Health and Welfare Benefits

My CU Benefits

The University’s benefits include programs that provide medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, life insurance, and tax savings accounts to eligible faculty and staff.

Your Benefits

Employment Group

Every employee is part of an employment group. Find yours:

Officers include academic and non-academic personnel: 

  • Officers of Instruction (faculty)
  • Officers of Research (includes Associate Research Scientists/Scholars and Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars)*
  • Officers of the Libraries
  • Officers of Administration

* Learn more about Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars

Clinical Providers are a group who provides clinical care, in partnership with New York Presbyterian and ColumbiaDoctors, and does not have teaching responsibilities.

Postdoctoral Fellows include full-time Postdoctoral Clinical Fellows and Postdoctoral Research Fellow (part-time Fellows and Residency Fellows do not qualify).*

Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars are Officers.

*Learn more about Postdoctoral fellows

Support Staff include includes administrative and other staff, as well as all union members. The acronyms for these groups are:

  • NUSS: Non-Union Support Staff 
  • SSA: Support Staff Association members
  • TWU: Transit Workers Union members
  • LOCAL 2110: Technical, Office and Support Staff union members
  • UNIONS: Members of Local 1199, Local 32B-32J, Local 100, MEBA and MM&P unions

All Officers and Support Staff who are currently retired should view the Retiree Benefits website. Officers and staff who are approaching retirement may want review the "Prospective Retirees" pages for information and planning resources.

Retirees

The Retirement website covers all benefits information for prospective and currently-retired Officers and Support Staff.

News

June 05, 2025

This Month from Your Employee Assistance Program: June 2025

This June, your EAP invites you to a motivational discussion on building healthy self-esteem and learning how to quiet your inner critic. You'll also discover ways to thrive while balancing the demands of relationships, work, health, and socio-political uncertainties by strengthening your resilience.

May 05, 2025

This Month from Your Employee Assistance Program: May 2025

For May, prioritize your mental health through acts of self-care, education, and support from your EAP. Join our exclusive webinar to better understand the causes and symptoms of mental health conditions, and explore practical techniques for managing anxiety through on-demand resources.