Welcome Week 2025

Welcome Week 2025

Welcome Week will be an in-person series of workshops, experiences, and social engagements to prepare you for the start of this new adventure! 

IMPORTANT NOTE

The updated 2025 Welcome Week schedule has been posted!

More updates will be shared in the coming weeks. Please continue to check this page for updates, as well as your Cooper Union email address once you have one & it is activated. 

Welcome Week 2025:

Welcome Week begins on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 and continues through, and includes, Monday, September 1, 2025 (Labor Day); the move-in date for those living within the Residence Hall will be August 26*. We encourage all students to plan accordingly as attendance at our on-campus Welcome Week activities is essential. Students who cannot attend will miss key information including the time spent meeting peers and building new friendships. During Welcome Week, you will meet key faculty, advisors, staff, and peers and build bonds and friendships that will last throughout your time at Cooper Union and beyond. 

*Students with international home addresses who cannot arrive on campus by 2pm on Tuesday due to limited travel/flight options may request an early move-in for after 5pm on Monday, August 25, 2025 by emailing their request to reslife@cooper.edu before August 15, 2025. 

Find the full schedule for Summer Orientation and Welcome Week 2025 HERE. 

If you have any questions about Welcome Week, please reach out to us via email at WelcomeWeek@cooper.edu. 

Students can also review essential information found on our Fall 2025 Admitted Students page found here. 

All new students should plan to be in New York City for our in-person Welcome Week activities.

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IMPORTANT UPDATES FOR PARENTS:

 

Join the Cooper Union Newsletter: https://cooper.edu/about/newsletters

 

Slides from the Opening Parent Session by Dean Grace Kendall can be found here in the coming days.

 

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WELCOME WEEK PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS:

Thursday, August 28

 

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers: Join the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) for a chill evening of aguas frescas, good vibes, and great company. Whether you're an incoming student or a returning upperclassman, come and meet new faces, swap stories, and build community. Open to all students! This program will take place from 5:00pm to 6:00pm in 41 CS, room 105. For more information, contact Maria Alvarado, maria.alvarado@cooper.edu. 

 

Friday, August 29

 

SWE: Join us for desserts, keychain-making, and pure chaos :) We’ll have tons of charms, plenty of sweets, and a random lottery to decide which lucky freshmen get to pie and silly string a SWE board member. Everyone’s invited!! This program will take place from 4:00pm – 5:40pm in 41 CS, room 104. For more information, please contact Vanessa Wu Cen, vanessa.wucen@cooper.edu.

 

AIChE: Make oobleck and learn about Cooper's AIChE student chapter, the professional society for chemical engineers! All majors welcome! This program will take place from 6pm – 8pm in room 41CS, room 105. For more information, contact Rachel Lee, rachel.lee@cooper.edu. 

 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME): Join us for a hands-on icebreaker with clay and engineering drawings! Meet your fellow MechE’s and work in small groups to turn 2D drawings into 3D clay models! No construction experience needed, just bring your hands, creativity, and curiosity. A fun way to build your connections and not just clay! Join ASME in 41 CS, room 101 from 6pm – 8pm. For more information, please contact Amber Sun, amber.sun@cooper.edu. 

 

Saturday, August 30

 

The Cooper Union Track Club: Come and join us for a calm run through Central Park. Make some new friends, meet our current members and hear more about our plans for the upcoming semester. The group will grab a snack and drink at the end of the run. We will be getting food together at the conclusion of the event, so come prepared for a good meal. If you have any questions, reach out to our president by email or teams (mekhi.vazquez@cooper.edu) or by Instagram (@cooperunion.trackclub). The run is from 12pm – 3pm. Meet in front of the reshall (29 3rd Ave) at 11:30am. Roundtrip metro cards will be provided to students attending this event.

 

Mets Baseball Game:

CycleBar Spin Class: 

The Whitney/High Line: 

One World Trade Center & 9/11 Fountains:

Union Square Farmer’s Market:

 

Sunday, August 31

 

Architecture Supply Run: Meet students from the Architecture Student Council for a supply run before school gets started! Meet in the large 3rd floor studio space in the Foundation Building at 1:00pm. If you have any questions, reach out to Daniel Luo daniel.luo@cooper.edu or Ilea Wunder ilea.wunder@cooper.edu.

 

Grass Volleyball Open Play: Open for players of all levels! Come play at Prospect Park Picnic House area from 10-2 on Sunday 8/31! Meet in the lobby of 41 CS at 8:45am. The group will leave at 9:00am. If you have any questions, please reach out to Manhim Liu, manhim.liu@cooper.edu. 

 

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens: 

Brooklyn Bridge / Dumbo / Timeout Market: 

Lucky Strikes Bowling:

MoMA (Museum of Modern Art): 

Bookstore(s) Tour:

Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island: 

Monday, September 1

 

The Met Cloisters: 

Top of the Rock:

Natural History Museum: 

Thrifting:

  • 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.