CLASS NOTES

Diane Phares A'73

Diane Phares is being featured in Create! Magazine's 10th Anniversary Book looking back at artists' careers since they were first featured. Diane has continued to make art that transforms personal narratives into conversations about social equity and the unseen forces that shape domestic life. Create! Magazine's 10th Anniversary Book will be releasing in fall of 2026. Read more about Diane's work here.

Robert Buxbaum ChE'76

In July 2026, five Engineering alumni met each other for a meal: Dan Schwartz EE'76, Robert Buxbaum ChE'76, Barbara Waldman Stancato ChE'76, Dan Dworkin ChE'76, and Tony Hom ChE'76.

Orly Cogan A'96

Artwork by Orly Cogan A'96 is currently featured in an exhibition at the Jewish Museum in the Upper East Side and will be shown from September 10-October 24 at the Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea under the title, Orly Cogan: Behind the Lens & Through the Needle.

Dave Palumbo CE'89

Dave Palumbo CE’89 has been promoted to Associate Vice President of Dewberry, a professional services firm based in Bloomfield, New Jersey. His 35-year career spans infrastructure design and project management in many types of engineering including site/civil, structural, and environmental.

  • 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.