Open Call

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Mokena Makeka, director of the CPL, opens a call for proposals that engage Cooper’s disciplines to generate new ideas, solutions, or innovations for our shared civic life. Click for details on submissions and an accompanying postcard competition with a $500 prize.

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Film by Bill Morrison A’89 Nominated for Oscar

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Incident, a short documentary directed by School of Art alumnus Bill Morrison, was nominated for a 2025 Academy Award. Morrison returned to Cooper in September 2024 for a screening of the film.

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Paul Gardère: Vantage Points

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A retrospective of works by School of Art alumnus Paul Gardère is currently on view in the Stuyvesant-Fish House.

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Cooper Receives $20,000 from NYSCA

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Typographics and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive were both awarded grants this year by the New York State Council on the Arts.

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Cooper Awarded Grant to Reimagine HSS Core

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The $25,000 grant is part of the Teagle Foundation's Cornerstone initiative.

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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.