- When members of the Class of 2014 graduated last spring, they wore academic robes made from recycled plastic bottles--a perfect coda for an education marked by growing opportunities to study sustainability.
- A "boot camp" for clean-energy entrepreneurs, the program focuses as much on networking and mentoring as on industry fundamentals.
- The New York Executive Clean Energy Leadership Institute (NY EXCEL), is expected to lead to business creation and job growth in upstate New York.