Office of Public Affairs

The Office of Public Affairs is responsible for raising awareness and supporting The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, its academic excellence, its commitment to the full-tuition scholarship policy and its importance in the city's educational and civic life. The Office conducts media relations, government and community relations and produces print and electronic publications.

Public Affairs Staff

Claire McCarthy
Director of Public Affairs		mccart3@cooper.edu(212) 353-4266
Jolene Travis
Assistant Director of
Public Affairs, Media Relations		jolene@cooper.edu(212) 353-4158
Bosko Blagojevic
Manager of Print
and Electronic Publications		bosko@cooper.edu(212) 353-4157

 

  • 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.