CLASS NOTES

Alan Singer A'72

“Our Nature” is a survey exhibition of fine and applied art created over many decades by the Singer family, Arthur A'39, Judy A'39 and their sons, Paul and Alan. Each of the family members is given space for their creative paintings, their illustrations which grace the pages of numerous commissioned books, plus a sheet of best-selling American postage stamps.

“Our Nature” draws its title from the artists’ source of inspiration found in the birds, plants and animals in our natural environment. The Singers all are native New Yorkers who grew up in New York City and Long Island. They all enjoyed a thorough education in the arts, making their living from their creative skill sets.

Peter Lynch AR'84

Peter Lynch AR'84 is participating in "Nuance and Intimacy in the Architecture of the City" on March 5 at Architecture Association London. The event is a celebration of the late Professor Diane Lewis.

The event was organized by alumna Yael Hameiri Sainsaux AR’10. Anna Kostreva AR’09 and Holger Kleine AR’90 will also make presentations. It is a continuation of Yael's  "Conceiving the Plan" project, dedicated to Diane. Projects in her memory were exhibited at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale and published by Skira Editore. There was an exhibition and symposium in the Houghton Gallery two years ago.

To view a livestream of the event, please click here.

Nekisha Durrett A'98

Nekisha Durrett A'98 was selected by Bryn Mawr College in May 2023 to create a monument addressing a legacy of exclusionary practices at the College and enabling the campus community to respond to the question, What stories are missing from Bryn Mawr College? Durrett's monument is the centerpiece of a collaboration between Bryn Mawr and Monument Lab known as The ARCH (Art Remediating Campus Histories) Project.

Evan Granite ChE'85

Evan Granite ChE'85 co-authored the paper “Domestic Wastes and Byproducts: A Resource for Critical Material Supply Chains”, Evan J. Granite, Grant Bromhal, Jennifer Wilcox, and Mary Anne Alvin, National Academy of Engineering, The Bridge, 53(3), 59-66, Fall 2023. Wastes that can serve as feedstocks for recovery of metals are coal ash, acid mine drainage, petroleum coke, mine and smelter wastes, asbestos tailings, red mud, produced waters, municipal solid wastes, municipal sewage sludge, e-wastes, garnet waste abrasives, and phosphogypsum waste. The recovery of critical metals from these abundant byproducts can also spur clean-up of the waste impoundments.

For a link to the paper, please click here.

  • 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.