Student-Built Structure Acquired by SFMOMA

Paper Log House

The latest iteration of the Paper Log House, designed by Shigeru Ban AR’84 and fabricated by Cooper students, was added to the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Welcoming the New President

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Steven W. McLaughlin officially joins The Cooper Union as its 14th president

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Eleven Years of Typographics

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Moments from the annual design conference's main stage on June 27 and June 28

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Tracing the Legacy of a Cooper-Trained Artisan

St Marys Cathedral Crypt

A new book chronicles the work of Peter Melocco, a mosaic artist and marble worker who trained at The Cooper Union and transformed Australian architecture.

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Docent-Led Tour of Exhibition at MoMA

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Join us for a docent-led tour of the exhibition Jack Whitten: The Messenger at the Museum of Modern Art, honoring Cooper alum Jack Whitten A’64 (1939–2018). It has been named as one of the best art shows of 2025 by The New York Times.

 

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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.