People's Poetry Gathering

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A new exhibition in the colonnade of the east side of the Foundation Building celebrates the history of poetry in the Great Hall.

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Cooper Union Finalizes Ground Lease Agreement For Chrysler Building

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Tishman Speyer and The Cooper Union announced they have finalized a ground lease agreement for the Chrysler Building, a New York City icon and one of the most recognizable buildings in the world.

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Avery Singer A’10 Creates Print to Support Cooper

Avery Singer

Artist Avery Singer joined President McLaughlin in conversation to discuss a limited-edition print created in support of Cooper Union student scholarships.

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Printing Black America Featured at MoMA

Villalongo and Ramani

School of Art professor William Villalongo and urban planner Shraddha Ramani reinterpret the data visualizations of W.E.B. Du Bois.

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Nora Akawi Named Manuck Distinguished Professor

Nora Akawi

The two-year endowed professorship is aimed at raising the visibility of design as a unifying element of architecture, art, and engineering.

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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.