Cooper Union

Campus Safety

The 2012-2013 Campus Safety, Security and Fire Safety Report

“My earnest desire is to make this building and institution contribute in every way possible to unite all in one common effort to improve each and every human being, seeing that we are bound up in one common destiny and by the laws of our being are made dependent for our happiness on the continued acts of kindness we receive from each other.”
—Peter Cooper

It is in light of this statement that The Cooper Union establishes an attitude toward campus security and safety. Our goal remains to encourage the integrity, honesty, and responsibility of each member of The Cooper Union community to maintain an atmosphere of harmony and mutual respect.

The Incident Report form should be used to report thefts, accidents or other safety problems to the guards.
Report a Safety/Security Problem (Internal Only)

Download the 2012-2013 Campus Safety, Security and Fire Safety Report PDF

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.