CLASS NOTES

Thomas Woodruff A'79

Thomas Woodruff A'79 is featured in T Magazine on how retirement from teaching offered the very thing he’d been trying to instill in his students: artistic freedom. For more information and to read the full article, click here.

Lee Skolnick AR'79

Lee Skolnick AR'79 participated in a conversation at LongHouse Reserve about ‘The House That Jack Built.’ For more information, click here.

NYT Guide to Art Schools

Avery Singer A'10, Firelei Báez A'04 and Wangechi Mutu A'97 are mentioned as notable Cooper alums in a T Magazine overview of 12 art schools and residencies. For more information and to read the full article, click here.

Austin Sakong AR'04

Austin Sakong AR'04 participated in a panel discussion during Forum Perspective Virtual – USA & Canada in June. For more information, click here.

  • 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.