Faculty-Student Senate 2012-2013

Elected Representatives

Mike Essl, Chair
Professor Anne Griffin (HSS)
Professor Diana Agrest (Architecture)
Professor Mike Essl (Art)
Professor Atina Grossmann (HSS)
Professor Daniel Lepek (Engineering)
Thomas Micchelli (Library)
Professor Stan Mintchev (Engineering)
Professor Christine Osinski (Art)
Professor Sean Sculley (Architecture)
Phong (Kiwi) Nguyen (Architecture)
Oliver Antoniu (Architecture)
Asher Mones (Art)
Michael Pimpinella (Engineering)
Shira Service (Art)
Osaze C Udeagbala (Engineering)

Ex-officio Members

President Jamshed Bharucha
Vice President TC Westcott
Dean Saskia Bos (Art)
Dean William Germano (HSS)
Associate Dean Elizabeth O'Donnell (Architecture)
Acting Dean Alan N. Wolf (Engineering)
Acting Director Carol Salomon (Library)

  • 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.