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The New-York Historical Society Hosts Augusta Savage A'25 Retrospective

The first retrospective about the career and influence on the life and work of 1925 School of Art alumna Augusta Savage (1892-1962) closes in late July at The New-York Historical Society

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Architecture

Art

Engineering

Cooper Co-Develops Plasma Blaster
Cooper ME Seniors Win $5K for Wheelchair Design
Sam Keene Named 2019 C.V. Starr Professor

Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. Bedarida to Chair Italian Modernism Conference
Investigations into Color
Postdocs Around the World

Giving

Cooper Union Awarded $2 Million Grant from IDC Foundation

Alumni

Thomas Nozkowski A'67, Lauded Painter, 1944-2019
Cooper Co-Develops Plasma Blaster
Eric N. Mack A’10 at the Brooklyn Museum

Parents

Thesis Year Snapshots 2018: Architecture
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum is 2018 Commencement Speaker
Cooper Union in Top Five 2018 "Colleges That Pay You Back"

Continuing Education

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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.