Watch the 2024 Benjamin Menschel Lecture

Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, spoke on our aspirations for democracy and social progress. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, joined for a conversation following the talk.

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Cooper Solar Decathlon Team Moves to Finals

Cooper students secured a place in this year's Solar Decathlon Design Challenge finals, which will be held this April at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado.

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Mokena Makeka Named President of SAIA

Makeka sees his new post with the South African Institute of Architects as an opportunity for Cooper to collaborate with architects abroad.

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Generous Gift to School of Art from Harold Altman A'47

The celebrated artist credited Cooper with giving him a chance to excel. He wanted the same for generations of students to come.

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  • 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.