To compete in a global economy, some school districts are offering engineering lessons to students in kindergarten.

Robert Lepage’s set for Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the Metropolitan Opera is so heavy that the stage needed to be reinforced.

The Buildings Department said the Brooklyn Grange hadn’t filed plans showing that the roof could support a million pounds of growing material.

Christos Tsiamis, a chemical engineer and a poet, is assessing the contamination of the Gowanus Canal and the best plans for rectifying it.

The Yankees have hired an engineering company to determine the cause of the problems as the team prepares for what could be its first World Series there.

Long Island was once known for being the birthplace of aviation and a home to NASA. The death of Walter Cronkite stirred up some of the old lunar fever.

Feniosky Peña-Mora, who will become dean of Columbia’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science in July, spoke no English when he arrived from the Dominican Republic as a young man.

A report confirmed an earlier finding that led to criminal charges against the rigging company involved in an accident that killed seven people last March.

For the past six years, engineering students at the university have been required to participate in community service projects, and other departments may adopt the practice.

Robert D. LiMandri, the mayor’s choice, is technically not eligible for the job until new legislation is signed downgrading the qualification requirements for the job.