20 Cooper Live!
Centers & Institutes’ Open House

Did you know that 20 Cooper Square is home to over a dozen Provostial Centers and Institutes at NYU?

Join us for a dynamic open house on Wednesday, September 10, from 3-6 PM. We invite all NYU students, staff, and faculty to visit our current exhibitions, and learn more about the Centers and Institutes' and groundbreaking research and programming. 

See activities below.
There will be snacks and refreshments for all!

Wednesday, September 10, 2025
3:00 - 6:00 pm

20 Cooper Square
(Floors 1, 2, 3, and 5)

Participants:

Center for Black Visual Culture  |  Grey Art Museum  |  Center for the Study of Antisemitism  |  
Remarque Institute  |  Scholars at Risk  |  NYU Production Lab  |  Center for Ballet and the Arts  |  Grey Art Museum  |  
Rebuild by Design  |  Center for Disability Studies  |  Asian/Pacific/American Institute  |  Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands  |  Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality  |
The Latinx Project  | Department of Social and Cultural Analysis | Center for the Humanities  |  
Hemispheric Institute  |  Institute for Public Knowledge | Office of the Provost

20 Cooper Live! Activities

First Floor:

Center for Black Visual Culture’s exhibition Reflections in Black: A Reframing, on view until 6:00pm.

The Grey Art Museum’s exhibition June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart will be on view. The Grey will also offer a curator tour of Handle with Care: Robert Rauschenberg's Ecological Conscience, featuring artworks from the NYU Art Collection, between 4:00 and 5:00 pm. The museum entrance is at 18 Cooper Square.

Meet leaders from the Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Remarque Institute, Scholars at Risk, and NYU Production Lab in Room 101.

Second Floor:

The Center for Ballet and the Arts

The Grey Art Museum will have a table with student interns and Student Friends Committee representatives.

Rebuild by Design

Center for Disability Studies

Third Floor:

Make buttons using images from the Asian/Pacific/American Institute (A/P/A) special collections, which document A/P/A history, art, and communities. Learn about our programs and initiatives for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty.

The Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands (Center CIRCL)

 Visit the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS) table to meet our staff and graduate students, pick up a free tote bag, explore our Fall 2025 event calendar, and more!

Tour The Latinx Project’s new photography exhibition Escenas with curators Orlando Ochoa and Xavier Robles-Armas until 6:00pm and meet student leaders.

The Center for the Study of Africa and African Diaspora (CSAAD) will have a table with event flyers/brochures printed for the fall events; Spring research opportunities (pre doc & post doc fellowships); as well as merch and events information.

Fifth Floor: 

Meet with members from the Center for the Humanities to learn about our fellowship programs and opportunities for research and collaboration across NYU.

Meet Hemispheric Institute staff, visit the Institute’s exhibition Huracán Architectures, with photographs by Ruben Natal-San Miguel, and pick up more information and the latest merch.

The Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK) hosts a book talk at 5:30pm discussing Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism.