Cooper Union

Mary Stieber

Professor

Mary Stieber received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Princeton University. She also holds an M.A. in Art History from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.F.A. in Painting from Carnegie Mellon University. She has published numerous articles on Greek art and literature. She is the author of The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai and Euripides and the Language of Craft.

Recent Books:
The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai

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.