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Kara Swisher and Preet Bharara podcasts

Podcasts Recorded in the Great Hall

Kara Swisher talks with The Daily Show’s Josh Johnson and Preet Bharara interviews Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in two recent episodes of their respective podcasts, both recorded live in the Great Hall.

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In Memoriam: Ricardo Scofidio AR’55
Alumnus Awarded Prize for Immigrant Artists
Cooper Union Alumnus Brandon Bunt Named 2024 SJA Fellow

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Yuri Masnyj Named Asst Dean of School of Art

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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.