Faculty News 2026

2026

September 11

Neveen Shlayan Appointed Chair of Electrical Engineering

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September 04

Meet Aaron Langham, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering

Aaron W. Langham joins the Albert Nerken School of Engineering as an assistant professor of electrical engineering.

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August 31

Meet Jane’a Johnson, Visiting Assistant Professor, HSS

She joins the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences this fall as a visiting assistant professor in history and theory of art.

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August 25

Meet Amna Liaqat, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

She joins the Albert Nerken School of Engineering this fall as an assistant professor of computer science.

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August 17

Meet Luke Evans, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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June 30

Lucy Raven Exhibition at ICA Watershed

Lucy Raven: Rounds brings together two major new works by artist Lucy Raven, associate professor in the School of Art, at the ICA Watershed in Boston, MA

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June 03

Interdisciplinary Exhibition in the Chrysler Building

May 26

Atina Grossmann Retires After 30 Years

Grossmann, Distinguished Professor of History, has spent three decades teaching Cooper students to read critically and question idealized narratives of the past.

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April 22

Coco Fusco Honored by New York Foundation for the Arts

Professor Coco Fusco was inducted into the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Hall of Fame at its 2026 awards ceremony.

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April 16

Associate Professor Fia Backström Named Guggenheim Fellow

April 01

Architecture Students Look to the Ordinary in Copenhagen

Cooper architecture students traveled to Copenhagen for a collaborative workshop with peers from the Royal Danish Academy.

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March 31

Professor Melody Baglione Present Workshop on Inclusive Academic Leadership at ASME MEEd Conference

Melody Baglione, Professor and George Clark Chair of Mechanical Engineering, was invited to present at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Mechanical Engineering Education (MEEd) Conference held at George Mason University.

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March 31

Professor Fred Fontaine Retires After Nearly Four Decades at Cooper

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March 02

Newton Selects Assistant Professor Abhishek Sharma's Research for Cover

The research modeled the structure of shear thickening fluids to examine how interparticle friction helps shape viscosity

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January 26

Class Gives Students New Tools for Exhibiting Art

Last semester, alumni Jess Kuronen and Troy Zaretsky-Kreiner co-taught a course in exhibition design that led to multiple student-run shows on campus.

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2025

December 11

Professor Jennifer Weiser Advances Collaborative Spine Research and Biomaterials for Embedded 3D Printing

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December 10

Cooper Civil Engineering Faculty Awarded ISI Faculty Support Initiative Grant

The grant through the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Faculty Support Initiative helps support the integration of sustainability into the curriculum of two senior-level civil engineering courses.

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November 10

Rooms Without Walls

October 15

Cooper Professor Redesigns Met Museum Study Room

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has selected Professor Michael Young’s firm, Young & Ayata, for the redesign of the Nolen Study Room in the Thomas J. Watson Library, a $3 million, 1,000-square-foot project.

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October 09

Professor Benjamin Davis Attends NEMA Chemical Engineering Chairs Forum

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