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live-learn-work-play living laboratory for sustainability,\u0022 said Marcia Kinstler, sustainability director in Tech\u0027s Office of Environmental Stewardship. \u0022Recognition like this helps carry our story to a broader audience.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2012 list includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of California, Davis (Davis, CA)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E (Atlanta, GA)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStanford University (Stanford, CA)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Washington (Seattle, WA)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Connecticut (Hartford, CT)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDuke University (Durham, NC)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYale University (New Haven, CT)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAppalachian State University (Boone, NC)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe complete ranking, along with stories about the winning schools\u2019 environmental efforts, are online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/coolschools\u0022\u003Ewww.sierraclub.org\/coolschools\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn its sixth annual assessment, SIERRA magazine named Georgia Tech among the nation\u2019s \u201cCoolest Schools,\u201d a salute to U.S. colleges that are helping solve climate problems and making significant efforts to operate sustainably.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sierra Club applauds the Institute for its effort to operate sustainably"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2012-08-07 09:15:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:36","author":"Michael 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