Matt Arnold AR'82

Matt Arnold secured a patent for a tide and time clock in June of 2026. This patent is US 12,656,738 B1 and can be viewed here. He also just donated a rubbing of Trajan's Column in Rome made by his father, Floyd Arnold A'58, to the Herb Lubalin Center. It was created while Floyd studied on a Fulbright Scholarship in Germany.

  • 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.