Inside the center

A statistical snapshot of our academic year to date.

Updated
February 2025

One-on-one session hours

with engineers: 998

with artists: 802

with architects: 550

Cups of coffee, tea, and hot cocoa consumed by students: 4,450

PhDs and ABDs on staff: 11

MFAs on staff: 6

High-spirited volcanologists on staff: 1

Therapy dogs on staff (once monthly): 3

Percentage of students who prefer in-person sessions: 96%

Percentage of students who prefer a drab and distant online world: 4%

Unique editions of Machiavelli’s The Prince on our shelves (for HSS2): 7

Times Cooper has been conquered by a rival city-state: 0

Angry reviews received from students: 0

Angry reviews received from neighboring librarians: 0

Plant survival rate in the sunless plant box: 80%

Student survival rate in the sunless plant box: 100%

Poems written on the white board walls: 4

Poems written on the wall next to the white board walls: 1 (…)

Number of students asleep on our couch right now: 1 (engineer)