Cooper Union

Ruben M. Savizky

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Chemistry

About

Ph.D., Chemistry 2005
Yale University
Research Advisors: Prof. David J. Austin and Prof. Donald M. Crothers
Dissertation: “Synthetic and Biophysical Efforts Toward an Understanding of RNA Structure”

M.S., Chemistry 2000
Yale University

B.E., Chemical Engineering 1998
The Cooper Union
Summa Cum Laude Graduate

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Prof. Savizky Speaks at 2016 MARMJune 10, 2016
Prof. Savizky Speaks At 55th Eastern Analytical Symposium November 14, 2014
Prof. Savizky Interviewed by ABC News & Metro NYFebruary 11, 2011
Cooper Union to Offer Free MOOCsNovember 17, 2014
Cooper Union Selected in First Cohort for NSF-Funded Entrepreneurship EffortApril 29, 2014

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.