Six students from SEAS participated in a first-of-its-kind study abroad earlier this summer. The students were the first United States cohort to participate in a European Union BEST course, joining European students in Iasi, Romania.

Rochester Beacon listed UB as a partner of a project that has received new federal funding to study the effects of microplastics in the Great Lakes environment across the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse region.

John Atkinson, Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability, received the Faculty Award for Sustainability in Higher Education from the University at Buffalo.

Bloomberg quoted John Atkinson in a report that a plastic drop-off program embraced by 12,000 retail locations and more than 500 brands in the U.S. has been putting packaging into landfills.

The Star (Malaysia) reposted an article on skimmer boats, designed to pick up litter found in waterways, with John Atkinson noting that society’s reliance on plastic is a greater problem to address.

Engineers at the University at Buffalo are quantifying the chemical leaching behavior and life cycle environmental impacts of rubber modified asphalt (RMA). Findings could highlight benefits of using RMA instead of traditional asphalt to build roadways.