CLASS NOTES

Yaroslava Surmach Mills A'50

New York Magazine's annual “Yesteryear Issue” celebrates the magazine’s 54th anniversary by paying homage to the East Village’s Little Ukraine and the cover features a painting by Yaroslava Surmach Mills A'50. For more information and to view the cover design, click here.

Kristi Cavataro A'15

Kristi Cavataro A'15 is profiled in Art in America about how she pushes stained glass into striking new sculptural directions. For more information and to read the full article, click here.

Michael Morris AR'89

Michael Morris AR'89 spoke at the New Horizons Summit presented by the National Space Society of Australia in May. The focus of this year's summit was a potential supply chain that can create a sustainable presence on the Moon and Mars. For more information, click here.

Joan Ockman AR'80

Joan Ockman AR'80 writes an article in Places Journal about how as a profession and a practice, architecture can no longer ignore the toxic pollution of its supply chains, or the abusive working conditions of building and manufacturing sites. 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.