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Upcoming Events & Exhibitions

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    Character Development

    A talk about Japanese film subtitle lettering

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    Tracing the City

    Tracing the City features student work from the interdisciplinary course, Data Science for Social Good

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    Apple: The First 50 Years

    CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue is joined by tech journalists, Lauren Goode of Wired and Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal, for a conversation about Apple’s global impact

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The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

Image of Young at the Lincoln Lectern in the Great Hall

Michael Young Appointed Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

School of Art

Artist standing by paintings and a boat in a gallery

School of Art Faculty and Alumni Named Academy of Arts and Letters Awardees

Albert Nerken School of Engineering

Cover of Newton with illustration of purple molecules overlaid by yellow and orange branch chains

Newton Selects Assistant Professor Abhishek Sharma's Research for Cover

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Annie Lennox on stage with Lori Majewski

Gardiner Foundation Great Hall Forum Grant Renewed

Inauguration Week

Inauguration Week

Steven W. McLaughlin will be inaugurated as the 14th president of The Cooper Union on Friday, March 27, 2026.

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Academy of Arts and Letters Awards Faculty and Alumni

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Three of the nine arts awardees honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for 2026 have connections to The Cooper Union's School of Art.

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In Memoriam: Richard Menschel

Richard Menschel

Richard Menschel, generous donor who established numerous initiatives for the Cooper community, passed away last week.

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Cooper Underdogs Win Big in Concrete Sled Race

Cooper Union Toboggan Team

In their competition debut, The Cooper Union Toboggan Team won top honors at the 2026 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in London, Ontario.

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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.