Fall 2019 All School Assembly

Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 1 - 4pm

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To welcome new and returning faculty, staff and students and to launch the new academic year, there will be an ALL SCHOOL ASSEMBLY on Tuesday 3 September (the first day of classes) in the School of Architecture Lobby, 3rd Floor of the Foundation Building beginning at 1 PM. The Fall 2019 Design Studios and elective courses will be introduced. 

Welcome by Dean Nader Tehrani

Upcoming lectures and exhibitions introduced by Lorena del Rio and Steven Hillyer

Architectonics: presented by Mersiha Veledar, Ben Aranda, and Jonah Rowen. 
Design II: presented by Nima Javidi, Stephanie Lin, Julian Palacio, and Ife Vanable. 
Design III: presented by James Lowder, Peter Eisenman, Samuel Anderson, Elisa Iturbe, and Ashok Raiji.
Design IV: presented by Lorena del Rio, Vincent James, Jennifer Yoos, Florian Idenburg, and Guido Zuliani. 
Thesis: presented by Nora Akawi, Hayley Eber, and Anthony Vidler. 
Graduate Design Research Studio I: presented by Diana Agrest. 

Additionally, the faculty teaching Elective Courses this semester will
introduce their classes to the school:  Benjamin Aranda, David Gersten, Sue Ferguson Gussow, Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Lydia Kallipoliti, Joan Ockman, Linda Pollak, Austin Wade Smith, Anthony Vidler, and Tamar Zinguer. 

This event is open to current Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff. 

View the full Fall 2019 Lectures and Events List.

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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.