Jane Deed Estate Gifts Cooper $2M for Scholarships

Jane Deed, who died in 2010 at the age of 104, has left The Cooper Union nearly two million dollars from her estate. Remarkably, she did not attend The Cooper Union.

The Cooper Union at the 2013 World Science Festival

Albert Nerken School of Engineering students showed off a number of projects at the 2013 Ultimate Science Street Fair in Washington Square Park, part of this year's World Science Festival

Ed Durbin (EE'48) Funds Student "Invention Factory"

Edward Durbin (EE'48), one of The Cooper Union's most generous benefactors, has made a gift to support a new, annual fund dedicated to engineering innovation. This year Acting Dean Alan Wolf has used the funds to create an "Invention Factory" for current students

School of Art Adjunct Professor Pamela Lins Selected For Radcliffe Fellowship

Pamela Lins has been selected as a fellow for the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University, where she will spend a year developing a new project

Architect Gia Wolff Wins the Inaugural Wheelwright Prize

Assistant Professor Adjunct Gia Wolff is the winner of the inaugural Wheelwright Prize, a $100,000 traveling fellowship dedicated to fostering new forms of architectural research informed by cross-cultural engagement.

On View: 2013 End of the Year Exhibition

James Allister Sprang's 2013 Student Address

Read the text written and delivered by the School of Art graduate at the 154th Commencement of the The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Mayor Bloomberg's Commencement Address

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's delivered the Commencement Address to the 2013 graduating class of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Commencement 2013 Webcast

The 2013 Commencement of The Cooper Union, broadcast Wednesday, May 29

Senior Snapshots: The Albert Nerken School of Engineering 2013 Class

A zero-emissions, sustainable ammonia production factory; a way to measure the effectiveness of green roofs; a device that tracks your gaze from across a room. They are all engineering solutions created by 2013 graduates of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering

Prof. Sharon Hayes Wins Alpert Award in the Arts

Sharon Hayes, Assistant Professor at the School of Art, has won the Visual Arts category of the 2013 Alpert Award in the Arts, with a prize of $75,000

Snapshots of the 2013 Thesis Year

Teddy Kofman, Eze Imade Eribo and David Varon have disparate roots but one thing in common. They are all presenting their graduating thesis from The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Here, a look at each

Which Vermeer Did It?

Cooper's own Prof. Benjamin Binstock's controversial work will be the sole focus of a conference at NYU

A Message from the President of Cooper Union 5-11-13

The president addresses the student sit-in

Master of Architecture II Spring Exhibition | Opening Reception May 11 | In conjunction with NYCxDESIGN

A selection of works from the ARCHITECTURE OF NATURE/NATURE OF ARCHITECTURE studio will be on view for the public from Saturday 11 May through Sunday 12 May.

Daniel Libeskind's "The Art of Memory" Lecture Excerpts

Cooper Union alumnus Daniel Libeskind (AR'70), designer of the Jewish Museum Berlin and the master planner of the reconstruction of Ground Zero, delivered a free lecture in the Great Hall on April 30, 2013

Cooper Students Sweep Royal Society of Arts Architecture Awards

Four Cooper Union architecture students took home four of the 2013 Student Design Awards given by RSA United States.

Professor Baglione Wins National Educational Award

Professor Melody Baglione, of the Mechanical Engineering department, has won the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award

At Great Hall Forum Mayoral Candidates Discuss Sustainability

Announcing 2013 Summer Programs at The School of Architecture

The School of Architecture will offer 4-week intensive workshops in summer 2013 for college credit in introductory and advanced programs. These programs will introduce students to foundational concepts and practices within the study of architecture and explore the role of advanced digital technologies as a theoretical and formal determinate in contemporary architecture. 

Board of Trustess Announcement April 23, 2013 Livestream

RITE OF SPRING | A Celebration of the Drawings of the Architecture Students Accepted for Autumn 2013

How Seven Cooper Union Students Became the New Museum's Big Draw

1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star, a major exhibit at the New Museum on view through May 20, includes a number of Cooper Union-associated artists, though none more prominently than the collective known as Art Club 2000

Snapshots of the 2013 School of Art Senior Shows

Five seniors talk about their show, their Cooper experience and what's next

National Media Tout Professor Bordo's Chelsea Gallery Exhibition

The New Yorker and the Wall Street Journal, among others, review Prof. Bordo's fifth solo show

Professor Diane Lewis invited as Guest Editor for Spring 2013 issue of Framework

School of Architecture Faculty and Students in the New Museum's IDEAS CITY Festival

The Cooper Union, its faculty and students are included in many of the Festival's key events including public projects, workshops, and exhibitions.

Short of Funds, the Saturday Program Goes on with Annual Student Show

The annual exhibition of works by students in the free Saturday Program opens while organizers try to fill fundraising gap

Mayor Bloomberg to Deliver 2013 Commencement Address

Hello, Dublin

An urban planner and an architect set up camp in the Foundation Building for a project inviting New Yorkers to send their thoughts to a counterpart in Dublin, Ireland on a postcard

Astronaut Lands at Cooper Union

Dr. Donald Thomas, former astronaut with the Space Shuttle program, gave a personal recollection of living and working in outer space to students, faculty and the public

Announcing a Collaborative Partnership between the Institute for Sustainable Design and the Buckminster Fuller Institute

After Cooper: Rebuilding Afghanistan

Koukaba Mojadidi (AR'01) shifted her successful career as an architect in New York to working for a non-profit that builds desperately needed spaces in a war-ravaged country

Cooper Union Honors 2013 Inductees to the Lifetime Giving Society

The institution's most generous benefactors received accolades at the annual awards ceremony

James Craig and Irene Scala Designing with Type Award Announced

Two $5,000 stipends go to School of Art students looking to study abroad

Poetry Like a Walk Through the Woods

A member of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for over forty years, Prof. Brian Swann's eighth collection of poetry, 'In Late Late," appears in May

Cooper Grads Win Award in Reinvent Payphone Challenge

Four Cooper Union graduates have won the "Best Community Impact" award and are finalists for the "Popular Choice" award in New York City's "Reinvent Payphones" design challenge

Isaac Heller Donates $1 Million to Annual Fund

Called a "vote of confidence" by President Bharucha, the unrestricted gift goes to student's immediate use

After Cooper: Crye Precision

How a School of Art graduate and an Albert Nerken School of Engineering graduate combined their disciplines to build a company keeping U.S. troops safe while revitalizing a local industry

Dean Anthony Vidler and Professor Stephen Rustow in MoMA Symposium

The MoMA symposium, Revising Labrouste in the Digital Age, explores how 19th-century architect Henri Labrouste's innovative use of materials and light in spaces of contemplation and public assembly are relevant in contemporary culture and architecture.

Professor Michael Webb is a contributing author in the publication THE CAR IN 2035

Lighting the Way to a Better World: Cooper Union in Africa

Working in rural communities in Ghana under the tutelage of Professor Cumberbatch, students either continue the work of projects already established or engineer their own solutions to better the lives of the people who live in rural west Africa.

President Bharucha Reforms President's Council

This group will join a conversation about the compelling issues confronting colleges and universities, including access, academic priorities, online learning, global initiatives, and financial sustainability

Update on Academic and Financial Planning

I am pleased to announce that the Full Faculty of The School of Art at The Cooper Union voted earlier today to adopt the proposals submitted to the President and presented to The Board of Trustees on December 5, 2012.

A Major Gift from Helaine and Isaac Heller

A gift from Helaine and Isaac Heller (Eng. ’52) of $1 million to the Annual Fund of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Cooper Students Give Back

Students banded together for Student Engagement and Philanthropy Week to support Cooper Union.

Cooper Union Community Forum with the Board of Trustees 3/1/13

Three Cooper Graduates Selected as 30 Black Artists Under 40 You Should Know

The Huffington Post selected 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know and included three Cooper Union School of Art graduates

The Cooper Union's Earliest Documents Now Digitized

The first 21 annual reports document not just the start of the institution but provide a snapshot of New York civic life during the late 19th century

Dean Anthony Vidler to speak at Yale and California College of the Arts

The Civil War in Words and Music in the Great Hall

The day after President Abraham Lincoln's 204th birthday, hundreds of people filled the Great Hall for "The Civil War in Words and Music," the same space where Lincoln made his famous "Right Makes Might" speech

Update on Academic and Financial Planning: 2/13/13

A letter from the President addressing the current status of the academic and financial planning of The Cooper Union as of February 13, 2013

Professor Diana Agrest's film screened at MoMA

The Making of an Avant-garde: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) 1967-1984

City Living: Is It Sustainable?

A free, public six-week lecture series examines the impact of the world's move toward urban areas

Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev comes to Cooper Union

Continuing its reputation as a premier venue for major artists, curators and intellectuals to teach, the School of Art welcomes Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev as Menschel Visiting Professor for the Spring 2013 semester.

Professors Hayley Eber and Urtzi Grau to participate in Princeton lecture series

This series of public conversations revolve around alternative practices in architecture.

Cities In Crisis: Ecological Transformations

In Cities In Crisis: Ecological Transformations, six lectures at The Cooper Union, Dr. Steward Pickett, past President of the Ecological Society of America and a plant ecologist with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will present an integrated view of cities from an ecological perspective.

Professor Lydia Kallipoliti to participate Waterproofing New York Symposium

Professor Susannah Drake receives AIA and Emerging Voices awards

Annual Menschel Fellowship Showcases Cross-Disciplinary Thinking

The Menschel fellowship enables Cooper students from all three schools to pursue a long-term project of creative inquiry that often involves travel. This year's five projects take the viewer far and wide from the Deep South to the Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea to the valleys of Romanian Moldavia.

Cooper Union to Join First Worldwide Student Philanthropy Day

Hot Air: Natural Gas and Climate Change

Parents Honor Cooper Graduates by Supporting the Rose Auditorium

Naming a chair in Cooper's state-of-the-art auditorium

Start Your Engines: Middle Schoolers Attend Cooper Union for a Day

The "Green" Modernists

Lessons from Modernism, an exhibition created collaboratively by Cooper Union faculty, staff, alumni and students, examines the Modernist architectural movement from a perspective that may surprise you

New Digital Fabrication Certificate Keeps Continuing Ed on the Cutting Edge

The Department for Continuing Education offers a unique certificate in Digital Representation and Fabrication

New York Times Reviews Maciunas Exhibition

'Anything Can Substitute Art: Maciunas in SoHo,' called "engrossing" and "bracing" by Holland Carter

Podcast: Burt Neuborne's Constitution Lecture Series

The Cooper Union is pleased to present free podcasts of Professor Burt Neuborne's remarkable 2012 John Jay Iselin Memorial Lecture Series, "Three Constitutions: Republican, Democratic and Consensus."

John Berg's Greatest Hits

Columbia Records' chief designer during the height of the LP era, John Berg (A'53) now has a hit gallery show featuring his past work. He gave us some revealing anecdotes about a few of his most iconic sleeves including Springsteen's "Born to Run" and Loverboy's "Get Lucky"

The Interdisciplinary Discipline

"Opera," an examination of the history, materials and structures of the complex art form, has been offered three times by William Germano, Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The class draws a broad spectrum of art, architecture, and engineering majors who come for different reasons.

After Cooper: Industry City Distillery

Living many a Cooper student's dream, recent graduates Dave Kyrejko and Rich Watts belong to a group that created a commercial vodka distillery from scratch and are getting attention for their results

The M.Arch II Program Expands Criticism, History and Theory Concentration

In addition to the existing curriculum of Advanced Design Studio work that culminates in a design-research thesis project, the Criticism, History and Theory concentration will offer an intensive one-year immersion in the criticism, history and theory of architecture.