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Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and
Art, commonly known as Cooper Union[11] and Cooper Union for the
informally referred to, especially during the 19th century, as Advancement of Science and
the Cooper Institute,[12] is a private college at Cooper Art
Square in New York City. Inspired in 1830 when Peter
Cooper learned about the government-supported École
Polytechnique in France, Cooper Union was established in
1859.[13][14] The school was built on a radical new model
of American higher education based on founder Peter
Cooper's fundamental belief that an education "equal to the
best technology schools established"[15] should be
accessible to those who qualify, independent of their race,
religion, sex, wealth or social status, and should be "open
and free to all."[16]

The Cooper Union originally offered free courses to its

admitted students, and when a four-year undergraduate
program was established in 1902, the school granted each The Cooper Union's Foundation Building,
admitted student a full-tuition scholarship. Following its at Cooper Square and Astor Place (2019)
own financial crisis, the school decided to abandon this
policy starting in the fall of 2014 with each incoming Type Private college
student receiving at least a half-tuition merit scholarship, Established 1859
with additional school financial support.[17] The school Academic AICAD, ABET
plans to gradually reinstate full-tuition scholarships for affiliations
undergraduates by the 2028–2029 academic year.[18]
Endowment $826 million
The college is divided into three schools: the Irwin S. (2018)[1]
Chanin School of Architecture, the School of Art, and Chairperson Malcolm King[2]
the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. It offers
President Laura Sparks[3]
undergraduate and master's degree programs exclusively in
the fields of architecture, fine arts (undergraduate only), and Academic staff 57 (full time)
engineering. It is a member of the Accreditation Board for (2017/2018)[4][5][6][7]
Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the Association Students 800–900 [8]
of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD).
Location Manhattan, New
York City, New
York, United States
Contents
Campus Urban
History Colors Maroon and Gold
Founding and early history
Development after founding
Website cooper.edu (https://
Structure-building era
cooper.edu/)
The Foundation Building
The Foundation Building's Great Hall
 Modern changes
41 Cooper Square
Financial support
Financial crisis and tuition controversy
Academics
The Albert Nerken School of Engineering
Master's in Engineering The Cooper Union
The School of Art U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Galleries U.S. National Historic Landmark
Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture NYC Landmark
Master of Architecture II
Location Cooper Square
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Manhattan, New
Athletics York City
Notable alumni Built 1858–59
In popular culture Architect F.A. Peterson
See also NRHP reference No. 66000540 (https://n
References pgallery.nps.gov/As
setDetail/NRIS/660
External links
00540)
Significant dates
History Added to NRHP October 15, 1966[9]
Designated NHL July 4, 1961[10]
Designated NYCL March 15, 1966
Founding and early history

The Cooper Union was founded in 1859[19] by American

industrialist Peter Cooper, who was a prolific inventor, successful 0:00 / 0:00
entrepreneur, and one of the richest businessmen in the United
States. Cooper was a workingman's son who had less than a year Spoken Article – Cooper Union
of formal schooling, and yet became an industrialist and inventor. (Overview & History)
Cooper designed and built America's first steam railroad engine,
and made a fortune with a glue factory and iron foundry. After
achieving wealth, he turned his entrepreneurial skills to successful ventures in real estate, insurance and
railroads. He was a principal investor and first president of the New York, Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Company, which laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable, and once ran for President under the
Greenback Party, becoming the oldest person ever nominated for the office.

Cooper's dream was to give talented young people the one privilege he lacked: a good education from an
institution which was "open and free to all."[20] He felt that this would make possible the development of
talent that otherwise might have gone undiscovered.

To achieve these goals, Cooper designated the bulk of his wealth, primarily in the form of real estate
holdings, to the creation and funding of The Cooper Union, a tuition-free school with courses made freely
available to any applicant. According to The New York Times in 1863, "It was rare that those of limited
means, however eager they might be to acquire a knowledge of some of the higher branches of education,
could obtain tuition in studies not named in the regular course taught in our public schools. Since the
opening of this institute, all who desire, and particularly those who work for their own support, can avail
themselves, free of charge, of all the advantages the institution affords...those [students] only are supposed
 to pay anything who are abundantly able, or prefer to do so."[21]
Discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, or sex was expressly
prohibited. People with limited funds could obtain tuition in studies
and receive knowledge from branches of higher education where
all were welcomed, free of charge, to the opportunities the
institution grants.[22]

Development after founding

The interior of the Great Hall, c. 2005
Originally intended to be named simply "the Union", the Cooper
Union began with adult education in night classes on the subjects
of applied sciences and architectural drawing, as well as day
classes primarily intended for women on the subjects of photography, telegraphy, typewriting and
shorthand in what was called the college's Female School of Design. The early institution also had a free
reading room open day and night, the first in New York City [23] (predating the New York Public Library
system, which did not become free until 1895),[24] and a new four-year nighttime engineering college for
men and a few women.[25][26] In 1883, a five-year curriculum in chemistry was added as an alternative to
the applied science (engineering) program.[27] A daytime engineering college was added in 1902, thanks to
funds contributed by Andrew Carnegie.[25] Initial board members included Daniel F. Tiemann,[28] John E.
Parsons,[28] Horace Greeley and William Cullen Bryant, and those who availed themselves of the institute's
courses in its early days included Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Thomas Alva Edison[29] and William Francis
Deegan.

The Cooper Union's free classes – a landmark in American history and the prototype for what is now called
continuing education – have evolved into three schools: the School of Art, the Irwin S. Chanin School of
Architecture, and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. Peter Cooper's dream of providing an
education "equal to the best" has since become reality. Since 1859, the Cooper Union has educated
thousands of artists, architects, and engineers, many of them leaders in their fields.[30]

After 1864 there were a few attempts to merge Cooper Union and Columbia University, but these were
never realized.[31]

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, was founded in 1897 as part of Cooper Union by
Sarah, Eleanor, and Amy Hewitt, granddaughters of Peter Cooper.

Structure-building era

The Foundation Building

Cooper Union's Foundation Building is an Italianate brownstone

building designed by architect Fred A. Petersen, one of the
founders of the American Institute of Architects. It was the first
structure in New York City to feature rolled-iron I-beams for
structural support; Peter Cooper himself invented and produced Cooper Union in 1876
these beams. [32] Petersen patented a fire-resistant hollow brick tile
he used in the building's construction.[33][34] The building was the
first in the world to be built with an elevator shaft, because Cooper, in 1853, was confident an elevator
would soon be invented.[35] The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961,[10][36][37]
and a New York City Landmark in 1965,[38] and added to the Historic American Engineering Record in
1971.[39]
The Foundation Building's Great Hall

On February 27, 1860, the school's Great Hall, located in the basement
level of the Foundation Building, became the site of a historic address by
Abraham Lincoln.[40]

"Lincoln made his address on a snowy night before about 1,500

persons."[41]

Abraham Lincoln's speech opposed Stephen A. Douglas on the question

of federal power to regulate and limit the spread of slavery to the federal
territories and new States.[42] Lincoln differentiated his claims from "those
of the Democrats, who accused Republicans of being a sectional party, or
of helping John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, or threatened secession if
Lincoln were elected.[43]

Presidential candidate
Widely reported in the press and reprinted throughout the North in
Abraham Lincoln February pamphlet form, the speech galvanized support for Lincoln and contributed
27, 1860, the day of his to his gaining the Party's nomination for the Presidency. It is now referred
famous Cooper Union to as the Cooper Union Address.[44]
speech in New York
Since then, the Great Hall has served as a platform for historic addresses
by American Presidents Grant, Cleveland,[45] Taft,[46] Theodore
Roosevelt,[47][48] Woodrow Wilson,[49][50][51] and Bill Clinton. Clinton spoke on May 12, 1993, about
reducing the federal deficit and again on May 23, 2006, as the Keynote Speaker at The Cooper Union's
147th Commencement along with Anna Deavere Smith.[52][53] He appeared a third time on April 23,
2007, along with Senator Edward Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, and others, at the memorial
service for historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Most recently, Barack Obama delivered an economic policy
speech at Cooper Union's Great Hall on April 22, 2010.[54][55] On September 22, 2014, President of the
Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas delivered his first formal speech in English, sponsored by
Churches for Middle East Peace, calling for peace with Israel that would include a new timetable for a two-
state solution.[56]

In addition to addresses by political figures, the Great Hall hosts semi-annual meetings of the New York
City Rent Control Board, as well as incidental organized protests and recreational events. It is the stage for
Cooper Union's commencement ceremony as well as the annual student orientation meeting for incoming
freshman students. Cooper Union's Great Hall was also the site of the school's inauguration, whose primary
address was given by the school's founder Peter Cooper on November 2, 1859. Other speakers in the Great
Hall have included Fredrick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mark Twain, and
others.[57]

The Great Hall also continues to serve as an important metropolitan art space and has hosted lectures and
performances by such key figures as Joseph Campbell, Steve Reich, Salman Rushdie, Ralph Nader,
Hamza Yusuf, Richard Stallman, Rudolph Giuliani, Pema Chodron, Michael Bloomberg, Evo Morales,
and Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. When not occupied by external or hosted events, the Great Hall is
made accessible to students and faculty for large lectures and recreational activities, including the school's
annual Culture Show. The Hall's audio/visual resources are operated by a student staff under faculty
management, as part of Cooper Union's extensive work-study employment program, though some high-
profile hosted events are operated by professional staff. In 1994, the Cooper Union Forum of Public
Programs was honored with a Village Award from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic
Preservation.[58]
In late 2008, the Great Hall was closed to students and outside
events for the first major renovation of the hall since 1978.[59] This
renovation and redecoration was overseen by Sam Anderson
Architects, a firm created and led by Cooper Union School of
Architecture alumni, while the Arup Acoustics company was
responsible for analysis and renovation of the hall's acoustic
profile, which included installation of modern sound diffusion
paneling on the rear walls. The audience seats, which had not been
altered since a prior renovation in 1906, were replaced by modern
seating designed to replicate the unique shape of the original
furniture. In addition, the audio/visual and lighting systems of the Renovated Great Hall entrance, with
Great Hall were updated to modern standards, including main hall partially visible through
installation of ceiling-mounted digital projectors and intelligent open doors
lighting fixtures, to meet the increasing demands of hosted and
student events. The hallway and lobby leading to the Great Hall
were also redecorated during the renovation period, with additions featuring historical information and
primary source documents relevant to the space. In 2015, the Great Hall hosted a musical tribute devoted to
the men, women and children affected by the American Civil War over 150 years before.[60]

Modern changes

The Cooper Union evolved over time into its current form, featuring schools in architecture, fine art, and
engineering. At present, these three fields represent Cooper Union's degree programs (exclusively). The
Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies provides classes and faculty to all three programs.[61]

Modern curricular changes include the consolidation of the School of Engineering's interdisciplinary
engineering (IDE) major and BSE program, after faculty reviews of the two programs yielded votes of no
confidence and concerns of limited support.

In September 1992, Cooper Union opened its Student Residence Hall, located across 3rd Avenue from the
Foundation Building, as the school's first-ever on-campus housing resource.[62] This apartment-style
dormitory provides living space for 178 students, or approximately one-fifth of the school's student
population. In addition to resident assistants, the Residence Hall provides living spaces for incoming
freshman students of all three schools. New first-year students are not required to live in the dormitory
building, unlike housing policies of many other universities. Remaining space in the building, when
available, is allocated to upper-class students based on individual housing needs.[63]

In 2002, the school decided to generate additional needed revenue by razing its engineering building and
having it replaced with a commercial building, and also replacing its Hewitt Building with a New
Academic Building. In response to concerns by East Village residents and local elected officials that the
development might convert their artistic neighborhood into a sterile business campus,[64] Cooper Union
altered the building designs and sizes that were then approved by city planners.[65]

In 2016, in response to two years of pressure from the student body, Cooper Union "de-gendered" its
bathrooms, removing all "Men" and "Women" signs and making them all gender-neutral.[66]

41 Cooper Square

A new classroom, laboratory, and studio facility designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architecture with
associate architect Gruzen Samton completed construction in Summer 2009, replacing the aging Hewitt
Academic Building at 41 Cooper Square. In contrast to the Foundation Building, 41 Cooper Square is of

Cooper Union's 41 Cooper Square,
seen from Cooper Triangle Park
building.[68]
modern, environmentally "green" design, housing nine above-
ground floors and two basements. The structure features
unconventional architectural features, including a full-height Grand
Atrium, prevalent interior windows, a four-story linear central
staircase, and upper-level skyways, which reflect the design
intention of inspiring, socially interactive space for students and
faculty. In addition, the building's design allows for up to 75%
natural lighting, further reducing energy costs. Other "green"
features in the design include servo-controlled external wall panels,
which can be swiveled open or closed individually in order to
regulate interior light and temperature, as well as motorized drapes
on all exterior windows. In 2010, 41 Cooper Square became the
first academic and laboratory structure in New York City to meet
Platinum-level LEED standards for energy efficiency.[67] The
building was funded in part by alumni donations, materialized in
nameplates and other textual recognition throughout the

Primarily designed to house the Cooper Union's School of

Engineering and School of Art, the new building's first eight
above-ground floors are populated by classrooms, small
engineering laboratories, study lounges, art studio space, and
faculty offices. The ninth, top floor is dedicated completely to
School of Art studio and classroom space in addition to the art
studio spaces located throughout the building. The lowest
basement level consists almost completely of the school's large
machine shops and design laboratories, as well as much of the
HVAC and supply infrastructure. The building's first basement
Main Atrium and Grand Staircase of
level houses primarily the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, a 198- 41 Cooper Square
capacity lecture hall and event space designed as a smaller, more
modern alternative to the Great Hall.[69] In addition, the first
basement's Menschel Conference Room provides a high-profile space for meetings and classes, and
features a high-definition videoconferencing system linked to two other similar spaces in the upper floors of
the building.

Connecting the first four floors of 41 Cooper Square is the linear Grand Staircase, which is used both for
transportation and as a recreational space for students. Higher floors are connected by floating interior
skyways, in addition to two standard corner staircases and three passenger elevators. At the peak of the
Grand Staircase is the Ware & Drucker Student Lounge, which houses a small cafeteria service for students
as well as a relaxed, naturally lit study location.

Financial support
A substantial portion of the annual budget, which supports the full-
tuition scholarships in addition to the school's costs, is generated 0:00 / 0:00
through revenues from real estate. In addition, the value of its real
estate is a very important asset to the college, and has increased its Spoken Article – Cooper Union
endowment to over $600 million.[70] The land under the Chrysler (Financial Support)
Building is owned by the endowment, [71] and as of 2009, Cooper
Union received $7 million per year from this parcel. Further, under
a very unusual arrangement, New York City real-estate taxes assessed against the Chrysler lease, held by
Aby Rosen,[72] are paid to Cooper Union, not the city. This arrangement would be voided if Cooper Union
sold the real estate. In 2006, Tishman Speyer signed a deal with the school to pay rent that has escalated to
$32.5 million in 2018, and will increase to $41 million in 2028 and $55 million in 2038. During the
national real estate crash in 2009, Cooper Union investment committee Chair John Michaelson
acknowledged to The Wall Street Journal that Tishman Speyer "would not do that deal today" since such a
generous deal had been made near the peak of the real estate boom.[73]

Financial crisis and tuition controversy

Around October 29, 2011, rumors circulated the school was in serious financial trouble. On October 31, a
series of open forums were held with students, faculty, and alumni to address the crisis.[74]

Current and past students voiced opposition to the plan to begin charging tuition on social networking sites
and print publications.[75][76] The president of the school, Jamshed Bharucha, indicated depletion of the
school's endowment required additional sources of funding. A possible tuition levy and more pointed
solicitation of alumni donations and research grants were being considered to offset recent financial
practices such as liquidating assets and spending heavily on 41 Cooper Square, a controversial new
academic building. On April 24, 2012, the college announced approval from its board of trustees to attempt
to establish a new tuition-based cross-disciplinary graduate program, expand its fee-based continuing
education programs, and impose tuition on some students in its existing graduate programs, effective
September 2013.[77][78]

In December 2012, as a protest against the possibility of undergraduate tuition being charged, 11 students
occupied a suite[79] in the Foundation Building for a week.[80] Solicitation of additional endowment to
support the free tuition policy was complicated by the school's policy of granting full tuition scholarships to
wealthy students. Charging high tuition was complicated by the school's lack of customary amenities
offered by other high-tuition schools.[81]

On April 23, 2013, The New York Times reported the college had announced it would end its free tuition
policy for undergraduates, beginning in fall 2014. The administration maintained that they would continue
to offer need-based tuition remission to incoming undergraduates on a sliding scale.[17] On May 8, 2013, a
group of students occupied president Jamshed Bharucha's office in protest over the end of the free tuition
policy. The administration, board of trustees, and those members of the Cooper Union community who had
been occupying the Office of the President since early May reached an agreement that ended the
occupation on July 12.[82]

Throughout 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Committee to Save Cooper Union (CSCU) — a coalition of
former and current students, alumni and faculty — campaigned to reverse this decision, urging the president
and the board of trustees to return Cooper Union to “its tuition-free and merit-based mission, ensure the
school’s fiscal recovery, and establish better governance structures.”[83]

On September 1, 2015, the school and the CSCU announced the CSCU's lawsuit against the school's
administration was resolved in the form of a consent decree signed by Cooper Union, New York State's
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and the CSCU. The decree includes provisions for returning to a
sustainable, tuition-free policy, increased board transparency, additional student, faculty and alumni trustees,
an independent financial monitor appointed by the Attorney General, and a search committee to identify the
next full-term president.[84][85][86]

On January 15, 2018, the Free Education Committee (FEC) of the school's Board of Trustees released their
recommended plan to return to full-tuition scholarships for undergraduates only by the academic year
starting in the Fall of 2028.[87] In March 2018, the Board released its approved, updated version with the
same milestone.[88]
Academics

The Albert Nerken School of Engineering 0:00 / 0:00

The Cooper Union's School of Engineering is named in honor of Spoken Article – Cooper Union
Albert Nerken, a chemical engineering alumnus of the school.[92] (Academics, et al.)
Its enrollment includes about 550 students, and is the largest of the
three schools by a significant margin. It is one of the most
prestigious and selective engineering schools in the United States, Academic rankings
consistently ranked within the top ten undergraduate engineering
programs among non-doctorate-awarding schools Baccalaureate
nationwide. [93][94] The school offers ABET-accredited Bachelor Washington Monthly[89] 2
of Engineering (B.E.) degree programs in core engineering fields Regional
and an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science in Engineering
(B.S.E.) degree. Opportunities are also available for engineering U.S. News & World Report[90] 2
students to pursue minors in bioengineering, computer science, National
humanities and social sciences, and mathematics.[95] Forbes[91] 58
Specialized facilities for teaching and research include the Maurice
Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering established in 2002[96][97] and the interdisciplinary Maker
Space Lab, established in 2020 for the use of engineering, art, and architecture students. [98]

Master's in Engineering

The School of Engineering offers master's degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering.
Although all departments offer a thesis option, in some cases students may pursue a master's degree solely
through coursework and projects. A "4 +" dual degree option is also available whereby Cooper Union
undergraduate engineering students may earn a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in as little as 5
years.[99]

The School of Art

Consisting of roughly 200 students and 70 faculty members,[100]

the Cooper Union School of Art offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts
(B.F.A) degree and a Certificate of Fine Arts.[101] As a member
school of AICAD, School of Art students may participate in
exchange programs with the other colleges in the association,
including California Institute of the Arts and Otis College of Art
and Design.[102] Albert Nerken School of Engineering
main office, located on the second
The Cooper Union Art program is often referred to as "generalist" floor of 41 Cooper Square
or "versatile" when compared to other Fine Arts colleges;
incoming students do not choose an academic major within the
Fine Arts field, but instead are permitted and encouraged to select courses from any of the School of Art's
departments.[103] This approach allows for a personalized curriculum which addresses each student's
particular interests, regardless of variation or eclecticism. In addition, the program and curriculum place
heavy emphasis on each student's creative and imaginative abilities, rather than technical precision in a
specific medium, to develop the social awareness and critical analysis skills relevant to art in the
contemporary world.[104]
Galleries

Located in both public spaces and specialized rooms, Cooper

Union's galleries provide space for installations and showcases by
students, faculty, and guest artists.[105] Popular gallery locations
include the Great Hall lobby in the Foundation Building and
newly opened 41 Cooper Gallery in 41 Cooper Square, which
provides a two-story high space for large, three-dimensional
exhibitions and works visible from both the building lobby and 7th
street through large plate-glass windows.[106]
41 Cooper Square, where some of
In addition, numerous smaller exhibition spaces exist throughout
the art studios are located
both buildings on campus, providing space for student projects and
individual artwork to be displayed. Larger spaces on the upper
floors of the Foundation Building are used primarily for
interdisciplinary exhibitions with the School of Architecture. For
presentations of video and digital media, the Great Hall and 41
Cooper Square's Rose Auditorium are used. Exhibition resources
including frames, stands, projectors, and mounting hardware are
provided to students and faculty by the school's Buildings and
Grounds department.[101]

Painting/Drawing studio and

Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture classroom in 41 Cooper Square.

The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union

offers a five-year NAAB accredited program established by John
Hejduk. The school ranks among the top five architecture programs in the United States.[107] The
philosophical foundation of the school was directly committed to the "Social Contract" and dedicated to
education as "one of the last places that protects freedom, and teaching as a sociopolitical act, among other
things."[108] among those other things were principles of free debate and theoretical discourse which drew
source from deep wellsprings of lost histories such as the Bauhaus school of Architecture founded by
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

The current five-year Design sequence (2016) is structured by elements of architectural practice to varying
degrees of claim: investigation of program, construction methods i.e. structure, and square footage.
Classroom facilities include a lecture room (315), seminar classrooms, and ample facade and flat surface
space for presentation. There is also a computer and fabrication lab available for student productions on the
seventh floor.

The faculty includes influential practicing architects, design and construction managers such as Peter
Eisenman, Samuel Anderson, Elizabeth O'Donnell, Nader Tehrani, and Diana Agrest. Former faculty
members include notable architects such as Michael Webb, Peter Eisenman, Raimund Abraham, Lebbeus
Woods, Diane Lewis and John Hejduk.

Master of Architecture II

The post-professional degree program in architecture was launched in 2009.[109] Concentrations in one or a
combination of three areas are offered: theory, history and criticism of architecture, urban studies and
technologies.[110]
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences provides the academic thread that binds the three schools
into a tightly integrated whole. The Cooper Union is committed to the principle that an education in the
liberal arts provides the ethical, social and humanistic framework crucial to personal development and
professional excellence; thus, all students in the first two years take a core curriculum of required courses in
the humanities and social sciences. These courses are not segregated by member school or academic major,
and provide a formal opportunity for students in each of the three Schools to interact in an interdisciplinary
environment. Students in the School of Art take an additional three-semester sequence in art history. During
the third and fourth years, students have considerable latitude to explore the humanities and social sciences
through elective courses. The Center for Writing works with all students throughout their time at The
Cooper Union, providing both tutoring for Humanities courses and assistance with other writing-related
tasks (such as technical documentation of research projects and the production of résumés.)

Athletics
Cooper Union has developed an athletic program[111] which fields teams in basketball, volleyball, and
soccer.[112]

Notable alumni
Awards received by Cooper Union alumni include one Nobel Prize in Physics, a Pritzker Prize, fifteen
Rome Prizes, 26 Guggenheim Fellowships, three MacArthur Fellowships, nine Chrysler Design Awards,
three Emmy Awards, one Tony, one Grammy, one Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, and three
American Institute of Architects Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture. The school also boasts
39 Fulbright Scholars since 2001, and thirteen National Science Foundation Graduate Research
Fellowships since 2004.[8]

In popular culture
Film

In the German cult film Killer Condom (1996) the villain's laboratory was filmed in the
basement of the school, and one of the final scenes was shot outside the Foundation
building's main entrance.
In Susan Skoog's coming-of-age independent film Whatever (1998), precocious suburban
teen Anna Stockard (Liza Weil) harbors dreams of moving to the city to study art at the
Cooper Union in the early 80s.[113]
The Cooper Union and its student dorms were featured as background in The Interpreter
(2005).
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby features the New Academic Building.[114]
Winter's Tale (2014) was filmed at Cooper's foundation building to fit the novel's early 1900
setting.[115]

Literature

The Cooper Union acts as a symbol of Progressivism in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel His
Family (1917) by Ernest Poole, as well as in the novel From Immigrant to Inventor (1924) by
Michael Pupin.
 Cooper Union is the meeting place of two main characters in The Gilded Hour (2015), a
historical novel by Sara Donati. The characters first encounter one another at Abraham
Lincoln's 1860 speech at Cooper Union.[116][117]

Television

The "New Academic Building" designed by Thom Mayne was frequently shown in episodes
of the television series Instinct, wherein it was depicted as the NYC 11th police precinct in
which its main characters were based.

See also
Association of Independent Technological Universities

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External links
Official website (https://cooper.edu/)
Information about Cooper Union and the Foundation Building from The Cooper Union
Library and Archives (http://library.cooper.edu/archive/foundation_building_frameset.html)
New York Architecture Images – the Cooper Union Foundation Building (http://www.nyc-arc
hitecture.com/LES/LES025.htm)
Original 1861 Harper's Weekly Story on the Cooper Union (http://www.sonofthesouth.net/lee
foundation/civil-war/1861/march/the-cooper-union.htm)
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-20, "Cooper Union for the
Advancement of Science and Art (https://loc.gov/pictures/item/ny0359/)"

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