The Cooper Union Alumni Association (CUAA) provides a vital link between the alumni and the institution, building a strong body of support to preserve, protect and promote The Cooper Union.
The CUAA is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Founder’s Day / Hall of Fame Awards. The annual Founder’s Day Award ceremony and celebration will be held on February 8, 2023 in...
Pritzker Prize Laureate Shigeru Ban, architect, educator, and humanitarian, is widely recognized as a leader in design and an advocate for humanitarian causes. He began his career at the Cooper Union School of Architecture,...
Ann Agee's has focused on replicating objects by hand, a process employed to simulate mass production and engage ambiguous delineations between fine art, design, and craft; histories of cultural appropriation and exchange; and the...
Victor Papanek was born in Vienna, Austria. In 1939 following Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria, 15-year-old Papanek emigrated to the United States as a refugee. He initially taught German at a YMCA in New York City. He...
Gerald Gerston was born on October 17, 1927 in New York City. He grew up in the Bronx. He attended The Cooper Union School of Art and graduated in 1950. He is well known...
Alumni Profile: Lois Dodd, A’48 Lois Dodd grew up in Montclair, NJ and studied art at The Cooper Union. She lives in both New York City and in Maine. She is well known for...
Mitch Epstein (born 1952, Holyoke, Massachusetts) is a photographer who helped pioneer fine-art color photography in the 1970s. His photographs are in numerous major museum collections, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan...
Thomas Aidala, FAIA, Architecture 1955, has helped shape cities worldwide through design for more than thirty years. Thomas grew up in the Bronx and discovered his talent for art and design at an early...
Irwin Glusker received a Cooper Union Certificate in Art in 1948. He graduated with a Bachelors degree in Art in 1976. He was a author, sculptor, and designer. He retired from Gourmet Magazine where...
Patty Jenkins is an award-winning writer and director best known for directing Warner Bros. Pictures and DCs’ 2017 blockbuster WONDER WOMAN and her debut Oscar-winning feature MONSTER. Additionally, Jenkins is responsible her creative work...
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