People

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Luis Valenzuela

Facilities Associate
212.353.4160 | luis.valenzuela@cooper.edu

Emmanuel A. Velayos Larrabure

Adjunct Assistant Professor
212.353.4273 | e.velayoslarrabure@cooper.edu

Mersiha Veledar

Acting Assistant Dean
Assistant Professor
212.353.4220 | mersiha.veledar@cooper.edu

Alexander Verdolini

Adjunct Instructor
Writing Associate
212.353.4273 | alexander.verdolini@cooper.edu

Daniel Vezza

Administrative Support Generalist
212.353.4120 | daniel.vezza@cooper.edu

Benjamin Villa Wiesner

Adjunct Professor
b.villawiesner@cooper.edu

William Villalongo

Associate Professor
212.353.4019 | villal@cooper.edu

Joseph Viola

Adjunct Professor
Civil Engineering
joseph.viola@cooper.edu

Nicole Vlado Torres

Assistant Professor Adjunct

Viviana Vladutescu

Adjunct Professor
Physics
viviana.vladutescu@cooper.edu

John Vondracek

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4200 | jvondrac@cooper.edu

Leonid Vulakh

Professor Emeritus
Former Professor of Mathematics
212.353.4313 | leonid.vulakh@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.