With the current high rate of contagiousness and infection from Omicron, we have made the decision to conduct all January classes remotely and to require, with limited exceptions, all employees without essential on-campus duties during this period to work from home through January 28th.  For more information on Covid-19 and the start of spring semester, please use this link to our Covid Response page.  

People

Student Affairs

Athena Abadilla

Student Life Coordinator and Residence Hall Director
athena.abadilla@cooper.edu

Toni Burrell

Assistant Director, Center for Career Development
212.353.4377 | burrell@cooper.edu

Christopher Chamberlin

Dean of Students
212.353.4130 | chamber@cooper.edu

Eric Conley

Administrative Manager
212.353.4116 | econley@cooper.edu

Cassandra Jolicoeur

Student Care Coordinator
212.353.4006 | jolicoeu@cooper.edu

Grace Kendall

Associate Dean of Students
212.353.4053 | gkendall@cooper.edu

Elizabeth London

Counselor
elizabeth.london@cooper.edu

Josue Michel

Student Activities Director
josue.michel@cooper.edu

Whitney Oldenburg

Assistant Director, Center for Career Development
212.353.4384 | oldenbur@cooper.edu

Hira Shahbaz

Graduate Assistant for Student Activities
hira.shahbaz@cooper.edu

  • 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.