The campus remains closed with all summer courses being conducted online and staff working remotely. Classes will resume on August 31, 2020 for the fall semester. For updates on campus operations, both virtual and in person, for the fall semester, please see the Fall 2020 Info Hub page.

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Virtual TypeLab Draws Huge International Audience

The hands-on workshop section of the annual Typographics festival, moved into a virtual space for this year’s conference with spectacular results

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Upcoming Events & Exhibitions

  • Women in type

    Alice Savoie discusses the work carried out by women in the Type Drawing Office of Monotype in the UK, with a focus on the 1920s and 1930s

  • Thinking About Talking About Spacing

    Nathan Willis will explore how designers talk about spacing

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  • 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.