Fall 2024 All School Assembly

Tuesday, September 3, 2024, 2 - 6pm

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Fall 2024 All School Assembly

To welcome the School of Architecture's new and returning faculty, staff and students and to launch the new academic year, there will be a School of Architecture Assembly on Tuesday 3 September (the first day of classes).

The convocation will begin at 2PM with a introduction by Acting Dean Hayley Eber followed by respective faculty and staff presentations on the Fall 2024 semester public programming, design studios and elective courses.  

This is an in-person event with Zoom participation by faculty whose availability may not permit attendance otherwise.

Registration is required. You may register here. 

ALL SCHOOL ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE 

Welcome by Acting Dean Hayley Eber (2:00PM - 2:15PM)

Upcoming lectures and exhibitions: Professors Benjamin Aranda (2:16PM - 2:21PM); Steven Hillyer, Director of the Architecture Archive (2:22PM - 2:27PM)

Architectonics: presented by Mersiha Veledar, Amina Blacksher, Kayla Montes de Oca, Frederick Rapp (2:28PM - 2:33PM)

Electives: Nora Akawi (2:34PM - 2:39PM), Sue Ferguson Gussow (2:40PM - 2:45PM)

Design II: presented by Nima Javidi, Elizabeth O’Donnell, Nader Tehrani, Ryan Brooke Thomas (2:46PM - 2:51PM)

Electives: Joanna Joseph (2:52PM - 2:57PM), Owen Nichols/Clara Syme (2:58PM - 3:03PM)

Design III: presented by Diana Agrest, Michael Young, Sam Anderson, Mariana Liebman-Pelaez, Julian Palacio (3:04PM - 3:09PM)

Electives: Linda Pollak (3:10PM - 3:15PM), Tyler Putnam/Gjergji Shkurti (3:16PM - 3:21PM)

Design IV Option Studios presented by:
Hana Kassem (3:22PM - 3:27PM)
Mokena Makeka/Lauren Britton (3:28PM - 3:33PM)
Billie Tsien/Jennifer Dempsey (3:34PM - 3:39PM)

Electives: Tommy Schaperkotter (3:40PM - 3:45PM), Matt Shaw (3:46PM - 3:51PM)

Thesis: presented by Nora Akawi, Hayley Eber, Brad Samuels, Guido Zuliani (3:52PM - 3:57PM)

Electives: David Smiley (3:58PM - 4:03PM), Michael Young (4:04PM - 4:09PM)

Graduate Thesis (returning students): Zulaikha Ayub (4:10PM - 4:15PM)

Graduate Design (new students): Benjamin Aranda, Lorena del Rio (4:16PM - 4:21PM)

Electives: Zach Cohen/Jihoon Park (4:26PM - 4:31PM)

Update from Architecture Administrative Co-Chairs about 2024-2025 Arch Student Council election (4:32PM - 4:37PM)

This event is open to current Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff.

Located in The Great Hall, in the Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues

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  • “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.