Printed Publications

Cooper Union produces several regular institutional publications. Our biannual alumni magazine, At Cooper Union, features original stories about alumni and institutional happenings, while our annual President's Report is a focused message from institional leadership about the state and direction of the organization. Our annual Course Catalog provides a general compedium of available academic courses offered by our three schools and faculty of humanities, as well as collecting in one volume major institional policies, procedures and regulations. Additionally, the office of Public Affairs will periodically produce Fact Sheets and one-off publications marking a special event or milestone in the institution's history.

In addition to these regular volumes, our three schools of architecture, art, and engineering oftentimes produce their own printed publications, such as catalogs to accompany exhibitions or books chronicling the careers of alumni.

You may contact the individual schools for information about their publications. The Cooper Union Library keeps archival copies of instititional publcations. You may also contact the Office of Public Affairs for information about institutional publications.

  • 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.