Welcome Reception for New Students

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 3 - 4pm

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Welcome Reception 2024

Cooper Union alumni are invited to join us for a special welcome reception for new students and their families! Hosted by Cooper Union's Office of Alumni Affairs and Development and the Cooper Union Alumni Association (CUAA), this gathering offers an opportunity to enjoy snacks and drinks while connecting with Cooper faculty, staff, and our newest students. This event is part of Welcome Week 2024.

Welcome Reception
Wednesday, August 28
3-4 PM

Cooper Triangle
Cooper Square & 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10003

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Questions? Please contact Nate Stuhl, Development Associate, at nate.stuhl@cooper.edu.

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  • 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.