{"621446":{"#nid":"621446","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Cutting carbon: In UB class, students help WNY companies go greener","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/carbonreduction.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECarbon Reduction Challenge \u003C\/a\u003Emoves beyond Georgia. In a new class, University at Buffalo students are confronting the challenge of climate change by working with local companies to cut their carbon footprints. Proposed projects range from turning down the office thermostat to asking drivers to shut off idling trucks. Some partner companies are already taking action to implement some of the best, most viable ideas. Elizabeth Thomas, PhD, assistant professor of geology in the UB College of Arts and Sciences, designed the class after hearing about a similar course taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology by faculty members \u003Cstrong\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/strong\u003E, PhD, and \u003Cstrong\u003EBeril Toktay\u003C\/strong\u003E, PhD.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-05-07 18:18:45","changed_gmt":"2019-05-07 18:18:45","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"super clasico","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2019\/04\/034.html","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"596423":{"id":"596423","type":"image","title":"Kim Cobb (left) and Beril Toktay announce the winners of the inaugural Summer 2017 Internship\/Co-op Carbon Reduction Challenge. (Photo by Renay San Miguel)","body":null,"created":"1506354169","gmt_created":"2017-09-25 15:42:49","changed":"1506354169","gmt_changed":"2017-09-25 15:42:49","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227309","name":"Summer CRC 3.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Summer%20CRC%203.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Summer%20CRC%203.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":120188,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Summer%20CRC%203.JPG?itok=vCGxOhI4"}}},"media_ids":["596423"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}