Reunion 2023 Schedule of Events

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Thank you to all who attended Reunion 2023! See photos >>

FRIDAY, JUNE 2

Check-In - Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street - 4:00 - 7:15 p.m.

End of Year Show Open to Public - Foundation Building &  41 Cooper Square - 12:00-7:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception - Library, Foundation Building - 5:30 - 7:15 p.m.

Turn the World Around: A Tribute to Harry Belafonte - 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. 
Reserved seating for Reunion registrants.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 3

Check-In - Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street -  9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street - 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

State of the Cooper Union - The Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street - 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Update from from the Cooper Union Leadership:  President Laura Sparks, Chairman of the Board Malcolm King EE'97, and Deans Mike Essl A'96, Hayley Eber AR'01, Barry L. Shoop and Nada Ayad. The session will culminate with a conversation with award-winning director, producer and writer, Cooper Alumna Patty Jenkins A'93.

Golden Legion Luncheon hosted by President Laura Sparks - Great Hall Foyer - 12:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Special luncheon for alumni who graduated in 1974 and earlier.  The 50th Reunion class (1973) will be inducted into the Golden Legion. 

Luncheon for all other Classes hosted by Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Malcolm King EE'97 - Alumni Roof Terrace - 12:00 - 1:45 p.m.

"Planning for the Future - Keeping Your Options Open" presented by Tracy Green Landauer, Esq - Room 201/201A in 41 Cooper Square - 2 - 3 p.m.
Flexibility in estate planning is a desirable goal, especially since we cannot usually predict the future. The ability to maintain our own financial security while providing for the comfort, protection, and changing needs of our beneficiaries can often be accomplished by using thoughtfully designed trusts. Please join us to learn more: you have many options.

One-hour campus tours - 2-3 pm and 3-4 pm

End of Year Show - Foundation Building and 41 Cooper Square - 12:00–7:00 p.m.

Library & Archives Open to Alumni - Foundation Building - 2 - 5 p.m.

All Cooper Reunion - 230 Fifth Rooftop and Penthouse Lounge6 - 9 p.m.
Enjoy spectacular skyline views, premium top shelf open bar, passed hors d'oeuvres, buffet dinner and dancing.

 

  • 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.