Reunion 2024 Schedule of Events

Cooper Reunion 2024

The schedule for Reunion is still being finalized. Check back here for any updates to the schedule.

Register for Reunion 2024 here.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27


1:00-7:00 p.m.: Check-In, Foundation Building

Ongoing: 

  • Self-directed scavenger hunt to explore new and old spaces on the Cooper Union campus
  • Cable yearbooks and Pioneers on display in the Library
  • Mechanic to Millionaire documentary, directed by Janet Gardner A'65, showing in Library
  • Alumni Roof Terrace open for visiting

3:00-5:00 p.m.: Community-wide gathering with students, faculty, and alumni, including snacks and special activities, location TBD

5:00-6:16 p.m.: Welcome Reception, Library, Foundation Building

6:30-8:00 p.m.: Special Presentation by Shigeru Ban AR'84, The Great Hall, Foundation Building. Reunion registrants will have reserved seating.
 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
 

9:00-11:00 a.m.: Check-In, Foundation Building

9:00-10:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast, Foundation Building

10:30-11:45 a.m.: State of the Cooper Union, The Great Hall, Foundation Building 
Update from the Cooper Union leadership.

12:00-2:00 p.m.: Luncheon, on campus

12:00-2:00 p.m.: Golden Legion Luncheon for the Class of 1974, on campus

Ongoing: 

  • Self-directed scavenger hunt to explore new and old spaces on the Cooper Union campus
  • Cable yearbooks and Pioneers on display in the Library
  • Mechanic to Millionaire documentary, directed by Janet Gardner A'65, showing in Library
  • Alumni Roof Terrace open for visiting

2:00-3:30 p.m.: Campus tours 

3:30-4:30 p.m.: Class and group photos

6:00-9:00 p.m.: All Cooper Reunion Party, 230 Fifth Rooftop and Penthouse Lounge
Enjoy spectacular skyline views, premium top-shelf open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner and dancing.
 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
 

10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Tour of Philip Johnson's The Glass House and Shigeru Ban's Paper Log House in New Canaan, CT
This optional tour has separate ticketing from the rest of Reunion. Space is limited. Learn more here.

Register for Reunion 2024 here.

Reunion is open to all alumni and their families. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Helen Freeman, Assistant Director for Alumni Affairs, at helen.freeman@cooper.edu.

  • 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.