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Haitham Abdullah

Adjunct Assistant Professor
212.353.4273 | abdull@cooper.edu

Dennis Adams

Professor
212.353.4027 | dadams@cooper.edu

Wayne Adams

Director of Academic Support Technologies
212.353.4194 | wadams@cooper.edu

Nana Adusei-Poku

Adjunct Instructor
(212) 353-4200

Om Agrawal

Professor and Chair of Mathematics
212.353.4311 | om@cooper.edu

Diana Agrest

Professor
212.353.4220 | agrest@cooper.edu

Zinoviy Akkerman

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4320 | zakkerman@aol.com

Samuel Anderson

Professor Adjunct
212.353.4220 | anderson@cooper.edu

Albert Appleton

Adjunct Associate Professor
212.353.4273 | appleton@cooper.edu

Albert Appleton

Senior Fellow with the Institute for Sustainble Design

Benjamin Aranda

Assistant Professor
212-353-4220 | baranda@cooper.edu

Joaquin Arias

Maintenance
212.353.4160

Andrew Arnold

Managing Editor
212.353.4169 | aarnold@cooper.edu

Doug Ashford

Associate Professor (Proportional-Time)
212.353.4200 | dashfordd@gmail.com

Colleen Asper

Adjunct Instructor
(212) 353-4200

Julia Astrauckas

Adjunct Professor
astrau@cooper.edu

Tulay Atak

Associate Professor Adjunct
212.353.4220 | tatak@cooper.edu

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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.