The Cooper Union is a rapidly -developing ecosystem for entrepreneureship entrepreneurship and innovation. The school is one of creators, something noticed and expanded upon by University Innovation Fellow Sharang Phadkeprevious fellows and the current leadership circle. As an overview of the continuing plan for expanding this notion of creation on campus, the follwing six following seven points , including the newest plan, '''the Winter Intensive''', will be the vision leading Cooper forward. The link to the Winter Intensive proposal to stakeholders can be found below.
'''UI Fellows 2016 Video Update: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3r5ms8-tTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3r5ms8-tTY]
'''The 2016 UIF Team proposes Winter Intensive at Cooper Union:''' [https://goo.gl/kDN2lm https://goo.gl/kDN2lm]
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=NK4IrNY0VJ4}}= Maker Space ==
*There is potential for using a space across the street from Cooper as a Maker Space, due to a connection with the new Dean of the Engineering School
*Currently in talks with professor Yash Risbud about making this happen (early stages)
== 1)  *No current space open to students for easy prototyping and creation;Maker Space ==labs are locked, and most students do not have access
*There is potential for using a space across the street from Cooper Would serve as a Maker Space due to social hub beyond Frankie’s Kitchen, and would become a connection that the new dean of the Engineering School hasnurturing place for inter-school projects
*Currently in talks with professor Yash Risbud about making this happen (early stages)== <span class="s2">Art, Architecture and Engineering</span> ==
*No current <span class="s2">Move course locations to foster interaction</span>*Free up space open in the curriculum to students for easy prototyping and creation; Labs are locked and most students do not have accesstake courses in the other schools as electives
*Would serve as a social hub beyond Frankie’s Kitchen and would allow for inter school projects to have a nurturing place to begin== <span class="s2">Curriculum Restructuring</span> ==
*<span class="s2">Fewer credits, and less time, allocated to unnecessary Physics courses</span>
*Eliminate Connect and Professional Development courses, and replace them with An Introduction to Creative Thinking and Problem Solving.
== <span class="s2">Additional Courses in I&E, as well as Design</span> ==
== <span class="s2">2) *Addition of a general I Art Architecture and Engineering</span> ==E course open to all three schools**Last year’s senior gift to Cooper Union was money to start a new course, which may not have been been used yet<span class="s2"> • Move *Intro to Design Thinking course locations as a potential alternative, due to foster interaction</span>Art and Architecture school’s hesitation surrounding art-for-profit. Design Thinking would likely draw a much more mixed and interactive crowd at Cooper
*Free up space in == <span class="s2">Expansion of the curriculum to take courses in the other schools as electivesidea behind NYU’s Demo Days at Cooper</span> ==
*Create a regular event for create@cooper, which doesn't necessarily need a guest speaker or large overhead to hold
*This will ensure an active set of members who are inclined to attend larger events, beyond just the organizers and leaders
== <span class="s2">3*Potentially integrate with Code Club’s Hack For Pizza event (demoing hardware and software projects) Curriculum Restructuring</span> ==
== <span class="s2"> • Fewer credits and less time allocated to unnecessary Physics courses1000 Pitches</span>==
*Eliminate connect and professional development and replace them with Former head of create@cooper, Sharang Phadke, had suggested that we hold an introduction event called 1000 Pitches to creative get students thinking and problem solving.about inventions that they may have been considering making
*The event would last throughout the year, and culminate in a competition and award for the best pitches
== Related Links ==
== <span class="s2">4) Additional Courses in I&E as well as Design[[Cooper Union|Cooper Union Wiki Page]]<br/span> ==[[Nicholas Breeser|Nicholas Breeser's Wiki Page]]
*Addition of a general I&E course open to all three schools'''<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1">[[Cooper Union|Cooper Union]]</span></span>'''
**Last year’s senior gift to Cooper Union was money to start a new course, which may have not been used yet'''<span style="font-size: large;">Leadership Circle:</span>'''
*Intro to Design Thinking course as a potential alternative due to analysis of Art and Architecture school’s hesitation surrounding art for profit. Design Thinking would likely draw a much more mixed and interactive crowd at Cooper.[[Anushree Sreedhar|Anushree Sreedhar]]
[[Christopher Watkins|Christopher Watkins]]
[[Zach Tzavelis|Zach Tzavelis]]
== <span class="s2">5) Expansion of the idea behind NYU’s Demo Days at Cooper</span> ==[[Giovanni Sanchez|Giovanni Sanchez]]
*Create a more regular event for create@cooper that doesn't necessarily need a guest speaker or large overhead to hold.[[Mary Dwyer|Mary Dwyer]]
*This will ensure an active set of members to attend larger events beyond just the organizers and leadership roles. *Potentially integrate with Code Club’s Hack For Pizza event (demoing hardware and software projects)[[Ruchi Patel|Ruchi Patel]]
[[Pranav Joneja|Pranav Joneja]]
== <span class="s2">6) 1000 Pitches</span> ==
*Current head of create@cooper Sharang Phadke suggested that we do an event called 1000 pitches to get the school thinking about inventions that they have been considering makingWinter Intensive at Cooper Union Proposal: [https://goo.gl/kDN2lm https://goo.gl/kDN2lm]
*The event would last the duration of the year and culminate in a competition and award for the best pitches[[Category:Student Priorities|c]][[Category:Student Priorities]][[Category:Student Priorities]][[Category:Cooper_Union]][[Category:Student_Priorities]]{{CatTree|Cooper_Union}}