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  • In the News: FOD Featured on CBS Evening News

    bartholomew.185@osu.edu | November 26, 2025
    CBS Evening News traveled to Ohio Stadium and that team up north's stadium to keep the rivalry strong and see which team diverts the most waste from the landfill during and after home game days. Lately, that's been Ohio State, where Mary Leciejewski is associate director of environmental sustainability. "I mean, it just comes with the territory," Leciejewski said. In this competition, armies of...
    Mary Leciejewski talking with a CBS News reporter at Ohio Stadium.

  • In the News: After Game Day: The People Behind the Cleanup

    bartholomew.185@osu.edu | November 25, 2025
    The Lantern recently featured Facilities Operations and Development (FOD) in an article detailing the crews who spend each Sunday cleaning the 'Shoe after home game days. Over 350,000 pounds of waste materials were gathered in 2024, according to Logan Gould, zero waste coordinator for FOD. The athletics department works closely with FOD on Ohio State's zero-waste goals. Thompson said they work...
    A compost bin

  • FOD Operations Updates

    Jake Rahe | November 13, 2025
    Our FOD Operations team has been busy all summer and this semester refreshing and preparing campus for all of our students, faculty and staff. From floor waxing and painting to landscaping and road repairs, our last few months have been dedicated to improving your campus experience. FOD Operations has completed many maintenance, repair and renovation projects and custodial staff touched nearly 11...
    Two men are seen cleaning a carpet.

  • Ohio State ranked 28th on the Princeton Review’s list of Top 50 Green Colleges

    Jake Rahe | October 30, 2025
    Ohio State has been ranked 28th on the Princeton Review’s list of Top 50 Green Colleges. This is the first time Ohio State has been recognized for this distinction and is the highest ranked school in the Big Ten. More than 25 survey data points were analyzed to tally Green Rating scores. The rating was developed to provide a measure of a school's performance as an environmentally aware and...

  • Cooling-to-Heating Transition

    Jake Rahe | October 29, 2025
    Facilities Operations and Development (FOD) maintenance personnel will conduct the annual cooling-to-heating season transition in several academic campus buildings beginning next week, necessitating increased activity of FOD maintenance personnel in and around the mechanical spaces of the buildings. Maintenance personnel will shut down certain cooling systems, where applicable, and perform the...
    collage of winter morphing to summer

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