Commencement 2018

  • Monica Chen ME'18

  • Julie Castelluzzo, librarian, ready for the big day

  • Christopher Chamberlin, dean of students, chats with faculty in the library before heading out to the parade

  • Martha Nussbaum, prior to delivering the commencement address

  • Martina Cox A'18

  • The parade begins. Photo by Island Photography

  • Brian Cusack ME'01, chief marshal, and Day Gleason, mace bearer

  • l to r: Dash Chrisner (hugging Vito Caputo from B&G), Rain Chan, Din Din, and Liaoran Zhang

  • Robert Faddoul, Nikhil Iyengar, Pranav Joneja, all ME'18

  • Clara Pugsley AR'18, facing

  • Dempzil Chavian A'18 and Lauren Howie A'18

  • Naomi Lisiki A'18, facing

  • Troy Costa ChE'18, Dennis Burgner ChE'18, Yueqi Helena Zhu CE'18, Anton Luz CE'18

  • Alfred Dudley III A'18, recipient of the Irma Giustino Weiss Prize, and Heinrich Farin AR'18, recipient of the Snarkitecture Commencement Prize

  • Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Board of Trustees

  • The Reverend Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr.

  • Laura Sparks, president

  • Louis Chan A'18, recipient of the Toni and David Yarnell Merit Award of Excellence in Art

  • Yaoyi Fan AR'18, receives the Toni and David Yarnell Merit Award of Excellence in Architecture from Peter Buckley, acting dean of HSS

  • Corey Nezin EE'18, recipient of the Harold S. Goldberg Prize

  • Tobias Stein CE'18 & M.CE'18, delivered the student address

  • The founding members of Situ Studio: Brad Samuels, Wes Rozen, Basar Girit, and Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny, all AR'05 received the Presidential Citation

  • Patty Jenkins A'93, sent in a video "thank you" after receiving the Presidential Citation

  • Marissa Lago Ph'77, received the Presidential Citation, flanked by Wanda Felton, member of the board, and President Sparks

  • Graduation shoes

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  • Members of the Black Student Union

  • Members of the 2018 graduating class of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

  • Stefany Lazar A'18

The commencement for the 159th graduating class of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art took place on May 23, 2018. Here are a few images from the day.

Watch the ceremony via our Youtube channel.

Photos by João Enxuto / The Cooper Union except where noted

  • 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.