Facilities and Operations Human Resources (CUFO HR), in collaboration with Columbia University HR, led its third cohort through a six-week leadership development program.
The University has committed $33 million to bring modern elevators, widened escalators, and other improvements to the station.
Congratulations to all of the Columbia University Facilities and Operations (CUFO) staff members who are graduating in 2026!
Facilities and Operations is performing a number of projects across the Morningside campus over the summer, including improvements to grounds, residence halls, and more.
Columbia University was awarded LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for 600 W. 125th Street, a 34-story residential building for graduate students and faculty on the southwest corner of 125th Street and Broadway that opened in 2024.
Columbia University was recognized by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) with an Interior Design Award for the Li Lu Law Library in Jerome Greene Hall.
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As the investigation continues into the tragic events at Brown University, our thoughts are with the Brown community and all those affected by this terrible event. We also want to keep our community fully informed about our public safety posture.
This holiday season, shop local and celebrate community with distinctive gifts and inspired finds at the Lee C. Bollinger Forum's Holiday Market, on through December 19, 2025.
The Best Shades is bringing custom window shades, drapes, and blinds to Columbia spaces – including the historic Casa Italiana.
Skipper's, a gift store featuring unique and fun finds with a special inventory of local New York City goods, has opened a pop-up location for the holiday season in Morningside Heights.
Beginning December 8, CUID swipe access to all academic buildings on Columbia’s Morningside campus has been removed during regular building hours.
inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the November 2025 edition.
Continuing a longstanding tradition of Thanksgiving generosity, several Columbia University Facilities and Operations (CUFO) departments came together to gift staff members a meal, donate turkeys to local organizations, and assemble and distribute meal kits to local community members.
Facilities and Operations team recognized for driving emissions reductions and cost savings.
During a gut renovation of the 500 and 800 levels at the Interchurch Center earlier this year, Columbia rehomed some of the gently used office furniture from Interchurch to KCM Contracting, a Yonkers-based small business.
Throughout the six-week program, students spent four days each week embedded within one of CUFO’s teams to gain hands-on work experience.
Emily Ailts, Colin Downes, and Marie Rigaud – who work together at Event Management – have been putting in some additional hours outside of Columbia: training for the New York City marathon.
The Facilities and Operations Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report has been released, celebrating the many accomplishments Facilities and Operations has made during the past fiscal year.
This spring Columbia Residential streamlined its process for refreshing apartments between tenants. Through data automation, this new process is estimated to create an 83 percent time savings, recovering an estimated 2,500 staff hours annually – time that is being redeployed to more efficiently address work orders and other resident needs.
inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the October 2025 edition.
Method Collective, a women-owned, mat-based movement space, has signed a lease with Columbia University to open a new location dedicated to indoor cycling at Columbia Business School’s Henry R. Kravis Hall.