The Cooper Union




The Cooper Union in the Media



  • Cooper Union's annual tradition of tossing an egg enclosed in a protective device designed by students from the third-floor portico of the Foundation Building was widely attended and covered by New York media outlets. In-depth coverage of this year's egg drop event appeared on The New York Times' City Room blog and an article ran in The Daily News. Segments also aired on NPR/WNYC and WABC-Channel 7. Yesterday's winners were from a trauma biomechanics class: Sara Salhanick, Rai Kondo and Chris Sevilla. Their spiral design was cut out of the plastic-foam plate and augmented with chopsticks, earplugs and rubber bands. (March 2008)
  • A video about Cooper Union students' new learning environment—our new academic building construction site—is featured in The New York Times' City Room section online. (December 2007)
  • President Campbell was interviewed and quoted in a BusinessWeek article featuring colleges that offer full-tuition scholarships. Dr. Campbell discussed how the college maintains the mission of industrialist and inventor Peter Cooper, who founded The Cooper Union in 1859 with the vision that "education should be as free as water or air." Campbell said, "We think we make a very unique and important contribution in the constellation of higher-education institutions that virtually no one else makes." (December 2007)
  • Beginning with 300 large blocks of ice, School of Art students at The Cooper Union, along with professor and New York City artist Zach Rockhill, collaborated to reenact the 1967 piece "Fluids" by Allan Kaprow, a seminal figure in the history of performance art. In front of Cooper Union's Foundation Building, as part of New York's city-wide PERFORMA07 Biennial, the large-scale ice structure (30 ft. long x 8 ft. high x 10 ft. wide) was constructed on November 10, 2007 and was featured in The Villager, WABC-Channel 7 and Fox 5. (November 2007)
  • Recent School of Art graduate Roy Rub was interviewed by The Forward and, as a result of that conversation, an article highlighting his approach to typography and his new work, "Promise Lands," was featured in the publication. Roy, who mentions his design partner and School of Art classmate, Seth Labenz, also discusses past projects such as iType, a piece that was on display at The Cooper Union. (August 2007)
  • Featuring Cooper Union's Summer Engineering Internship Program, a segment ran on NY1 where Professor George Delagrammatikas' class explored the endless possibilities in design in engineering by creating and demonstrating their Rube Goldberg-inspired devices. The program, which brings innovation in math and science to high school students of New York City's five boroughs at no cost, provides teenagers with a sampling of college life and the opportunity to tackle research and design projects hands-on. (August 2007)
  • The August 2007 issue of New York Construction features an article on Cooper Union's new academic building and newly launched initiatives at the college that tie curricula to the building's design. Graduate Cassandra Telenko (ME'07) and President George Campbell Jr. talked about the unique opportunity the building provides for students to observe the construction process, and the necessity for interdisciplinary study. (August 2007)
  • The New York Sun's "Out & About" column reports on Cooper Union's Fifth Annual Urban Visionaries benefit dinner and silent auction. Chairman Ron Drucker and President George Campbell Jr., as well as honorees, faculty and friends of the college, were interviewed and photographed at the event. (June 2007)
  • Cooper Union's acceptance of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 30 percent over the next ten years was covered by The New York Times, amNewYork, NPR and NY1 News. The challenge, issued by city government as "30 in 10," sets into motion an ambitious goal for selected leading New York institution to cut carbon dioxide emissions and incorporate energy-saving technologies. President Campbell attended and spoke at Mayor Bloomberg's press conference about being one of the Mayor's "PlaNYC Challenge Partners" and how Cooper Union is already leading by example with the construction of its new academic building, New York City's first green academic laboratory building, designed to meet the Gold LEED standard. (June 2007)
  • Covering Cooper Union's groundbreaking ceremony for the new academic building, The New York Sun, The Villager and 1010 WINS reported on this historic event as well as WCBS Newsradio 880. The radio segment includes an excerpt from an interview with President Campbell, as he describes the facility's outstanding green features. (May 2007)
  • Using a rainbow palette of brilliant chalk colors, high school students ages 15 to 18 turned a New York City sidewalk into an outdoor art gallery by creating chalk renditions of famous artworks by Matisse, Bearden, Picasso and other greats for The Cooper Union's Saturday Outreach Program Sidewalk Drawing. The annual event was covered by NY1, WWOR-TV Ch. 9 and NY1 Noticias. (April 2007)
  • The Villager featured Cooper Union's Dean Baker in an article spotlighting this year's success of the school's athletic teams. Several students are quoted talking about the relationship between academics and sports and how they both require "a lot about management and teamwork." (April 2007)
  • Spotlighting the growing arts community in Queens, the Daily News featured Cooper Union's temporary studio space in Long Island City. School of Art students Tammy Nguyen and Chris Gerne were interviewed and quoted as well as photographed while working on their paintings. Visiting Artist Tim Rollins, who was also interviewed, said that there seems to be an amazing sense of camaraderie that he believes "has a lot to do with the space and where it is and the vibe of the neighborhood." Ronni Denes, vice president for external affairs, explained that the large open studio space factored into the decision to relocate to Long Island City and that the arts community was "a real bonus." (March 2007)
  • The Cooper Union is the recipient of a grant of $10 million from The Starr Foundation. The grant will be used to expand research and innovation at Cooper Union, establishing the C.V. Starr Research Foundation to sustain the college's long tradition of educating future leaders. It is the largest single gift from a foundation to the college in its 147-year history. Coverage of the gift appeared in the online version of Crain's New York Business and The Villager. (March 2007)
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a full-page feature on architecture professor Kevin Bone, with a focus on his recently published book Water-Works: The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supply. The article provides an overview of Bone's waterworks project, the role of Cooper Union in its development and the reporter's audio slide show of City Tunnel No. 3. (March 2007)