"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."

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

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.

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.