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Student veterans, Columbia community members and leadership, and distinguished guests celebrated the Columbia and New York City veteran communities at the Columbia University 2023 Military Ball on Friday, November 10, 2023. Among the attendees were Columbia University Facilities and Operations (CUFO) military service members.
There’s no better time than the present to...clean! Cleaning your office or living space creates more space and can also help the environment. Columbia University Facilities and Operations and our partners across campus want to help.
Columbia University’s new Business School buildings – Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall – have been selected as finalists in the World Selections of the Prix Versailles competition in the campus category.
The new Business School buildings – Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall – received the 2023 Urban Land Institute New York (ULI NY) Award for Excellence in Institutional Development at a gala reception on October 18 at Cipriani South Street. The statewide competition recognizes projects that demonstrate commitment to planning, design, sustainability, and community impact.
inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the October 2023 edition.
The award was received in the “University Renovation” category as part of Learning by Design’s Fall 2023 Architectural Interior Design Awards of Excellence competition which honors innovative and effective projects in K-12 and post-secondary education facilities across the country.
Method Collective, a women-owned, mat-based movement space, has signed a lease with Columbia University to open a new location at Columbia Business School’s Henry R. Kravis Hall, providing a physical home after launching in the adjacent West Harlem Piers Park.
Personal stories, food, and comradery shared in event organized by Equity & Inclusion Council
inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the September 2023 edition.
Welcome to the start of a new academic year! As you begin to establish your schedules and routines for the new semester, Vice President of Public Safety Gerald Lewis Jr. shares important safety information and available University resources.
On behalf of all of us at University Facilities and Operations, welcome to campus for the 2023-24 academic year. University Facilities and Operations is proud to support and serve our vibrant campus community through a wide range of services to help ensure a safe, beautiful, and functional campus environment.
Henry Clemente, a head cleaner with Facilities and Operations, knows every nook and cranny of the Morningside campus. He shares the spots every newcomer should know.
Summer is a busy time for Facilities and Operations. Although construction occurs throughout the year, the summer allows Facilities and Operations to perform a wide range of campus improvements when the campus is less populated, lessening the impacts to the greater campus community.
As part of the annual Back to School Supply Drive hosted by the West Harlem Development Corporation, the NYPD 26th Precinct, and the Manhattan Community Board 9, Facilities and Operations-led departments -- Public Safety and Construction Business Initiatives – teamed up with Columbia Community Services (CCS) to collect school supplies for students in the local community.
Facilities and Operations staff from across the organization attended a session led by The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center.