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Artist Talk: Tammy Nguyen

09/03/2025

Mackenzie Williams

The Cooper Union Library is pleased to host a talk by Tammy Nguyen A'07 on Thursday, September 25, from 6:00–7:00 pm in the Rose Auditorium. This special event is free and open to the public; however, advance registration is required.

Library News

METRO Grant Supports Digitization of Peter Cooper's Papers

07/17/2025

Calista Donohoe

The Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections has received a grant from the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) to digitize a selection of Peter Cooper's papers. The “Unlocking Peter Cooper’s New York” project will transcribe and...

Archives, History, Library News

Call for Submissions - Library Exhibitions

07/14/2025

Mackenzie Williams

The Cooper Union Library invites proposals from current students, faculty, and staff for exhibitions related to the surrounding library and archives, whether specific items in the collection or the general themes of libraries and archives.

Art, Architecture, General Engineering, Cooper Union, Library News

Tracing the Legacy of a Cooper-Trained Artisan

06/23/2025

Lisa Norberg

A new book by architectural historian Zeny Edwards chronicles the life and work of Peter Melocco, an early-twentieth-century artist, designer, and businessman who spent his formative years studying at The Cooper Union. Painting with Stone: The Story of...

Library News

A Comedy for Mortals: Artists Books of Tammy Nguyen

06/17/2025

Lisa Norberg

Cooper Square, NY—The Cooper Union Library presents an exhibition by Tammy Nguyen, a 2007 alumna of The Cooper Union School of Art, featuring her series of artists books, A Comedy for Mortals...

Library News

Archive for Loisaida - Arthur Lee AR'25

06/06/2025

Mackenzie Williams

Arthur Lee's thesis is the library exhibition Archive for Loisaida, a project that celebrates and continues Loisaida’s—or the Lower East Side’s—history of grassroots activism. Arthur collaborated with faculty, neighborhood leaders, and the library...

Architecture, Library News

The Cooper Union Eco-System

04/14/2025

Mackenzie Williams

The Cooper Union has served as a crossroads for ideas, activism, and innovation - and nowhere is this more visible than in its evolving relationship with environmental issues. This exhibition traces a lineage of climate consciousness rooted in Cooper's...

General Engineering, Library News

Yarn Club Exhibit

03/12/2025

Lisa Norberg

Yarn Club strives to make fiber arts accessible to Cooper Union students through community resources, education initiatives, and yarn-funding opportunities...

Art, Library News

Welcome Calista Donohoe!

02/04/2025

Mackenzie Williams

We are excited to welcome Calista Donohoe to The Cooper Union Library as our new Digital Collections & Services Librarian!

Library News

John Hejduk's Security

01/27/2025

Mackenzie Williams

It was on earth that once supported Gestapo headquarters, beside the Berlin Wall, that John Hejduk conceptualized the birth of a series of architectural figures titled Victims for a memorial park in 1984...

Architecture, Library News