Cooper Union

Presidential Inauguration

Inauguration of Jamshed Bharucha as the
Twelfth President of The Cooper Union

Presidential Inauguration Live Webcast
Tuesday October 18, 2011
12:00 noon


Monday 17 October	1:00 PM Please join the Deans and Faculty of The Cooper Union for a Pre-Inaugural Colloquium: Educating Students to Lead in a Global Context The Great Hall 7th Street and Third Avenue Cooper Square \| New York City Keynote Speaker: Fareed Zakaria Host CNN and CNNi's Fareed Zakaria GPS Editor-at-Large, Time Magazine Columnist, Washington Post and Author Panelists include: Atina Grossmann Professor of History, The Cooper Union Vali Nasr Professor of International Politics, Tufts University Moderated by: Vikas Kapoor President and CEO, iQor Trustee, The Cooper Union

Tuesday 18 October	9:30 AM Delegate's Breakfast Alumni Roof Terrace, Eight Floor 11:00 AM Robing Benjamin Menschel Boardroom, Lower Level 11:30 AM Procession Line-up Main Level 12:00 noon Inauguration Ceremony The Great Hall at The Cooper Union Cooper Square \| New York City Greetings Shashi Tharoor Member of Parliament, India Introduction of the President Frances Fergusson President Emeritus Vassar College James Wright President Emeritus Dartmouth College Lawrence S. Bacow President Emeritus Tufts University Closing Remarks Vartan Gregorian President Carnegie Corporation of New York President Bharucha will join friends, led by violinist Andy Stein, in a performance of selected movements from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Mendelssohn's Octet. Post-Inaugural Block Party Immediately Following the Ceremony Cooper Square and Peter Cooper Park Featuring tastings courtesy of East Village restaurants. Performances include Audrey Flack and the Art History String Band and the Hungry March Band. 212.353.4174 \| inauguration@cooper.edu

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.