higher-ed science is sharing its genius with Long Island’s littlest learners, with the help of some educational masters. A dozen representatives of the…
LI STEM Hub converses about kids’ futures
By GREGORY ZELLER // A future-workforce initiative with a regional academic twist is soaring at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. On Feb. 11, the Long Island STEM Hub – a…
No. 756: On scallops, cheese and another cup of coffee, with epileptic art for all (and debt relief for most)
Above average: Well done, intrepid innovators – another productive workweek in the books, another winter weekend on the doorstep, and yes, it really is winter out there. Hey, we…
In OW-STEM, a legacy push for STEM diversity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A STEM “preparatory center” will open doors to science and technology careers for traditionally underrepresented – and professionally discouraged – Long Island collegians. Riding a $1.87…