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Jamshed Bharucha Speaks at Yale University

"Historically, the disciplines [of science and the arts] have been treated as fairly isolated and represented by different departments in universities. But the ideas themselves are becoming a lot more interconnected across disciplines."

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Happy Birthday Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper’s legacy is large. His spirit was pioneering. His inventiveness and willingness to take risks and explore new ideas was paramount.

 

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New Frontiers in Private Industry

George Ketigian had just begun working on a graduate degree in engineering at Cooper Union, when he received a job offer from SpaceX, a private company that builds launch vehicles and spacecraft.

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Designer Thomas O'Brien is Man of the Moment

Along with the interior design of apartments for Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani, Thomas O’Brien has worked on a wide variety of interiors over the years, from his own Manhattan apartment to 60 Thompson, a 12-story, 100-room boutique hotel in SoHo.

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Striking Out on Their Own: Behavior Design

Flash back ten years: As the late-1990s Internet bubble was bursting, Fahey, Lucci, and Piazza were working together as designers and creative directors at a global digital agency. Instead of waiting for their employer to fold, they decided to try to keep working together.

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Alumni honored at annual Founder's Day Reception

On February 6, 2012, Cooper Union hosted an annual award reception honoring alumni from all three disciplines who have made significant contributions to their fields.

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  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.