CLASS NOTES

Jesse Reiser AR'81 & Nanako Umemoto AR'83

After 10 years of work, Jesse Reiser AR'81 and Nanako Umemoto AR'83’s firm RUR Architecture has completed the Taipei Music Centre. For more information, click here.

Shigeru Ban AR'84

Shigeru Ban AR'84 talks to NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) about helping Ukrainian refugees and his commitment to disaster relief efforts. For more information and to watch the video, click here.

Alexander Gorlin AR'78

Alexander Gorlin AR'78 was honored at the Comunilife 2022 Anniversary Breakfast in June. For more information, click here.

Shekar Krishnan BSE'06

Shekar Krishnan BSE'06, the chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Parks and Recreation, was featured in a New York Times article about heat waves and climate inequality in NYC. For more information and to read the full article, 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.