For Long Island malls, challenge equals opportunity
By SCOTT BURMAN // Mark Twain’s most famous misquote – that reports of his death were “greatly exaggerated” – can also apply to shopping malls. It’s true that many malls…
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Meet the polymer goop that just might save the world
By GREGORY ZELLER // A New York City-based energy-efficiency innovator is earning rave reviews from PSEG Long Island for its cutting-edge approach to HVAC productivity – potentially huge news for…
Atomic radio: SBU fills the air with nuclear options
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s most ambitious pro-environmentalism platform is taking its climate-health message on the road – more specifically, to the airwaves. Known colloquially as “C4E,” SBU’s Collaborative…
As safety and efficiency improve, X-rays mark the spot
By BRAD CARLSON // Diagnostic X-ray imaging was invented more than a century ago, but remains part of our daily lives – and an area ripe for innovation. Most of…
The poor prognosis of politicized public health
By TERRY LYNAM // The nation’s public-health professionals are in full-blown panic over the dumpster fire that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ignited within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
No. 999: Overhauled malls, charitable causes and cheese pizzas – plus good news on tourism (for now)
But who’s counting? Welcome to your Friday Newsletter, dear readers – not just any Friday but the first Friday of September, and not just any newsletter but the very…
Unbalanced: With everything at stake, news media fail
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s time for a reckoning among our national news media. I say this is a card-carrying member of that very same media machine, as the editorial…
Healthcare CEOs bring leadership to national gun fight
By TERRY LYNAM // Given the inability (or unwillingness) of our elected leaders to further strengthen the nation’s gun-safety laws, healthcare leaders from across the country are stepping up to…
Government, industry must unite now on telemedicine
By JERRY BALENTINE // During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth platforms acted as a lifeline for New Yorkers to safely access medical services. The lasting effect of this increased use of digital-health services will be nothing…
Gasp! Can the news media actually see the future?
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Well, it’s official: The Giants are rebuilding. It wasn’t too long ago that I was sipping a freshly brewed preseason cup of false hope, as…
No. 604: Classic stories, emergency preparedness and true flights of fancy, with energy to spare
Just our type: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we sweat out the first workweek of the Summer of 2021. Before we begin, although this e-newsletter was obviously written…
An inspiring flight of fancy, with innovation to spare
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s lots of innovation happening on Long Island right now: new solar-power roadmaps, prominent corporate mergers, generous research grants at major scientific institutions, big-time biomedical breakthroughs…
No. 460: On diversity, robotics and Hoosiers – plus, how to warm your whiskey
Moving right along: It’s Wednesday already, dear readers, as we speed through this latest busy workweek and plow straight toward the big year-end holidays. The hills are alive: It’s…
In 2019 plan, LIREDC ‘doubles down’ on what works
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the If It Ain’t Broke file comes the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, which covers proven ground in its annual progress report/wish list to…