Help Us Choose the Next Archival Print for Giving Day 2025!

Help Choose

As we prepare for Giving Day 2025, we’re continuing our tradition of offering a special Archival Print as a token of appreciation for your support. This year, we want your help in selecting which print will be featured in the celebration!

We’ve curated four incredible archival prints, each highlighting The Cooper Union’s history and enduring legacy. 

Cast your vote here! 

Giving Day marks the anniversary of The Cooper Union’s founding by Peter Cooper on April 29, 1859.  We’re excited to kick off the festivities next month—and we can’t wait to see which print you choose!

When you contribute $100 or more on Giving Day, you’ll receive the winning archival print as a special keepsake or addition to your collection!

Thank you for being part of this tradition and for your continued support of The Cooper Union.
 

  • 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.