The Cooper Union Alumni Association (CUAA) provides a vital link between the alumni and the institution, building a strong body of support to preserve, protect and promote The Cooper Union.
Mitch Epstein (born 1952, Holyoke, Massachusetts) is a photographer who helped pioneer fine-art color photography in the 1970s. His photographs are in numerous major museum collections, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan...
Irwin Glusker received a Cooper Union Certificate in Art in 1948. He graduated with a Bachelors degree in Art in 1976. He was a author, sculptor, and designer. He retired from Gourmet Magazine where...
Gerald Monroe was born August 17, 1926, in Brooklyn, he served in the Pacific Theater at the end of WWII. He graduated from the Cooper Union Night school in 1962, and received his doctorate...
Patty Jenkins is an award-winning writer and director best known for directing Warner Bros. Pictures and DCs’ 2017 blockbuster WONDER WOMAN and her debut Oscar-winning feature MONSTER. Additionally, Jenkins is responsible her creative work...
Martin Charnin grew up in New York City and attended the NY High School of Music and Arts before attending the Cooper Union. He graduated from the Cooper Union with a certificate in Art...
Pietro Montana was born in Alcamo, Italy, on June 29, 1890. His family moved to the United States when he was a child and settled in Brooklyn. Pietro Montana studied at the Cooper Union...
The most unanticipated and rewarding turns in a story often start with the ugliest beginnings. After a recent series of global and national crises wherein we nearly lost ourselves, what if the arts and...
You can’t spell “trivia” without a-r-t! Join the CUAA as we host The Art of Trivia, an art-themed version of our trivia nights. This latest First Tuesdays event will feature several rounds of questions...
Join the CUAA for a virtual event showcasing the work of Cooper Union alumni who studied with the late Don Kunz, Professor of Painting and Calligraphy at Cooper Union between 1969 and 2001. Each...
From his many creative and entrepreneurial endeavors to his founding of what Maria Popova recently called “…one of the greatest public-good institutions our civilization has produced,” Peter Cooper was one of the most engaged...