Cooper Union

Commencement 2019: The Photo Gallery

On May 21, 2019 the graduates of the 160th class of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art gathered for their commencement.

Photos by João Enxuto / The Cooper Union, unless otherwise noted.

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Members of the electrical engineering graduating class Karol Wadolowski, Brian Frost-LaPante, and Nikola Janjusevic
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Members of Gotham Pipes and Drums
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George Ho, BSE'19 with Mira Almazrooei AR'19 and Natalia Oliveri AR'19
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George Ho, BSE'19
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Eva Kate Gabrielsen A'19
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Diyi Liu ME'19
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James Bantis and April Mintz, both civil engineering graduates
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Michael Colella, ME'19
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School of Architecture graduates Parker Limon (background), Natalia Oliveri, and Patrisa Pruthi
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Madison Bloch A'19
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Jhakai Deshong A'19
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Olivia Van Kuiken A'19
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Nikola Janjusevic EE'19 gives the thumbs-up during the opening parade
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Jeremiah Pratt EE'19
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Rachel Warren, chair of the Board of Trustees, with Laura Sparks, president
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The Reverend Robert M. Pennoyer II, of the Grace Church School, delivered the invocation
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Mira Almazrooei AR'19 received the Toni and David Yarnell Merit Award of Excellence in Architecture. Photo by Island Photography
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Zhenni Zhu AR'19, received the Irma Giustino Weiss Prize
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Jhakai Deshong A'19 received the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Award
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Max Popov A'19 received the Snarkitecture Commencement Award
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Raya Terran A'19 received the Toni and David Yarnell Merit Award of Excellence in Art
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Skylar Eiskowitz received the Harold S. Golberg prize
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Gabriela Godlewski CE'19 delivered the student address
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Jean Brownhill AR'00 (second from right) received a Presidential Citation
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Recipient of a Presidential Citation Awol Erizku A'10, center, with Laura Sparks and Malcolm King, of the Board of Trustees
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Edray Goins, professor of mathematics at Pomona College received an honorary doctoral degree
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Edray Goins delivered the commencement address
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Soryn Mouton A'19
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Vaughn Lewis AR'19
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India Armstrong A'19
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Zachary Tzavelis ME'19, received his degree from his father, Cosmas Tzavelis, professor of civil engineering
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Stav Eilam AR'19
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Jackson McGrath A'19
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Paul Nikulin CE'06 welcomed the graduates to the Alumni Association
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Jennifer Weiser, assistant professor of chemical engineering, with students
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Ben Sterling EE'19
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Julia Dipietro and Yuki Nakayama of the School of Architecture
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Wai Yan ‘Jeremy’ Nyein ME'19
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Skylar Eiskowitz and Mary Dwyer, mechanical engineering graduates
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Mason O'Brien A'19
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Omar Wiseman, Digby Clark Martinek, and Mavis Figuls of the School of Art

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.