Due to the blizzard warning currently in effect in our region, we will make the following adjustments to our schedule on Sunday, February 22, 2026, and on Monday, February 23, 2026. Campus buildings will be open Sunday morning from 9:00am to 12:00 pm. The library will be closed. All campus buildings and facilities will be closed on Sunday after 12:00 and on Monday. For more detailed information, please check CooperConnect.

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Welcome Reception for New Students and Families

Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 3:30 - 4:30pm

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Alumni are invited to help us welcome new students and their families to the Cooper community on Tuesday, August 26 from 3:30-4:30 p.m.! There will be small plates and drinks, as well as the opportunity to mingle with new students, faculty and staff. This event is part of Welcome Week 2025.

Welcome Reception for New Students and Families
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
3:30-4:30 p.m.

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

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Questions? Please contact Helen Freeman, Assistant Director for Alumni Affairs at helen.freeman@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.