Partner News & Resources

Young Entrepreneurs Academy Helps Students Turn Ideas into Meaningful Enterprises
Over the past four years, more than 100 students have participated in YEA! and 50 student enterprises have been launched at YEA! Four classes graduated at the University of Rochester, and students were able to attend YEA!’s second location at the State University of New York – Geneseo in the fall of 2007 with student scholarship support from WIRED. Full story

WIRED Biotechnology Program Gives Students Glimpse of High-Tech Future Careers Skills
Lauren Mullen, a senior at Byron-Bergen High School, plans to attend college after graduation to study veterinary science. This summer, she took the opportunity to participate in the WIRED Biotechnology Program at Genesee Community College, a course that allowed students to earn money while attending college credit courses for six weeks. Full story

Eyes on the Future Radio Show Airs Saturdays on WHAM 1180
How does the future look for the Greater Rochester, N.Y., Region? Organizers of the Eyes on the Future Summit, along with partners Greater Rochester Enterprise and Harter Secrest & Emery LLP will answer this question every Saturday morning from 10 – 11 a.m. on WHAM-1180 AM. Full story

GLOW WIB Honors Businesses at Annual Breakfast
The Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming Workforce Investment Board (GLOW WIB) honored four businesses in the Finger Lakes WIRED emerging industry areas of food and agriculture, healthcare and alternative energy. Full story

Hobart & William Smith Receives $1.4 Million Grant from National Science Foundation
The grant project's staff and collaborators are hopeful that exposure to these opportunities and exciting technologies will motivate students to be more proactive in exploring the sciences when considering college majors and future career paths. Full story