To honor Cooper's founding anniversary on April 29, you can help us reach this year's goal of 1,026 gifts—the number needed to keep us on track in restoring full-tuition scholarships for all undergraduates. All gifts will be matched.
Steven W. McLaughlin, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named Cooper's new president, effective July 1, 2025.
The exhibition which features work by Diana Agrest and Mario Gandelsonas is on view in the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery from Thursday, April 10 through Friday, May 2
Kara Swisher and Preet Bharara each recorded live episodes of their podcasts in the Great Hall—Swisher spoke with The Daily Show’s Josh Johnson, while Bharara interviewed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
The IDC Foundation has awarded Cooper a $1 million grant establishing two new distinguished professorships and supporting continued innovation in architecture, engineering, and building construction.
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.
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.