Alumni in the news October through December 2019

Artists

  • Marilyn Henrion A’52 is a featured artist on Artsy Shark. link
  • CU Hall of Fame Member, Alex Katz A’40 is included in this “Best Art of 2019” article in The New York Times. link
  • CU Hall of Fame Member, Wangechi Mutu A’97. She is included in this “Best of Art of 2019” piece in The New York Times. link
  • CU Hall of Fame Member, Leonardo Drew A’85 appeared on CBS News Saturday on 11/30/19. link
  • Amber Marsh A’04 appeared on WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM Radio Show on 12/05/19. link
  • Georgina Gardner Grey A’11 has an exhibition at the Adler Beatty Gallery at 34 East 69th Street in Manhattan. The exhibit runs through December 20th.  link
  • Phillip Gips A’57 is profiled in this NY Times story at the time of his passing.  Link
  • CU Hall of Fame Member Shigeru Ban AR’84 was featured in NY Times Magazine on October 18th. This Issue is titled: 2019 Greats. link
  • Michael Morris AR ’89 is interviewed for the 11/08/19 New York Times article, A 3-D Printout that You Can Call Home
  • CU Hall of Fame Member, Roy DeCarava A’40 is in the news.  This year is the centennial of his birth in 1919. He is featured in this NY Times article published on 11/18/19.  link
  • Dezeen Magazine ran a story on 11/21/19 about the Online Student Archive of Architecture Student work that was recently completed link
  • Avery Singer A’10 participated in an Art Discussion held at the Swiss Institute NYC on November link
  • Sue Ferguson Gussow A’56,  gave a lecture,Art in Focus: Unoccupied Clothing: Skeletons and Skins, Southampton Library, October 22, 2019, Southampton, NY link
  • Avital Sagalyn A’46, is featured in the Boston Globe and she had a solo exhibition at the University Museum of Contemporary Art in Massachusetts. link
  • Barbara Grossman A’65 has an exhibition at the Susan C. & Gerald C. Eckert Art Gallery during September and October. link

Architects


  • Joan Ockman, AR ’80 is mentioned in item 2 of this article: “Gift Guide: 10 Covetable Books for Design Lovers,” AZURE MAGAZINE, December 6, 2019. link
  • Elizabeth Diller, AR ’79 is mentioned in item 8 of this article: “Gift Guide: 10 Covetable Books for Design Lovers,” AZURE MAGAZINE, December 6, 2019.  link
  • Jesse Reiser, AR ’81 and Nanako Umemoto, AR ’93 have their book, “Projects and their Consequences”, featured in “Holiday Roundup of Architecture Books 2019,” ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, December 9, 2019.  link
  • Elizabeth Graziolo AR’95 was elected to the Alumni Trustee position during the 2019 CUAA Election (held in May) and was seated on the Cooper Union B.O.T. during the December 2019 board meeting.
  • Jeanine Centuori, AR ’83 is featured in the article: Blueprint for Success: SCHOOLS: Woodbury University gives students access to a historically elite profession.”
    The article was published in SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL, September 30, 2019
  • Pablo Toubes-Rieger AR ’18, Leslie Dougrou AR ’18, Yaoyi Fan AR ’18, and Gabriel Munnich, AR ’18 have  an exhibitied titled Instant Lounge at Shenzhen Biennale  and is also featured in this article in ArchDaily magazine published on 12/11/19. Instant Lounge is a site-specific room-size retractable 3D printer that makes temporary furniture in real-time. The exhibition will be in Shenzhen Futian High Speed railway station from December 21- March 21.  link
  • CU Hall of Fame Member John Hejduk, AR ’50/Arch dean is mentioned in “A Look at the Student Projects of Star Architects Like Elizabeth Diller and Daniel Libeskind,”  link   and in ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, November 18, 2019  link  “The Cooper Union launches a free database dedicated to student work,” THE ARCHITECTS’ NEWSPAPER, November 25, 2019
  • Steven Hillyer, AR ’90/Arch staff  is the project manager for the archive featured in several articles published in Novenber including, “A Look at the Student Projects of Star Architects Like Elizabeth Diller and Daniel Libeskind,” ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, November 18, 2019   link “The Cooper Union catalogues decades of student work including projects by Liz Diller and Daniel Libeskind,” DEZEEN, November 21, 2019 link “The Cooper Union launches a free database dedicated to student work,” THE ARCHITECTS’ NEWSPAPER, November 25, 2019 link
  • Will Shapiro, AR ’13/Arch fac gave a talk, “AI and Sensemaking: Human-Centered Design in the Age of Abundant Data,” Center for Architecture, December 16, 2019, NYC link
  • Daniel Libeskind, AR ’70 is mentioned in the article “Where Do Giant Christmas Tree Stars Go When They Die?,” GOTHAMIST, November 19, 2019  link
  • David Heymann, AR ’85 received one of the”2019 Studio Awards for Attwater, Acclimation/Release Pen, a stainless steel structure that helps protect endangered birds. The structure was shown in TEXAS ARCHITECT, November/December 2019Link
  • Nandini Bagchee, AR ’93 spoke about her book, Counter Institution, Losaida Center, November 28, 2019, NYC  link
  • Vladimir Belogolovsky, AR ’96  was the curator for Harry Seidler: Painting Toward Architecture, Università IUAV di Venezia, November 25-December 6, 2019,Venice,Italy link
  • Jennifer Lee, AR ’97, Pablo Castro “Exclusive: MoMA and PS1’s Young Architects Program is going on hiatus,” THE ARCHITECTS’ NEWSPAPER, November 22, 2019  link
  • Yoon Young Hur, AR ’10 “Yoon-Young Hur channels architecture into her ceramics,” THE ARCHITECTS’ NEWSPAPER, November 26, 2019  link
  • Peggy Deamer, AR ’77 took part in Peggy Deamer and Manuel Shvartzberg Carrió: Roundtable Discussion, Cornell University School of Architecture, Art, Planning, November 12, 2019, Ithaca, NY  link  Architecture Exchange with Jacques Ranciere, Virginia Tech, The Cooper Union, November 16, 2019, NYC  link
  • Kenneth Francis AR’97 and Sandra Donner AR’98, partners of Surroundings based in Santa Fe, NM are featured on the cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine this month, November 2019. For more information, link.

Engineers

  • Anurag Panda EE’11 is featured in Forbes 30 under 30 list in Energy List for 2020 link
  • Tom Chan Eng’17 is featured in Fast Company article on 11/21/19  link
  • Carl Selinger CE’67 is featured in a Forbes Magazine article on 12/04/19 link
  • Marie Wieck BSE’82 was quoted in a Forbe’s Magazine Article on Blockchain published on 12/09/19. link
  • Dr. Daniel Lepek ChE’04 presented multiple Papers at the AICHE Annual Meeting in Orlando. FL 11/10-11/14/19. link
  • Dave Chun ChE’19 presented a Paper at the AICHE Annual Meeting in Orlando. FL 11/10-11/14/19. link
  • Evan J. Granite ChE’69 presented multiple papers on Rare Earth Metals and on Reclyling Coal Waste at the AICHE Annual Meeting in Orlando. FL 11/10-11/14/19. link
  • Oluwatosin (Tosin) Jolaoso ChE’11 was a panelist at AIChE Career Day event at The Chem Show on 10/24/2019.
  • Ciera Lowe ChE’14 was a panelist at AIChE Career Day event at The Chem Show on 10/24/2019.