Cooper Union is exploring new academic programs that integrate the schools in powerful ways, while preserving full scholarships in its three core undergraduate programs. Read President Jamshed Bharucha’s April 24, 2012 letter to the community, and CU Alumni Association President Peter Cafiero's follow-up letter.

Speakers doing innovative and interdisciplinary work gave talks on April 24 during Found in Translation, Cooper Union’s first TEDx conference. Watch this space for videos of the conference lectures to be posted in the weeks to come.

"When the American painter, sculptor and installation artist Paul Thek (1933-88) taught art classes at Cooper Union in the late 1970s, he wrote and then gave to his students a long, provocative and now famous list of questions and marching orders he titled Teaching Notes."

Senior Edison Wang teamed up with NYU's Jane Zhu to develop SleepBot, an application for Android currently boasting over 600,000 downloads and 400,000 regular users. SleepBot is a leading contender in the field of personal awareness tech—specifically helping users track their sleeping patterns.

Cooper Union accepted just 6.2% of freshman applicants this year, making it one of the most selective colleges in the country.