Estée Lauder Plans Lab At Farmingdale State College

FARMINGDALE, NY — Estée Lauder, a cosmetics company, intends to partner with Farmingdale State College to open a research laboratory and office on the campus in the spring, according to a news release. More than 30 jobs would be created, and student scholarships would be funded.

Estée Lauder will rent 40,000 square feet in the Broad Hollow Bioscience Park part of campus. By spring 2022, the company plans to relocate select teams of employees to Farmingdale State College.

The collaboration will include an applied learning initiative, slated to begin in fall 2022, and will help prepare students in FSC’s science and engineering programs for potential R&D roles at ELC. It will also include internships and collaborative research activities for FSC students and faculty, adjunct academic opportunities for ELC R&D leaders, and student scholarships.

"This multifaceted alliance will benefit the greater Long Island region and expand the already significant presence of the global cosmetics company in the area and enable ELC to grow its best-in-class Research & Development (R&D) capabilities on Long Island and across New York State," the news release states.

The arrangement marks Estée Lauder's first co-location with an academic institution.

“We are thrilled to welcome The Estée Lauder Companies to the Broad Hollow Bioscience Park and Farmingdale State College,” said Dr. John Nader, president of Farmingdale State College, via news release. "This extraordinary public-private alliance brings a premier corporate partner to our campus and will lead to scholarship support and collaboration opportunities for Farmingdale State College students and faculty. This is a victory for Long Island, the College, and the region’s bioscience corridor.”

Estée Lauder, which has been on Long Island for more than 50 years, has thousands of employees across R&D, manufacturing, finance, information technology, and other areas working on its Farmingdale State College campus. ELC has a strong history of hiring SUNY graduates and also has FSC alumni working at the company.

"We are very proud to collaborate with Farmingdale State College and SUNY to further fuel R&D innovation and empower STEM leaders of tomorrow across Long Island and New York State," said Lisa Napolione, senior vice president, Global Research & Development at The Estée Lauder Companies. “At ELC, our scientists, researchers, engineers, and product developers thrive on combining science, technology and creativity to formulate transformative prestige beauty products. Our collaborations with universities around the world help us stay on the cutting edge and advance our commitment to scientific excellence and delivering the highest quality, breakthrough prestige beauty products to consumers.”