Safety first, last, always as NOWTC preps offshore crews
By GREGORY ZELLER // As Long Island’s wind-energy industry flourishes, the safety of the men and women working on offshore rigs is paramount – and the National Offshore Wind Training…
Suffolk County Community College
No. 921: A pasta course, cheaper turkey and a glass of bubbly (but the news media might make you sick)
Last, but not least: Friday at last! Welcome to the end of another busy workweek, dear readers, and the precipice of another Autumnal weekend. You sure earned this one,…
A summer of energetic schooling with SBU (and friends)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Power players from across regional industry and academia have joined forces this summer to give disadvantaged students – and Long Island socioeconomics – an energetic boost….
No. 883: On rocketeers, Kepler’s Third Law and Einstein’s most famous theory – with chips, ahoy!
Are those bells we hear? Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we reach the midpoint of the year’s fifth month – and kick off an exciting countdown for your…
Brilliant past, bright future power legacy LI machinist
By TOM MARINER // Last month, the new generation of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot walked onto the scene, heralding the rapidly growing robotics industry. Although it’s not directly their…
No. 879: Maypoles, grumps, heroic cardiologists – and na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na … Batman!
Mayday! Mayday! This is not a red alert, dear readers, though it is a red-letter date as the new month begins and we hurdle the hump of this busy…
No. 867: Bibliomaniacs, Hofstra health and CEOs spring forward (along with vegetarians and evil aliens)
Spring fling: Welcome to Wednesday and welcome to Spring, dear readers, as we hurtle the midweek hump and greet the new season, which officially began in our glorious Northern…
For 65 years, community and class have marked SCCC
By TOM MARINER // Nassau and Suffolk counties lost more than 110,000 residents between 2017 and 2022, thanks largely to the regional “brain drain.” Our leaders are looking for solutions…
No. 860: On rationalizations, radioactive elements and Japanese royalty, with a little help on student aid
Tap the brakes: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, already the last Friday of February 2024, with just six leap-year days to go before we’re into March – and 1/6th…
No. 840: In which we pawn our junk, nuke our food and feed the hungry, with new offshore-wind resources
El no-no: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we plow into the heart of December – the only plowing we’re doing here on Long Island, with long-range temperatures running high and nary a…
Workforce development? A walk in the industrial park
By GREGORY ZELLER // A specialized task force will assist workforce development at the Northeast’s largest industrial park. The HIA-LI, one of Long Island’s most muscular business-advocacy organizations, has launched…
No. 793: First ladies, second Spocks, fourth seasons and SBU’s five-hundred-million reasons to be grateful
Light at the end of the week: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the first Friday of June – the month of months for grads,…
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…
SUNY scores as OWTI floats $4M in training grants
By GREGORY ZELLER // State awards for the development of an offshore-wind workforce are beginning to circulate around Long Island. The Offshore Wind Training Institute – an academic-government partnership focused…
Amidst nursing crisis, Albany OKs training simulations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Future nurses will become current nurses a little faster, thanks to new healthcare laws on New York’s books. Against the backdrop of a critical nationwide nursing…