Donald Trump, Long Island and the war on science
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s worry, if not panic, among the scientists at the heart of the Long Island innovation economy. Certainly, none are surprised that President Donald Trump, in…
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Best laid plans: Seven head to Albany for $100K shot
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hofstra University showed off its innovation chops in this week’s regional round of the 2017 New York State Business Plan Competition. Four of the seven teams…
In protein interactions, it’s the little things that count
Fair warning to the protein complexes behind some of planet Earth’s most nefarious diseases, which have hid from mainstream researchers through decades of molecular science: Stony Brook University is coming for…
Hey, Biff … that’s DOCTOR McFly to you
At long last, teen hero Marty McFly will go degree-for-degree with his partner in time, Dr. Emmett Brown: Stony Brook University will confer an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree…
Amazon enrolls at SBU with trendy ‘pickup point’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Riding a high-tech trend toward convenience and cost-savings, Stony Brook University now has its very own Amazon “pickup location.” Located on the lower level of SBU’s…
The SBU ecologist who came in from the cold
If you’ve ever dreamt of tracking Antarctic penguin populations – and really, who hasn’t? – Stony Brook University can now make it happen. No, the university won’t fly you to…
DOE taps SBU guru, for a billion-billion reasons
By GREGORY ZELLER // An ambitious nationwide computational-chemistry effort – which could enhance critical biomass-based energy production, among other next-level sciences – will be led by one of Stony Brook…
SBU hitting its STRIDE, with NSF’s help
With Big Data piling up at an almost incalculable rate, a seven-figure National Science Foundation grant will help prepare Stony Brook University’s next generation of scientists for complex decision-making scenarios….
At SBU, Rocking the Space Vibe
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is funding a five-year mission that has Stony Brook University geologists exploring strange, new worlds – and gearing up for…
Commercialization grant backs brain-scan study
The National Science Foundation is backing a Long Island academic-private partnership looking to turn functional magnetic-resonance imaging technologies into new weapons against brain disease. Farmingdale-based ALA Scientific Instruments and Dr….
A summer of endless incubation at CEBIP
By GREGORY ZELLER // Summer slowdown? Not at the Clean Energy Business Incubator Program, where a full slate of new clients and educational networking programs is giving a traditionally sagging…
SBU nanotech fuels upstate collaboration
By GREGORY ZELLER // A collaboration between a Long Island tech spinoff and an upstate manufacturer could speed a Stony Brook University-born nanotechnology to market – and set the fuel-cell…
Economic development with surgical precision
By GREGORY ZELLER // With design in its DNA, MIDI Medical Product Development has a long commercialization history. With its new Innovation Center, the veteran Smithtown maker is focused squarely…
Gerrit Wolf is minding innovation’s business
The Innovation Center stands out from Stony Brook University’s rich selection of business incubators and entrepreneurship programs for many reasons, but the first is this: Unlike the university’s other business-development…
Startups Shine At SBU Incubator Showcase
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s impressive economic-development ecosystem took a home run trot Thursday during the university’s first-ever Business Incubator Showcase, held at the Center for Excellence in…