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inFO: CUFO e-Newsletter, March 2024

inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the March 2024 edition.

Columbia University Facilities and Operations (CUFO) celebrated Black History Month on February 20, 2024, with a tribute to the remarkable contributions of Black construction pioneers. In collaboration with Skanska, CUFO’s Equity and Inclusion (EI) Council hosted the event, paying homage to these trailblazers whose impact reverberates not only across Columbia's campuses but also throughout the broader construction industry.

Columbia Operations recognizes the importance of maintaining indoor air quality and follows the guidelines and positions of the leading industry association for building systems, ASHRAE (the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers). 

Yesterday’s severe winds broke the upper portion of the flagpole located on the west side of Low Library flying the American flag.

inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the March 2024 edition.

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A new Southeast Asian food concept under the culinary direction of esteemed celebrity chef Nils Noren has signed a lease with Columbia University to open a new restaurant in Morningside Heights.

inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the December 2022 edition.

Facilities and Operations would like to remind you that you can help save energy and prevent loss or damage of your property should you be away from campus or home during break and throughout the winter. 

The CU Grow Vendor Development program, one of many initiatives led by the CUFO group supporting the University’s comprehensive commitment to create and expand opportunities for minority-, women-, and locally-owned businesses (MWL), is recruiting for Cohort 7 which begins in February 2023.

The Columbia Facilities and Operations-led CU Grow Vendor Development Program, designed to help minority-, women- and locally owned (MWL) vendors grow their businesses, graduated its sixth cohort during a ceremony at Faculty House on December 12 – the first in person graduation since the beginning of the pandemic.

Twenty-six families that had previously resided in two New York City Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)-owned buildings in Manhattanville are now co-op shareholders in a newly constructed 42-unit building in Hamilton Heights. 

The disability access lift in the International Affairs Building received a Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Westchester + Hudson Valley Chapter as part of their 2022 Design Awards ceremony.

Congratulations were in order for the 143 Facilities and Operations employees celebrating 10 years at Columbia University. 

Columbia University Facilities and Operations (CUFO) joined with partners to deliver 150 pre-packed Thanksgiving meals on November 22 to five local senior homes in Harlem, including the Grant Houses Community Center, 3333 Broadway Apartments, PSS Manhattanville Senior Houses, Canaan Senior Service Center and Riverstone Senior Life Services.  

inFO is a monthly email with news from across Columbia University Facilities and Operations. Check out the November 2022 edition.

There are many aspects of our program that we're proud of - the magic of our special events, the delicious food, our commitment to sustainability - but what truly makes Columbia Dining special is our incredible staff. We wouldn't be us without them!

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This Thanksgiving season, we share our gratitude for Facilities and Operations staff and also give back to the local community. 

On Friday, October 21, we celebrated our favorite lion’s birthday and the start of 2022 Homecoming weekend.

Clean + Go Green is back at the Morningside and Manhattanville campuses on Thursday, December 1 and Friday, December 2.  Donate your unwanted items to create more space and help the environment.