Cooper Union

School of Art

Jan 29

Cooper 2040: MIT & Slavery: The Humanities in the Age of STEM

MIT’s Craig Steven Wilder and Nora Murphy about their work into an ongoing undergraduate primary-research course entitled "MIT and Slavery"
Feb 04

Jace Clayton, "Underdog Sonics & Uncivil Spaces"

Jace Clayton delivers a free, public lecture exploring how sound inflects and articulates our sense of shared political space
Feb 10

Under construction: Jurriaan Schrofer’s letters

Maurice Meilleur will survey a selection of Dutch designer Jurriaan Schrofer’s remarkable work

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.