- On a day when it looked as if the sun might take time off, campus and community leaders gathered to celebrate the completion of Skidmore's solar array. The sun came out when the ribbon was cut.
- 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.