In Long Island first, FSC eyes ‘dreamer’ scholarships
By GREGORY ZELLER // Front-page fights over women’s rights may divide us, border security may frighten us and faith in our elected officials may be staggeringly low – but the…
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No. 629: A Supreme edition, punctuated by tiny houses, KFC and cherries jubilee
Almost there: You’ve done it again, dear reader! Another workweek conquered and another weekend queued up – the first weekend of autumn to boot. Well done! But before you…
SUNY pumps millions into COVID-related mental health
By GREGORY ZELLER // Referencing a “once-in-a-generation health crisis” with dramatic implications beyond the physical, the State University of New York system has launched a massive student mental health and…
Scholarships, Super Bowl tix lure the vaccine-hesitant
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is getting more creative in its efforts to convince New Yorkers to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Following Ohio’s lead – earlier this month, the Buckeye…
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…
Stratospheric sunshield can’t deflect critical questions
By GREGORY ZELLER // Earth – SAI Control Center 04.27.2121 Solar Geoengineering Project: Day 913 Chief engineer’s log: The Stratospheric Aerosol Injection proceeds uninterrupted. SGP drones continue to inject reflective…
LI biotech veterans attacking COVID from unique angle
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Institutes of Health is backing an early-stage Kings Park biotech’s quest for non-antibiotic-based COVID-19 treatments. CMTx Biotech has non-antimicrobials in its sights and a…
In NYSERDA’s ‘Strategic Outlook,’ a sunny LI forecast
By GREGORY ZELLER // You have to say this about NYSERDA: They think big. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority has unveiled a three-year “Strategic Outlook” combining…
State launches Offshore Wind Training Institute, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Representing the largest public investment by any state in offshore wind workforce development, New York’s Offshore Wind Training Institute is now afloat. Seriously. The State University…
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…
SUNY-Old Westbury taps student-empowerment pro
By GREGORY ZELLER // A veteran academic administrator with a national résumé and long familiarity with New York State higher education will take the reins at SUNY-Old Westbury. Following a…
SUNY requires COVID tests for homebound students
By GREGORY ZELLER // The State University of New York system has created an innovative safety net meant to catch COVID-positive students before they return home – and requiring individual…
SUNY’s LI schools look good as COVID tracker debuts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Note to the party crowds on SUNY’s 64 statewide campuses: Big Doctor is watching. With colleges and universities across the land reporting significant COVID-19 outbreaks –…
SUNY looks inward, taps ex-policy wonk as chancellor
By GREGORY ZELLER // After a relatively brief search for a successor to former Chancellor Kristina Johnson, SUNY has found its new head honcho – inside SUNY. Jim Malatras is…
Chancellor’s resignation, amid pandemic, stuns SUNY
By GREGORY ZELLER // State University of New York Chancellor Kristina Johnson has announced her resignation, stepping down to become the new president of The Ohio State University. Johnson, who…