Chris Stein and Debbie Harry on The Cooper Union on Demand

POSTED ON: April 22, 2020

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Blondie founding members Chris Stein and Debbie Harry came to The Cooper Union in November 2018 to discuss Mr. Stein's book of photographs, Point of View: Me, New York City, and the Punk Scene. We are now making the talk available via our new series, The Cooper Union on Demand.

You can watch the talk here.

The Cooper Union on Demand is a weekly series of new content and previously-presented events to reinforce our mission of serving as a destination where the issues, happenings, and innovations that shape our lives are examined and shared.

March 30: Series premier with Daniel Arsham (rebroadcast from March 6, 2020)

April 6: Preet Bharara (rebroadcast from April 6, 2017)

April 13: Judy Chicago (rebroadcast from October 21, 2019)

Sign up here for Cooper Union On Demand and to be the first to find out about events when the Great Hall resumes live programming.

  • 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.