Hall of Fame History
The Cooper Union Alumni Hall of Fame was proposed in 2008 by The Office of Alumni Affairs and the Office of External Programs at The Cooper Union. What was proposed was to identify at...
Commencement History
This article is re-printed from the CUAA May 2013 Newsletter. It was jointly researched by Rocco Cetera CE’99, Mary Lynch ChE’82, and Carol Soloman, Acting Library Director at The Cooper Union. Oscar Roty, a...
Famous Women
Read about the remarkable women in The Cooper Union Hall of Fame who graduated from the Cooper Union prior to 1950. Georgina Davis, A 1901, studied Art at the Cooper Union. She was a prominent...
CUAA First Tuesdays – Talk and Toast: A Trip Through the Peter Cooper Archives
From his many creative and entrepreneurial endeavors to his founding of what Maria Popova recently called “…one of the greatest public-good institutions our civilization has produced,” Peter Cooper was one of the most engaged...
History: Cooper-Hewitt Museum Articles
The Cooper Union Museum was founded in 1807 by the Hewitt sisters, Sarah, Eleanor and Amy Hewitt, granddaughters of Peter Cooper. In 1963, the museum collection was moved out of the school, because The...
Where to find AtCooper
AtCooper is a publication of the school, The Cooper Union for The Advancement of Science and Art. It was published as a hard copy magazine approximately twice a year until 2011. It was jointly...
James Fitzgerald
Alumni Profile: James Fitzgerald James Fitzgerald was born in Ireland on Oct. 28, 1851. He attended public schools in New York City, and The Cooper Union. In 1874, he was president of The Cooper...
Presidents of the Cooper Union
Presidents of The Cooper Union Peter Cooper, 1859 – 1882 Peter Cooper was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and founder of The Cooper Union. Edward Cooper, 1882 – 1904 Edward Cooper was educated at...
Windows on the Bowery
Windows on the Bowery Cooper Union alumni and representatives of The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors came together on Tuesday evening, July 26th at 6:30 pm for a special tour of Windows on the Bowery,...
Cooper Union Lawsuit Settled – Consent Decree Signed
On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, Judge Bannon signed the lawsuit agreement, officially ending the legal action, and beginning the consent decree. …the cross-petition is granted in its entirety and the Consent Decree is signed...
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