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Jamshed Bharucha

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East Village

May 08, 2013

Cooper Union Students Stage Sit-In at School President's Office

About 50 students from the Cooper Union were camped out in school president Jamshed Bharucha's office.

East Village

December 08, 2012

Cooper Union Students March to Keep College Free of Tuition

Barricaded students living inside the school continue their clock tower protest.

East Village

December 07, 2012

Cooper Union Students Hold 'Live-In' Protest for Free Education

Eleven students from the school have locked themselves in the school's Cooper Square building.

Lower East Side & East Village

November 03, 2011

St. Mark's Bookshop Reaches Rent Deal with Cooper Union

The struggling St. Mark's Bookshop struck a deal with landlord Cooper Union this week.

Lower East Side & East Village

November 03, 2011

Cooper Union Students Demand School Rescind Tuition Threat

Cooper Union students and alumni peppered school president Jamshed Bharucha with questions about a possible tuition charge at a meeting Wednesday night.

Lower East Side & East Village

November 02, 2011

Cooper Union Could Charge Tuition for First Time in 150 Years

The Cooper Union in the East Village is considering charging students tuition for the first time to cope with a $16.5 million budget deficit.

Lower East Side & East Village

October 27, 2011

St. Mark's Bookshop Says Cooper Union Refuses to Reduce Rent

The St. Mark's Bookshop has been seeking a rent reduction to save the struggling store.

Lower East Side & East Village

October 25, 2011

St. Mark's Bookshop in Stalemate with Cooper Union, Owner Says

The St. Mark's Bookshop owners said landlord Cooper Union has offered to defer a month's rent to a later date, but has not reduced the store's rent as requested.

Lower East Side & East Village

October 25, 2011

Salman Rushdie Urges Cooper Union to Save St. Mark's Bookshop

A letter by author Salman Rushdie is among tens of thousands of petitions set to be delivered to the Cooper Union Tuesday asking the school to reduce the St. Mark's Bookshop's rent, organizers said.

Lower East Side & East Village

October 18, 2011

St. Mark's Bookshop Fans Serenade New Cooper Union President

Supporters of the store sang an original song pleading for the school to lower the shop's rent at the inauguration of new Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha Tuesday.