It only took two months

03May10

for Facilities to recognize the basic problem with timed lights in the restrooms and replace the timer with a motion sensor. Progress!

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At Columbia, you pee in the dark

02Mar10

We’re always complaining about how little Columbia does to modulate its energy usage, right? Well, facilities finally made an effort, by installing timers on the lights… in the ladies’ room. No motion sensors, just timers. Which are activated for three hours if you turn on the lights outside of business hours. And which they neglected [...]

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Information Technology

07Nov09

Modern technology is crucial for scientific success – image and video processing tools, convenient networking and backups, and competent support staff for upgrades and installation.  At Columbia’s Medical Center, every encounter with IT support ends in frustration.  The networking that could have a clear, knowledgeable solution becomes a million different arbitrary solutions solved by technically-naive [...]

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Gradtalk woes

05Nov09

GSO says they’re working on a non-gradtalk reagent exchange. I’m stupefied at these mass appeals- do people not know which labs do similar research?  Wouldn’t it be faster and more effective to ask specific students in nearby labs, rather than mass-emailing requests?

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