Three decades later, LIHTI still lighting biomed’s fuse
By TOM MARINER // Early in 2012, Marc Alessi – an attorney who had served three terms in the New York State Assembly – followed his entrepreneurial brain and founded…
Stony Brook University Hospital
A summer of switcheroos for big Island names, firms
By GREGORY ZELLER // Across industries and sectors, an A-list of major Long Island names is updating its resumés this summer. The latest: Former New York State Chief Administrative Judge…
No. 714: Starring Henry Ford, Diamond Jim and Jan Brady, with Ronald McDonald still clowning around
Sweat talker: Welcome to Friday, friends, as we wrap up another sweaty workweek and queue up another no-sweat weekend. Before we cool down, just one more day of inspiration…
No. 712: Artistic Napoleon, iron lungs and overlooked inventors, with opportunity blowing in the wind
Away we go: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday in July – and your last Innovate Long Island newsletter for 10…
No. 683: Enjoying ‘Macbeth,’ a classic ‘Trek’ cameo and smoother roads – and, for 4/20, some fine edibles
Speed racers: Welcome, intrepid innovators, to the back turn of this latest busy workweek. It’s April 20 out there, and we’re downshifting just long enough for a Wednesday innovation…
With $10M start, SBU to lead LI biomedical network
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island biomedicine is about to be remade, with Stony Brook University leading the way. The flagship State University of New York institution has been selected…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…
Targeting healthcare workers, LI vaccinations begin
By GREGORY ZELLER // Americans remain split about receiving a COVID-19 shot – but frontline healthcare workers are squarely in the vaccinate-me-now category. Pfizer’s hastily approved COVID-19 vaccine is now…
No. 532: A new look for Long Island, new life for old junk and cheeseburgers for all
End run: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we hustle down the stretch of this somewhat autumnal workweek and look forward to another well-earned weekend. It’s Sept. 18 out…
No. 527: On angry winds, sustained science and better mental health – we’ll sip to that!
Days, and confused: This much we know, dear readers – it’s Friday, Aug. 28, and you’ve completed another summer workweek in the cruel parallel universe that is COVID-19. Just…
No. 499: In which Vasco da Gama resurfaces – and moms, PPE and coconut pies have a day
The mother of all weekends: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up another work-from-home workweek and kick off a bittersweet, locked-down Mother’s Day weekend. Freedom (to choose):…
A fate worse than death? Docs decry drop in ER visits
By GREGORY ZELLER // A disturbing and growing trend of the 2020 pandemic sees non-COVID-19 patients in medical distress avoiding hospital emergency rooms – with detrimental, sometimes fatal consequences. This…
Stony Brook Medicine shifts telehealth into high gear
By GREGORY ZELLER // Telehealth is not exactly a new concept for Stony Brook Medicine, which had an interdisciplinary Telehealth Workgroup – a collaboration of executives, academicians, researchers, marketers and…
No. 475: Love is in the air – along with Ferris wheels, podcasts and ‘mega sports’
We heart you: You’ve done it again, dear reader – another workweek conquered, another Friday reached, and for that, you have our undying affection. It’s Feb. 14 out there,…
No. 472: On videogames, infectious diseases and historic blizzards (and the return of Capt. Picard)
Center piece: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we reach the middle of another busy workweek – and the exact midpoint of the blessedly mild (at least in these…