Manhattanville expansion

Columbia suspends work with mentorship program-trained construction company being investigated for fraud

The state comptroller found that Eagle Two played a fraudulent bidding game with SUNY Downstate.

SIPA draws closer to $150 million fundraising goal

SIPA targets new donors as it draws closer to its goal of $150 million by 2015, with funds to be used primarily for faculty and student fellowships and resources.

SoA to retain all of Dodge after expansion

The School of the Arts’ Manhattanville building will house public spaces, like a film screening center, galleries, and performance spaces.

With M'ville on horizon, USenate to report on student space

The Student Affairs Committee will analyze how student use space, in an effort to advise administrators on the redistribution of the space that will be opened up by the Manhattanville expansion.

Occupy CU, residents protest M'ville jobs plan

The group of 50 protesters claimed that the University's promise of 6,000 jobs will not benefit current Harlemites because most will require a degree or will be contracted minimum wage jobs.

Expansion against the community

Columbia's plans for expansion come at an unreasonable cost to its neighbors.

M’ville residents question CU’s plans for A/C units, pest control

Despite residents’ assertions that the neighborhood is dealing with a new rodent problem, construction officials said the Columbia's project has not impacted rodent levels in Manhattanville.

An education of discrimination

Columbia takes advantage of racial segregation in its Manhattanville expansion.

CB9 chair encourages cooperation in M’ville meeting

New York State Assembly member Keith Wright said residents of Manhattanville should take advantage of job opportunities offered by the University.

M'ville property owners prepare for eminent domain hearing

An air of optimism has long resonated with the property owners and their lawyers, who say that the December Appellate Division ruling in their favor could bode well for them in the Court of Appeals.