Reunion 2024 Schedule of Events

Cooper Reunion 2024

The details of Reunion events are still being finalized. Please be sure to check back soon for updates. 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27


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

Campus Tours, programming, and more!, 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception: Library, Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, 5:00-6:15 p.m.

Special Presentation: The Great Hall, Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, 6:30-8:00 p.m. 
Special guest to be announced soon, Reunion registrants will have reserved seating.
 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
 

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, Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, 10:30-11:45 a.m. 
Update from the Cooper Union leadership.

Luncheon, location to come, 12:00-1:45 p.m.

Campus tours, programming, and more! 2:00-4:00 p.m.

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

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
 

Optional, metro-area Cooper-related programming.

  • 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.