2023

December 14

Reflections on a Challenging Semester

December 12

Professor Pisani Awarded $1.4 million grant

Assistant Professor Alice Pisani has been awarded $1.4 million through the COSMOBEST European Grant for Research to support her study of cosmic voids.

December 01

2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference: Chemical Engineering Students Win Top Awards

Last month, chemical engineering students and faculty attended the 2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Orlando, Florida. AIChE stands as the foremost global organization for chemical engineering professionals, boasting over 60,000 members from 110 countries.

November 21

Cooper Engineering Students Attend 12th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference

Engineering students Ryan Chowdhury ChE’25, Effie Bluestone EE’25, Kanghyuk Lee ME’24, and Jared Sealy ChE’24, attended the 12th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference (NASEC) at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland.

November 16

Mechanical Engineering Students Presented at ASME’s 2023 IMECE

In early November, Cooper mechanical engineering students Brandon Bunt BSE’22 MME, Maya Grutman ME’24, Calder Leppitsch ME’24, Daniel Zaretsky ME’24, Benjamin Meiner ME’24, Jason Chen ME’24, Christos Potamianos ME’25, and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Kamau Wright, Associate Professor of Mechanical and C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor Dirk M. Luchtenburg, and Adjunct Professor Robert Dell attended and presented research at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

November 13

Engineering Students Attend WE23, The Premier Women in Engineering Conference

Undergraduate and graduate engineering students had the opportunity to participate in WE23, the world’s largest conference dedicated to women in engineering and technology held in Los Angeles, CA. 

November 09

Faculty-Curated Exhibition on Jewish Italian Artist Corrado Cagli at CIMA

A new exhibition, curated by HSS professor Raffaele Bedarida, explores the life and work of Jewish Italian artist Corrado Cagli and is accompanied by a series of talks featuring Cooper Union faculty.

November 08

The Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections receives grant to digitize event and exhibition ephemera

Grant supports work to digitize and showcase materials stemming from the years that Deborah Remington taught in the School of Art

October 30

Cooper Engineering Students Present at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference

Earlier this month, Azra Rangwala EE’25, Jacob Krebs CE’24, and Associate Dean Lisa Shay presented work at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference at Villanova University outside Philadelphia.

October 27

Anthony Candido 1924 – 2023

October 20

Anthony Vidler - In Memoriam

Professor Anthony Vidler served as dean of the Chanin School of Architecture from 2001 to 2013

October 20

In Memoriam: Professor Anthony Vidler

October 17

Meet Eilin Pérez, Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Eilin Rafael Pérez joins the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences this semester as a visiting assistant professor of history.

October 12

In Memoriam: Winston Wilkerson

Wilkerson worked at Cooper Union for nearly 50 years

October 12

Three Questions for Mokena Makeka

An award-winning architect, Mokena Makeka joins the Cooper community this month in the new role of special advisor to the vice president of academic affairs.

October 05

"Sue Ferguson Gussow: Retrospective" Opens on Thursday, October 12

The exhibition features oil paintings as well as charcoal and pastel drawings by Sue Ferguson Gussow, professor emerita at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

September 28

2023 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, nine students participated in our summer study abroad programs in Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Singapore, and Spain.  

September 27

Columbia’s Generous Donations Bolster School of Engineering's Technological Arsenal

The Albert Nerken School of Engineering was gifted fabrication tools from Columbia University's closing Nevis Laboratories that was once home to the earliest cyclotrons ever built

September 21

Alumni Launch New Climate Affinity Group with Panel Discussion

The new alumni-led Cooper Union Climate Initiative (CUCI) hosted a "Careers in Climate" panel this month, focusing on professional paths for Cooper graduates to tackle the complex issues of climate change.

September 11

Dirk Martin Luchtenburg Named 2023 C.V. Starr Professor

September 08

William Villalongo Bridges Histories of Black Identity

Black Menagerie, on view through October 14, 2023, is Associate Professor William Villalongo's A'99 seventh solo exhibition at Susan Inglett Gallery

September 07

Coco Fusco Has First Major Retrospective in Berlin

September 05

Meet Ninad Pandit, Assistant Professor of History

The fifth installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.

August 30

Two Professors of Mathematics Collaborated on a Publication Featured in the Journal Of Computational Neuroscience

August 28

Meet Victor Peterson II, Assistant Professor of Humanities

The fourth installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.

August 28

Matthew Leach ME'24 and Prof. Alice Pisani Attended the Euclid Satellite Launch

Matthew Leach, a senior mechanical engineering student, and Alice Pisani, assistant professor of physics, attended the July launch in Florida

August 21

Meet Hejintao Huang, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering

The third installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.

August 15

Incoming 2023

Get to know a few of this year's newest Cooper community members.

August 14

Meet Lex Lancaster, Assistant Professor of Art History

The second installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.

August 07

Biomedical Partnership Bolsters Real-World Connections

A mutually beneficial exchange between The Cooper Union and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has allowed students, faculty, and alumni to collaborate on groundbreaking biomedical research.

August 07

A New Center for Writing and Learning in the Library

Kit Nicholls, director of the Center for Writing and Learning, discusses the challenge posed by artificial intelligence, the value of writing an essay, and the Center's new home in the library.

August 07

Meet Jeong Eun Ahn, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering

The first installment in a series introducing several full-time faculty members who join Cooper this fall.

August 03

Firelei Báez: Celebrated Artist and Alumna Returns to Cooper

Last fall, 14 students in the School of Art studied with the celebrated artist and alumna Firelei Báez thanks to the Alex Katz Chair in Painting.

August 03

Space for Renewal

Renovations to the Foundation Building façade, updates to the Cooper Union Library, a re-imagined Center for Writing and Learning, and other capital improvements have followed strategic initiatives to invest in the college’s physical spaces.

August 03

Assistant Professor Alice Pisani Co-Published in The Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal

August 03

Designs for the Future of Food

Through design, research, and collaboration, Cooper Union students, faculty, and alumni are taking on the real-world issue of food sustainability.

August 03

Animating Life During Lockdown

Conceived by alumna artist Meriem Bennani A’12 and filmmaker Orian Barki as an episodic social media series, 2 Lizards depicts the early months of the pandemic as it unfolded.

July 26

Students Wrap Up Unique Summer Experiences

Internships and REU's brought seven chemical engineering students to labs around the country.

July 26

Rotary Park: Alumni Build Community Around Infrastructure

Peter Ballman AR’08 and Dasha Khapalova AR’07 propose transforming a two-block site in downtown Manhattan—one built for cars—into a new public space.

July 26

Dean Shoop Appointed to New National Academy Of Engineering Committee

July 18

Cooper Students Build Model for Met Exhibit on Early Buddhism

July 18

Professor Melody Baglione Presents Cooper Collaborative Research at the 2023 ASHRAE Annual Conference

July 17

MUDBUG Receives VentureWell E-Team Grant

The Cooper Union team is developing low-cost soil monitoring sensors that enable smallholder farmers to implement sustainable agricultural practices.

July 10

Electrical Engineering Students Shine at ACM SIGMETRICS 2023: Recognitions, Research, and Reflections

Electrical engineering senior, Nishat Ahmed and Master student of electrical engineering Amaan Rahman EE'23 presented research at the ACM SIGMETRICS 2023 conference in Orlando, Florida.

July 06

Three Questions for Demetrius L. Eudell

A historian and former dean of social sciences at Wesleyan University, Dr. Eudell joins The Cooper Union as the vice president of academic affairs.

June 28

Minisymposium Co-organized by Professor Stanislav Mintchev at the 2023 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems

June 28

Introducing Our Newest Staff Members

June 27

Generous Donation of Milton Glaser Work Comes to Lubalin Center

Approximately 400 new works by Milton Glaser, the influential graphic designer and 1951 School of Art graduate, have been gifted to The Cooper Union

June 23

Chemical Engineering Students Present Research at American Chemical Society Symposium

Undergraduate chemical engineering students Mohammed Rhakib ChE ‘24 and Ubaidullah Hassan ChE ‘25 recently presented their research at the 70th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the New York section of the American Chemical Society.

 

June 22

Professor Robert Dell Receives Cobb Partnership Award from Us Embassy and Fulbright Commission In Iceland

June 08

IGV Team Places Second and Third at National Competition

Cooper's Intelligent Ground Vehicle (IGV) team secured an impressive second-place win for self-driving vehicles and third-place for self-drive design at this year’s Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition.

June 05

Matthew Moulton ChE’20 Awarded GEM Fellowship

The chemical engineering alumnus has been awarded a GEM Fellowship to support his research and graduate studies in civil and environmental engineering

June 01

New Civil Engineering Department Faculty

May 31

In Memoriam: Professor Daniel Lepek

May 25

Dr. Lisa Shay, Associate Dean for Educational Innovation presented at the 2023 Morals and Machines conference in Munich

May 25

Civil Engineering Students Present Research at the 2023 ITE Northeastern District Annual Meeting

May 24

Cooper Students Selected to Receive ACEC New York Award Scholarship

May 19

Reflections on a Transformative Semester

May 12

In Memoriam: Professor Fred Siegel

Remembering Fred Siegel, professor emeritus of history in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, who passed away on May 7

May 11

Cooper Undergraduate Research Club Hosts Spring Research Seminar and What's Next for Their Club Founders

May 10

Class of 2023: In Their Own Words

At the end of each academic year, we ask a few soon-to-be graduates from each of the three schools about their time at Cooper.

May 04

Journalist Kara Swisher Will Give 2023 Cooper Union Commencement Address

Swisher is known as “Silicon Valley’s most feared and well-liked journalist"
 

April 26

Cooper Team Wins a Solar Decathlon Grand Prize

April 25

Bringing the Architecture Exhibitions Collection Online

A new $450,000 fundraising effort will support digitizing more than 200 School of Architecture exhibitions since 1965, with $65,000 still needed to reach the goal

April 21

Professor Nader Tehrani elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

He was selected for his work in the visual arts

April 17

Cooper Solar Decathlon Team Top 10 Finalist At 2023 Design Challenge Competition

April 14

Introducing Our 2023 STEM Teaching Fellows

April 13

Mechanical Connection and Chemical Bonding: A Cooper Couple’s Story

April 06

Professor Robert Topper, Engineering Students Participate in Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry

April 03

Engineering Students Attend The National Society of Black Engineers 49th Annual Convention

March 18

Cooper Students Take Home National Awards at the 2022 AICHE Student Conference

March 16

New Exhibition and Daylong Symposium Explore Relationship between Energy and Architectural Form

On view from March 21 through April 16, 2023 in the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery

March 14

2023 Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Conference

March 01

A Life in Art Entwined: Works by Joan and Reynold Ruffins A’51

A new Cooper exhibition of paintings and drawings by artists Joan and Reynold Ruffins is now on view by appointment in the Stuyvesant-Fish House.

February 27

Aerial Vehicle Team Places in Top Five for Design

The Cooper Union Aerial Vehicle Team placed in the top five for their Preliminary Design Report in the 2023 Vertical Flight Society’s Design-Build-Vertical Flight competition.

February 23

As We Breathe: A New Solo Exhibition by Benjamin Degen A’98

Artist Benjamin Degen A’98, a longtime adjunct faculty member in the School of Art, presents new works in a solo exhibition that runs through March 11.

February 06

Vkhutemas to Open This Spring and Will be Complemented by Additional Framing Materials and Public Programming

February 03

New Youth-Led Exhibit Tells the Stories of Black Homeownership in NYC

“What Makes A House A Home,” a new public exhibition at The Cooper Union, runs in the colonnade and first floor of Cooper’s historic Foundation Building from February 3 through February 11, 2023.

January 31

New Collection of Poetry by Brian Swann

Brian Swann, adjunct professor of English, authors his 14th collection of poetry.

January 27

COOPERMADE Alex Katz: A Conversation with Paint

January 25

Vkhutemas Exhibition Postponed

January 24

In Memoriam: Carin Goldberg A'75

In memory of renowned graphic designer Carin Goldberg A'75.

January 13

Bell Labs President to Visit Cooper

On Wednesday, January 18, 2022, the Albert Nerken School of Engineering will welcome Peter Vetter, president of Bell Labs Core Research, to tour Cooper and deliver a guest lecture for students.

January 12

The Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections Receives METRO Grant

Funding will help support the digitization of the Ledgers and Orders of the Great Hall

January 12

The Gardiner Foundation Great Hall Forum