The Debrief: The Queen of Long Island Media
As a Season 2 guest on “Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast,” she helped create an interdimensional talk-show rift that temporarily bridged our giddy gabfest with her own syndicated…
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The Debrief: Harnessing nature’s building blocks, SWFTly
A biotechnology startup with close ties to Stony Brook University and ambitious sustainability goals is poised for greatness. Welcome to SWFTLabs, which has obtained an exclusive patent license agreement…
The Debrief: Heart, and horse sense, at Pal-O-Mine
As founder and CEO of Islandia-based Pal-O-Mine Equestrian, Lisa Gatti fills an unprecedented and increasingly important niche in Long Island’s social structure. Officially established in 1995, the 501(c)3 nonprofit…
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…
No. 978: Overcoming our fears, equalizing tax rates and playing the blame game – with (almost) no dad jokes
Busy busy: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday of Spring 2025 (sorta … this year’s Summer Solstice takes place at precisely…
The Debrief: Keeping Black businesses in the black
As president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, and through several other professional and volunteer pursuits, Phil Andrews is an agent of hope. The past president…
The Debrief: Innovation, front and center at Adelphi
Adelphi University has many thriving hubs. Among its most active and progressive is the Adelphi University Innovation Center, a pulsating nerve-point of high-tech presentations, hands-on workshops and interactive demonstrations…
The Debrief: At SBU, an innovative take on eco-dev
As Stony Brook University’s first-ever chief innovation officer, Michael Kinch holds a uniquely influential position in one of the region’s biggest and busiest commercialization operations. Wielding an impressive résumé…
The Debrief: Going for brokers, innovation at CIBS
As a unified voice for proud professionalism and irreproachable ethics, the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island has been elevating the regional real estate industry – specifically, RE…
The Debrief: Standing up against bipolar disorder
The 5.7 million American adults living with bipolar disorder are about to get some major-league help: a nationwide coalition of expert institutions designed to collectively evaluate patients and determine…
The Debrief: New faces, historical mission at the MTRC
Change is afoot at Stony Brook University’s Manufacturing and Technology Resource Consortium. Not the MTRC’s mission; Empire State Development’s regional Manufacturing Extension Partnership center has always provided job-creation and…
The Debrief: With landfill leaving, problems piling up
Long Island residents produce almost five pounds of waste per person per day. That’s a whopping 14 million tons of municipal waste, on top of nearly 30 million pounds…
The Debrief: Opportunities converge at Midway Crossing
On an island where grandiose project proposals (commercial/residential megalopolises, indoor ski mountains, etc.) come and go, Midway Crossing gives pause. Not for its projected price, which is considerable ($2.8…
The Debrief: At Canon USA, the people have spoken
From the Department of Dramatically Underappreciated Socioeconomic Cornerstones comes Canon U.S.A., the Melville-based subsidiary of Japanese imaging giant Canon Inc. boasting billions in annual revenues and roughly 6,200 employees….
Debrief: With Yvonne Schultz, innovation in every pot
When Innovate Long Island last checked in on the goings on at Stony Brook University’s Business Incubator at Calverton, former Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency Executive Director Chris Kempner had…