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Fourteen years ago, Elias Gurmu and Sarina Prabasi had just opened a coffee shop in a tiny storefront on Pinehurst Avenue. They handed out samples at the Fort Tryon Park Harvest Festival, waiting for the moment someone would ask them where they could buy a bag of beans.
Today, their Northern Manhattan-based small business Buunni Coffee (a name based on the Amharic word for coffee itself, “buna”) has two locations (in Washington Heights and Inwood), coffee bags for sale at Trader Joe’s, a roastery in the South Bronx, and, as of this spring, a full-service café and grab-and-go coffee spot on Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s (CUIMC) campus.
Its location on Haven Plaza is open to the public at 711 W. 168th St., 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. It’s location in the William Black Medical Research Building (open to CUIMC/NYP ID holders), 650 W. 168 St., is open 6:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.
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COLUMBIA HISTORY
Columbia started classes in the new Morningside Heights campus in October 1897. On this brand new campus, the engineering students finally had ample classroom and laboratory space in their two new buildings: the School of Mines (now Lewisohn) and the School of Engineering (now Mathematics). But did you know that there used to be a full-size locomotive engine underneath Havemeyer Hall?
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What stories grabbed the attention of our readers in 2021? The results may surprise you.
With finals and wintertime dreariness upon us, we could all use some new coffee spots to add to the caffeination rotation.
On Dec. 2, the Columbia community lost one of its own: Davide Giri. On Dec. 3, the Columbia community came together to remember him and mourn his loss.
Content advisory: This article includes information about mental health distress, suicide, and suicide prevention.
With Halloween around the corner, Columbia News is taking a look at some of the ghoulish lore surrounding this 267-year-old university.
Columbia students, faculty, and staff talk about the history of the university and the strides made by the indigenous community.
Did you know that Columbia was home to one of the first student gay rights organization in the U.S.? New resources from the university are tying the history of queerness at Columbia to our current moment.
Read what directors, artists, filmmakers, and playwrights from the School of the Arts are excited about as the "cultural capital of the world" returns with a full slate of offerings.
The memorial signs are part of a larger project from the Offices of Religious and University Life. Special events are slated for September 20 and 21, 2021.
This year’s Climate Week NYC will feature Columbia professors on communicating climate solutions, financing mitigation and adaptation measures, decarbonizing Columbia's campus, and more.
On the northeast corner of Low Library sits a low-profile 9/11 memorial to members of the Columbia Business School community. How did that memorial come to be?
In commemoration of this somber date, Columbia News reached out to our community to learn what Columbians witnessed and recalled from September 11, 2001.
