All Cooper Weekend 2026 Schedule of Events

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The Schedule of Events is still being developed, be sure to check back for updates! All are welcome to attend any part of the weekend’s activities unless otherwise noted. 

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*Please note: Class Audits and Campus Tours will be offered on a limited-capacity basis with advanced registration required.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

9:00 AM- 12:00 PM: Registration opens
10:00 AM- 12:30 PM: Summer Exploration Residency Exhibition
11:00 AM- 12:50 PM: Architecture Class Audit: Site Issues with Prof. Sam Anderson AR’82*
2:00 PM- 4:00 PM: Cooper Connections in the Arts
4:00 PM- 5:00 PM: Architecture Inside Cooper with Assoc. Dean Mersiha Veledar AR’03
5:00 PM- 6:30 PM: Chairs, Champions, and Parents Reception (invitation only)
5:00 PM- 6:30 PM: Maroon and Gold Rocket Pitch 
7:00 PM- 9:00 PM: Iselin Memorial Lecture: Building the Future of NYC panel with New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan, artist David Brooks, and architect Savina Romanos

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Cooper Union General Campus Tour facilitated by the Office of Admissions*  
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM: Advanced Drawing Class Exhibition with Sue Gussow, Professor Emerita
2:00 PM- 4:00 PM: Cooper Connections in Architecture
3:30 PM- 4:30 PM: Cooper Union: What Do You Know? with Cooper Union Archivist, Mary Mann, and Prof. Emeritus Peter Buckley
4:30 PM- 5:30 PM: Conversation with the Curators of Highlighting Generations: Collective Inheritance of Black Cooper
5:30 PM- 7:00 PM: Alumni Cocktail Reception

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

9:00 AM- 10:00 AM: Behind the Scenes Archival Tour
10:00 AM- 11:30 PM: Golden Legion Brunch (invitation only)
10:00 AM- 12:00 PM: Engineering Lab Tour with Assoc. Dean Ruben Savizky*
10:00 AM- 12:00 PM: Art Studio and Lab Tour with Assoc. Dean Yuri Masnyj A’98*
12:00 PM- 1:30 PM: State of The Cooper Union with President Steven W. McLaughlin
2:00 PM- 4:00 PM: Cooper Connections in Engineering
5:00 PM- 8:00 PM: All Cooper Weekend Celebration at the National Arts Club

Ongoing:
•    Golden Legion Hospitality Suite
•    Pop-Up Store
•    Photo Experience
•    Library Yearbook Collection
•    Generations: Archives of Cooper Union’s Black Alumni Artists (June 26-Sept. 26)
•    Guild & Greyshkul Exhibition (Sept. 16-Oct. 31)
•    What Else Could It Mean? Exhibition (Sept. 3-Sep. 27)

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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.