All News 2024
2024
- December 19
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
- December 10
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Student Life's Dynamic Fall Semester
- December 09
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New Research on How Ammonium Nitrate Forms Atmospheric Aerosols
A paper describing research led by Professor of Chemistry Robert Topper has been published online in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. The first author of the paper is undergraduate chemical engineering student Ubaidullah Hassan ChE’25, and the work included a collaboration with chemical engineering alumnus Miguel Amat ChE’01.
- December 09
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Cooper Tau Beta Pi Chapter Holds Annual Induction Ceremony
The Cooper Union Tau Beta Pi (TBP) chapter held a memorable induction ceremony, welcoming the largest number of new inductees in the past five years.
- December 03
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George Kwiecinski Presents Research at BioMaP Consortium Fall 2024 Industry Day
In October, Cooper engineering students George Kwiecinski and Zephaniah Odidika attended the Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness (BioMaP) Consortium Fall 2024 Industry Day held in Bethesda, Maryland. The event was notable for showcasing innovative research and providing opportunities for collaboration across the drug and vaccine manufacturing supply chain.
- November 24
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Cooper Awarded $20,000 from NYSCA
Typographics and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive were each awarded grants this year by the New York State Council on the Arts.
- November 22
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Assistant Professor Michelle Rosen Presents Innovative Soft Robotic Actuator Design at IROS'24
- November 13
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Cooper Engineering Students Attend 13th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference
Four Cooper Union engineering students Allen Rakhamimov ChE’26, Sreevarshini Karthikeyan CE’25, Abduhla Ali EE’25, and Amelia Roopnarine ME’25, and assistant professor of civil engineering, Cynthia Lee, attended the 13th Annual Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference (NASEC) held at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland.
- November 13
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Transformation in the Making
To mark five years of progress toward the Plan to Return to Full-Tuition Scholarships, we spoke with various community members who have contributed to Cooper's positive transformation.
- November 12
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Cooper Awarded Teagle Grant to Reimagine HSS Core
The Cooper Union receives a $25,000 grant to reimagine the HSS curriculum as part of the Teagle Foundation's Cornerstone initiative.
- November 12
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In Memoriam: Bruce Degen A'66
The Cooper community mourns the passing of Bruce Degen, a 1966 graduate of the School of Art and celebrated illustrator, painter, writer, and printmaker best known for the Magic School Bus series.
- November 11
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Chemical Engineering Students and Faculty Present at the 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting
- November 04
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Great Hall Ledgers Added to Digital Culture of Metro New York
Thanks to a METRO grant, digitized ledgers of the Great Hall from 1858 to 1956 have been made publicly accessible through the DCMNY online portal.
- October 25
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Alex Katz A’49 Awarded National Medal of Arts
The Cooper alumnus was honored during a White House ceremony with the highest award given to artists.
- October 23
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Honoring Professor Fred Fontaine's Elevation to IEEE Senior Member
Jesse Sherman Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering, Fred Fontaine, has been elevated to the rank of IEEE Senior Member. This significant honor is held by only eight percent of the IEEE’s approximately 428,000 members worldwide.
- October 23
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Three Questions for the New VP for Enrollment
Troy Cogburn joins Cooper as the new vice president for enrollment, overseeing admissions, financial aid, international student management, and the registrar’s office.
- October 17
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Collaboration Takes Root
With funding from the Cooper Union Grant Program, students behind the CU Garden Project have revitalized a rooftop garden as a community space for research and collaboration.
- October 17
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2024 Summer Study Abroad
Each summer, the Albert Nerken School of Engineering offers a 6–8-week study abroad experience to students in their second or third year at Cooper. This summer, eleven students joined programs in Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Singapore, and Spain.
- October 07
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Students Participate in Major Engineering Conferences
This summer, students from the Albert Nerken School of Engineering had the opportunity to attend the ASTM Exo Games, the 2024 Bridges Conference, and FSAE Michigan.
- October 03
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In Memoriam: Professor Constantine Yapijakis
The Cooper community mourns the passing of Constantine Yapijakis, a beloved professor of environmental engineering in the Civil Engineering Department who taught at the institution since 1986.
- October 02
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Meet the Deans: Adriana Farmiga and Yuri Masnyj
- October 01
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Faculty Collaboration Explores Algorithms in Creative Practice
A new article by professors Benjamin Aranda and Sam Keene presents a teaching model for exploring creative practice through generative algorithms.
- October 01
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Brooklyn Museum Features Cooper Alumni
- September 27
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Robert Topper and Andrew Kim Receive Grant for Next-Gen Battery Research
Andrew Kim, a dual-degree chemical engineering student, and Professor Robert Topper crafted and submitted a proposal to the ACCESS program, successfully securing an initial allocation known as an "Explore Project."
- September 26
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New Appointments in the School of Architecture
- September 24
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Cooper Union Team Takes Second Place at Pfizer’s First Digital Hackathon
Engineering students Lizelle Ocfemia EE’25, Lei Chi EE’25, Aaryan Mahipal ME’25, Lamiah Khan EE’26 and Jaehyeon Park ME’26 earned second place at Pfizer’s inaugural Digital Hackathon, competing against teams from Yale, Cornell, and Princeton.
- September 23
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Programmed for Cooper
The Albert Nerken School of Engineering launches a new computer science degree program custom-tailored to The Cooper Union learning experience.
- September 17
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Coco Fusco Video Debuts in Union Square
Coco Fusco's Everyone Who Lives Here is a New Yorker, a video that engages public perception of migrants in New York City, will be featured on select LinkNYC screens leading up to this year's presidential election.
- September 10
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Meet Emily Palmer, Visiting Professor, Physics
Joining the Albert Nerken School of Engineering this fall is Emily Palmer, a visiting professor in the Department of Physics.
- September 03
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Cooper Makes Tuition Free for All Seniors
All seniors to be tuition free through the 2027-28 academic year, accelerating Cooper's Plan to Restore Full-Tuition Scholarships.
- August 29
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The Architecture Summer Program: An Update
- August 22
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Incoming 2024
Get to know a few of this year's newest Cooper students.
- August 19
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Prof. Sam Keene to Lead New Computer Science Department
Professor Keene will serve as the first chair of Cooper's new computer science program. We asked him to weigh in on his plans for the department.
- August 14
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Writing Associate Liza St. James Receives NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
She is one of 15 recipients for fiction
- August 14
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Cooper–Wegmans Collab to Fight Hunger
The supermarket chain Wegmans is teaming up with the School of Art to help combat food insecurity in the Cooper community.
- August 12
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Meet Abhishek Sharma, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
- August 09
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Assistant Professor Ja-Beom Koo Presents Research at NORDTECH
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ja-beom Koo, recently participated in the NORDTECH Workforce Development Summit held in Troy, NY. At the summit, he presented his research titled “Developing Microelectronics and VLSI Field Education for the Potential Workforce,” which was published in the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
- July 08
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Yuri Masnyj Named Asst Dean of School of Art
- June 24
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Katie Merz A'84 Draws Instant Mural for WNYC
Merz created the mural as part of WNYC’s centennial celebrations
- June 12
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IGVC Team’s Design Receives Innovation Award at The Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition
The Cooper Union Albert Nerken School of Engineering’s IGVC team was honored with the Innovation Award at the annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) for their groundbreaking Brake-by-Cable design
- June 12
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Queer Geometries
Antiprisms: Stories of Transformation, a solo exhibition of work by Uyen Nguyen ME’14, explores queer identity and community through the intersection of mathematics, origami, and fashion.
- June 10
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New Forte Construction Corp. Scholarship Created
The scholarship, established by Forte President and Cooper alumnus Larry Pappas, will fund the education of an engineering student interested in construction and/or construction management
- June 05
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Adriana Farmiga Named Dean of Cooper Union School of Art
- June 03
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School of Art Alumna Emilie Louise Gossiaux Receives the 2024 Ida Applebroog Grant
The biennial juried award recognizes an under-recognized artist
- May 24
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Assistant Professor Abigail Raz Co-Authors Paper Published in Discrete Applied Mathematics
- May 20
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End of Year Message from Acting Dean Eber
- May 20
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Assistant Professor Cynthia Lee Co-Authors Paper Featured in Sustainable And Resilient Infrastructure
- May 17
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Engineering Students Competed in the 4th Annual VFS Design-Build-Vertical Flight Competition
Mechanical engineering seniors Benjamin Meiner, Ariel Tamayev, Calder Leppitsch, and Levi Sheridan participated in the competition held in Churchville, Maryland
- May 17
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Associate Professor Stanislav Mintchev Co-Published In Mathematical Modelling Of Natural Phenomena
Associate Professor of Mathematics Stanislav Mintchev has co-published in Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (Vol. 19, 2024). The paper delves into the topic of “Emergent properties in a V1-inspired network of Hodgkin–Huxley neurons.”
- May 17
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Cooper Students Compete in the 2024 AIAA Design/Build/Fly Competition
Cooper engineering students and their faculty advisor, Dirk M. Luchtenburg, professor of mechanical engineering, competed in the 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Design/Build/Fly competition hosted by Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas
- May 16
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Cooper’s Solar Decathlon Team at the 22nd Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Final Competition
Engineering students Larry Zheng CE’26, Amelia Roopnarine ME’25, Lawrence Zeng CE’26, Mizanul Hoque ME’, and Vito Di Gregorio CE’26, alongside architecture students Abraham (Bram) Cherner ARCH’26, Kyle Ku ARCH’26, and Miao (Miles) Xue ARCH’26, showcased their project at the 2024 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Final Competition held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
- May 14
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Hiu Chen CE’24 Awarded 2023-24 Geo Institute Chapter Graduate Scholarship
Recent graduate and incoming civil engineering master student Hiu Chen has been awarded the 2023-24 Geo Institute Chapter Graduate Scholarship from the ASCE Metropolitan Section Chapter of the Geo-Institute.
- May 14
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Class of 2024: In Their Own Words
Each spring, we celebrate the conclusion of the academic year by asking graduating students to share highlights from their time at Cooper and their plans for the future.
- May 13
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Professor Atina Grossmann is the 2024 Moses Mendelssohn Awardee
Atina Grossmann, professor of history, received the 2024 Moses Mendelssohn Award earlier this winter
- May 07
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Meet the New Saturday Program Staff
We spoke with José Ortiz, the new director of The Cooper Union Saturday Program, and Ciana Malchione A'21, who was recently promoted to assistant director.
- May 01
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Cooper Students Construct Ban’s Paper Log House
Shigeru Ban’s Paper Log House is on view in North America for the first time in six years thanks to the efforts of a set of Cooper architecture students
- April 23
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Kevin Slavin: Entrepreneur, Artist, and Alumnus to Give 2024 Commencement Address
His work spans the intersections between science, technology, and culture
- April 16
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Students Named Finalists in NY Business Plan Competition
Engineering students George Kwiecinski and Zephaniah Odidika impressed judges at the regional level with their pitch for a pharmaceutical-focused startup.
- April 16
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Meet New STEM Outreach Director, Yvonne Thevenot
The Cooper Union welcomes Yvonne Thevenot as the new director of STEM Outreach, which offers a host of educational programs to New York City high school students.
- April 12
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Students Awarded Scholarships from Multiple Engineering Organizations
Seven civil engineering students were awarded scholarships from three New York City metro civil engineering organizations
- April 12
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Introducing our Newest Staff Members
Blair Ribeiro, Lizbeth Soto, and Jake Zweiback have joined Albert Nerken School of Engineering Dean’s Office
- April 09
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Mechanical Engineering Seniors Place Third in CREATE
The group received a $5,000 award
- April 04
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$4 Million Bequest to Keep Innovation Alive
- April 04
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Film Screening and Exhibition about Celebrated Painter Tom Nozkowski A'67
The documentary was made by another Cooper alumnus, Gabriel Rodriguez-Fuller
- April 03
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Assistant Professor of Art Fia Backström Receives the Borlem Prize
- April 02
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Junior Ubaidullah Hassan ChE'25 Named a Goldwater Scholar
Hassan is one of 438 students to receive the honor for the 2024-2025 academic year from an estimated pool of over 5,000 college sophomores and juniors
- March 25
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Professor Jennifer Weiser Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2024-2025
Dr. Jennifer Weiser, an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Biomedical Sciences to Austria for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
- February 29
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Mokena Makeka Named President of SAIA
Makeka sees his new post with the South African Institute of Architects as an opportunity for Cooper to collaborate with architects abroad.
- February 29
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Cooper Solar Decathlon Team's Sure We Can Design Secures Finalist Position
Over the weekend, The Cooper Union Solar Decathlon team delivered a virtual presentation to a panel of jurors at the 2024 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Semifinal and secured a place as a finalist under the Multifamily Building Division
- February 26
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New Endowed Professorship to Encourage Cross-Discipline Innovation
The John and Mary Manuck Distinguished Professor of Design professorship aims to raise the visibility of design as a unifying element and will rotate among Cooper’s three schools
- February 21
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Generous Gift to School of Art from Harold Altman A'47
The celebrated artist credited Cooper with giving him a chance to excel
- February 21
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Cooper Union Engineering Students Participate in 10th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry
Several Cooper Union engineering students participated in the 10th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry to learn how computational quantum mechanics is used to study the structures, reactions, and applications of chemical compounds, biomolecules, and materials
- February 01
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Andrew Kim ChE’25 Awarded the 2023 MENY Scholarship
Junior chemical engineering student, Andrew Kim, was awarded the 2023 Municipal Engineers of the City of New York (MENY) scholarship award.
- January 30
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Art and Architecture Faculty Participate in the Whitney Biennial 2024
The 2024 Whitney Biennial features current adjunct faculty members from both the School of Art and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.
- January 08
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Brian Swann's Latest Book Chronicles Life During COVID
The latest book by Brian Swann, professor emeritus of humanities, is titled Ya-Honk! Goes the Wild Gander or, Covid Divagations.