LI STEM Hub converses about kids’ futures
By GREGORY ZELLER // A future-workforce initiative with a regional academic twist is soaring at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. On Feb. 11, the Long Island STEM Hub – a…
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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…
In OW-STEM, a legacy push for STEM diversity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A STEM “preparatory center” will open doors to science and technology careers for traditionally underrepresented – and professionally discouraged – Long Island collegians. Riding a $1.87…
There’s no climate justice without inclusive innovation
By SHRUTI SHARMA // Whether ghosts are real may be an ongoing debate, but climate change is real and scarier than any ghost story this Halloween. There is ample evidence,…
Albany, DOE bet on the future in BNL’s Discovery Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // New discovery abounds at Brookhaven National Laboratory, figuratively and literally. The Upton-based U.S. Department of Energy lab has officially broken ground on Phase One of its…
Albany, Suffolk close land deal, opening wind tunnel
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the By Land and By Sea File comes an official transfer of property between New York State and Suffolk County, clearing the path for an…
ESD bolsters future workforce with $150M grant effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // A newly formed Empire State Development program will funnel $150 million into the education, training and credentialing of an in-demand statewide workforce. Albany’s main economic-development engine…
Coffee king gives Molloy workforce training a $2M jolt
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s newest university and a Farmingdale-based coffeemaker with a heart of gold are teaming up to promote regional workforce development. A $2 million donation from…
For Long Island businesses, net-zero ideas abound
By BOB ISAKSEN // The urgency around global warming and climate change is increasing worldwide – and especially so here on Long Island, where rising sea levels, severe weather events…
In UpSkill pilot, public/private pact eyes IT workforce
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new program by a longtime booster of the regional technology workforce will look to get ’em while they’re young. Website development, an impressive list of…
Irish eyes smile on SCCC’s progressive HVAC program
By GREGORY ZELLER // An exclusive international grant is helping Suffolk County Community College provide high-skills HVAC training for an increasingly in-demand workforce. Provided to only 10 U.S. community colleges…
Albany brings youth employment to a gun fight
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is loading up some unique ammunition in its battle against gun violence: jobs for at-risk youth. Following a Nassau County “gun violence community meeting” on…
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…
Study: Tech (and balances) for people with disabilities
By GREGORY ZELLER // Helping individuals with disabilities access good high-tech jobs – and helping talent-starved tech industries recognize a deep employment pool waiting to be tapped – is the…
Report links LI pandemic recovery to racial equality
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new socioeconomic study ties Long Island’s post-pandemic economic recovery inexorably to race. Sensing an “unprecedented opportunity” in the confluence of the global COVID-19 pandemic and…