All News 2024
2024
- February 29
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Mokena Makeka Named President of SAIA
Makeka sees his new post with the South African Institute of Architects as an opportunity for Cooper to collaborate with architects abroad.
- February 29
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Cooper Solar Decathlon Team's Sure We Can Design Secures Finalist Position
Over the weekend, The Cooper Union Solar Decathlon team delivered a virtual presentation to a panel of jurors at the 2024 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Semifinal and secured a place as a finalist under the Multifamily Building Division
- February 26
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New Endowed Professorship to Encourage Cross-Discipline Innovation
The John and Mary Manuck Distinguished Professor of Design professorship aims to raise the visibility of design as a unifying element and will rotate among Cooper’s three schools
- February 21
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Generous Gift to School of Art from Harold Altman A'47
The celebrated artist credited Cooper with giving him a chance to excel
- February 21
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Cooper Union Engineering Students Participate in 10th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry
During the week of January 29, nine Cooper Union engineering students participated in the 10th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry (VWSCC) with over 1200 students and researchers from across the globe. The students learned how computational quantum mechanics is used to study the structures, reactions, and applications of chemical compounds, biomolecules, and materials.
- February 15
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Introducing our Newest Staff Members
Meet our newest staff members in the Albert Nerken School of Engineering Dean’s Office, Jake Zweiback and Blair Ribeiro.
- February 01
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Andrew Kim ChE’25 Awarded the 2023 MENY Scholarship
Junior chemical engineering student, Andrew Kim, was awarded the 2023 Municipal Engineers of the City of New York (MENY) scholarship award.
- January 30
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Art and Architecture Faculty Participate in the Whitney Biennial 2024
The 2024 Whitney Biennial features current adjunct faculty members from both the School of Art and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.
- January 08
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Brian Swann's Latest Book Chronicles Life During COVID
The latest book by Brian Swann, professor emeritus of humanities, is titled Ya-Honk! Goes the Wild Gander or, Covid Divagations.
2023
- December 14
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Reflections on a Challenging Semester
- December 12
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Professor Pisani Awarded $1.4 million grant
Assistant Professor Alice Pisani has been awarded $1.4 million through the COSMOBEST European Grant for Research to support her study of cosmic voids.
- December 01
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2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference: Chemical Engineering Students Win Top Awards
Last month, chemical engineering students and faculty attended the 2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Orlando, Florida. AIChE stands as the foremost global organization for chemical engineering professionals, boasting over 60,000 members from 110 countries.
- November 21
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Cooper Engineering Students Attend 12th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference
Engineering students Ryan Chowdhury ChE’25, Effie Bluestone EE’25, Kanghyuk Lee ME’24, and Jared Sealy ChE’24, attended the 12th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference (NASEC) at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland.
- November 16
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Mechanical Engineering Students Presented at ASME’s 2023 IMECE
In early November, Cooper mechanical engineering students Brandon Bunt BSE’22 MME, Maya Grutman ME’24, Calder Leppitsch ME’24, Daniel Zaretsky ME’24, Benjamin Meiner ME’24, Jason Chen ME’24, Christos Potamianos ME’25, and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Kamau Wright, Associate Professor of Mechanical and C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor Dirk M. Luchtenburg, and Adjunct Professor Robert Dell attended and presented research at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- November 13
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Engineering Students Attend WE23, The Premier Women in Engineering Conference
Undergraduate and graduate engineering students had the opportunity to participate in WE23, the world’s largest conference dedicated to women in engineering and technology held in Los Angeles, CA.
- November 09
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Faculty-Curated Exhibition on Jewish Italian Artist Corrado Cagli at CIMA
A new exhibition, curated by HSS professor Raffaele Bedarida, explores the life and work of Jewish Italian artist Corrado Cagli and is accompanied by a series of talks featuring Cooper Union faculty.
- November 08
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The Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections receives grant to digitize event and exhibition ephemera
Grant supports work to digitize and showcase materials stemming from the years that Deborah Remington taught in the School of Art
- October 30
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Cooper Engineering Students Present at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
Earlier this month, Azra Rangwala EE’25, Jacob Krebs CE’24, and Associate Dean Lisa Shay presented work at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference at Villanova University outside Philadelphia.
- October 27
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Anthony Candido 1924 – 2023
- October 20
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Anthony Vidler - In Memoriam
Professor Anthony Vidler served as dean of the Chanin School of Architecture from 2001 to 2013
- October 20
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In Memoriam: Professor Anthony Vidler
- October 17
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Meet Eilin Pérez, Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Eilin Rafael Pérez joins the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences this semester as a visiting assistant professor of history.
- October 12
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In Memoriam: Winston Wilkerson
Wilkerson worked at Cooper Union for nearly 50 years
- October 12
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Three Questions for Mokena Makeka
An award-winning architect, Mokena Makeka joins the Cooper community this month in the new role of special advisor to the vice president of academic affairs.
- October 05
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"Sue Ferguson Gussow: Retrospective" Opens on Thursday, October 12
The exhibition features oil paintings as well as charcoal and pastel drawings by Sue Ferguson Gussow, professor emerita at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
- September 28
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2023 Summer Study Abroad
Each summer, the Albert Nerken School of Engineering offers a 6–8-week study abroad experience to students in their second or third year at Cooper. This summer, nine students participated in our summer study abroad programs in Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Singapore, and Spain.
- September 27
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Columbia’s Generous Donations Bolster School of Engineering's Technological Arsenal
The Albert Nerken School of Engineering was gifted fabrication tools from Columbia University's closing Nevis Laboratories that was once home to the earliest cyclotrons ever built
- September 21
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Alumni Launch New Climate Affinity Group with Panel Discussion
The new alumni-led Cooper Union Climate Initiative (CUCI) hosted a "Careers in Climate" panel this month, focusing on professional paths for Cooper graduates to tackle the complex issues of climate change.
- September 11
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Dirk Martin Luchtenburg Named 2023 C.V. Starr Professor
- September 08
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William Villalongo Bridges Histories of Black Identity
Black Menagerie, on view through October 14, 2023, is Associate Professor William Villalongo's A'99 seventh solo exhibition at Susan Inglett Gallery
- September 07
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Coco Fusco Has First Major Retrospective in Berlin
- September 05
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Meet Ninad Pandit, Assistant Professor of History
The fifth installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.
- August 30
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Two Professors of Mathematics Collaborated on a Publication Featured in the Journal Of Computational Neuroscience
- August 28
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Meet Victor Peterson II, Assistant Professor of Humanities
The fourth installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.
- August 28
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Matthew Leach ME'24 and Prof. Alice Pisani Attended the Euclid Satellite Launch
Matthew Leach, a senior mechanical engineering student, and Alice Pisani, assistant professor of physics, attended the July launch in Florida
- August 21
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Meet Hejintao Huang, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
The third installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.
- August 15
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Incoming 2023
Get to know a few of this year's newest Cooper community members.
- August 14
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Meet Lex Lancaster, Assistant Professor of Art History
The second installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.
- August 07
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Biomedical Partnership Bolsters Real-World Connections
A mutually beneficial exchange between The Cooper Union and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has allowed students, faculty, and alumni to collaborate on groundbreaking biomedical research.
- August 07
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A New Center for Writing and Learning in the Library
Kit Nicholls, director of the Center for Writing and Learning, discusses the challenge posed by artificial intelligence, the value of writing an essay, and the Center's new home in the library.
- August 07
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Meet Jeong Eun Ahn, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
The first installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.
- August 03
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Firelei Báez: Celebrated Artist and Alumna Returns to Cooper
Last fall, 14 students in the School of Art studied with the celebrated artist and alumna Firelei Báez thanks to the Alex Katz Chair in Painting.
- August 03
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Space for Renewal
Renovations to the Foundation Building façade, updates to the Cooper Union Library, a re-imagined Center for Writing and Learning, and other capital improvements have followed strategic initiatives to invest in the college’s physical spaces.
- August 03
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Assistant Professor Alice Pisani Co-Published in The Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal
- August 03
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Designs for the Future of Food
Through design, research, and collaboration, Cooper Union students, faculty, and alumni are taking on the real-world issue of food sustainability.
- August 03
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Animating Life During Lockdown
Conceived by alumna artist Meriem Bennani A’12 and filmmaker Orian Barki as an episodic social media series, 2 Lizards depicts the early months of the pandemic as it unfolded.
- July 26
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Students Wrap Up Unique Summer Experiences
Internships and REU's brought seven chemical engineering students to labs around the country.
- July 26
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Rotary Park: Alumni Build Community Around Infrastructure
Peter Ballman AR’08 and Dasha Khapalova AR’07 propose transforming a two-block site in downtown Manhattan—one built for cars—into a new public space.
- July 26
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Dean Shoop Appointed to New National Academy Of Engineering Committee
- July 18
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Cooper Students Build Model for Met Exhibit on Early Buddhism
- July 17
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MUDBUG Receives VentureWell E-Team Grant
The Cooper Union team is developing low-cost soil monitoring sensors that enable smallholder farmers to implement sustainable agricultural practices.
- July 10
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Electrical Engineering Students Shine at ACM SIGMETRICS 2023: Recognitions, Research, and Reflections
Electrical engineering senior, Nishat Ahmed and Master student of electrical engineering Amaan Rahman EE'23 presented research at the ACM SIGMETRICS 2023 conference in Orlando, Florida.
- July 06
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Three Questions for Demetrius L. Eudell
A historian and former dean of social sciences at Wesleyan University, Dr. Eudell joins The Cooper Union as the vice president of academic affairs.
- June 28
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Minisymposium Co-organized by Professor Stanislav Mintchev at the 2023 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems
- June 28
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Introducing Our Newest Staff Members
- June 27
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Generous Donation of Milton Glaser Work Comes to Lubalin Center
Approximately 400 new works by Milton Glaser, the influential graphic designer and 1951 School of Art graduate, have been gifted to The Cooper Union
- June 23
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Chemical Engineering Students Present Research at American Chemical Society Symposium
Undergraduate chemical engineering students Mohammed Rhakib ChE ‘24 and Ubaidullah Hassan ChE ‘25 recently presented their research at the 70th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the New York section of the American Chemical Society.
- June 22
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Professor Robert Dell Receives Cobb Partnership Award from Us Embassy and Fulbright Commission In Iceland
- June 08
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IGV Team Places Second and Third at National Competition
Cooper's Intelligent Ground Vehicle (IGV) team secured an impressive second-place win for self-driving vehicles and third-place for self-drive design at this year’s Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition.
- June 05
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Matthew Moulton ChE’20 Awarded GEM Fellowship
The chemical engineering alumnus has been awarded a GEM Fellowship to support his research and graduate studies in civil and environmental engineering
- June 01
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New Civil Engineering Department Faculty
- May 31
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In Memoriam: Professor Daniel Lepek
- May 25
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Dr. Lisa Shay, Associate Dean for Educational Innovation presented at the 2023 Morals and Machines conference in Munich
- May 25
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Civil Engineering Students Present Research at the 2023 ITE Northeastern District Annual Meeting
- May 24
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Cooper Students Selected to Receive ACEC New York Award Scholarship
- May 19
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Reflections on a Transformative Semester
- May 12
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In Memoriam: Professor Fred Siegel
Remembering Fred Siegel, professor emeritus of history in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, who passed away on May 7
- May 11
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Cooper Undergraduate Research Club Hosts Spring Research Seminar and What's Next for Their Club Founders
- May 10
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Class of 2023: In Their Own Words
At the end of each academic year, we ask a few soon-to-be graduates from each of the three schools about their time at Cooper.
- May 04
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Journalist Kara Swisher Will Give 2023 Cooper Union Commencement Address
Swisher is known as “Silicon Valley’s most feared and well-liked journalist"
- April 26
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Cooper Team Wins a Solar Decathlon Grand Prize
- April 25
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Bringing the Architecture Exhibitions Collection Online
A new $450,000 fundraising effort will support digitizing more than 200 School of Architecture exhibitions since 1965, with $65,000 still needed to reach the goal
- April 21
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Professor Nader Tehrani elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
He was selected for his work in the visual arts
- April 17
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Cooper Solar Decathlon Team Top 10 Finalist At 2023 Design Challenge Competition
- April 14
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Introducing Our 2023 STEM Teaching Fellows
- April 13
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Mechanical Connection and Chemical Bonding: A Cooper Couple’s Story
- April 06
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Professor Robert Topper, Engineering Students Participate in Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry
- April 03
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Engineering Students Attend The National Society of Black Engineers 49th Annual Convention