She went to Syracuse University for graduate study in mathematics, earning a master's degree in 1970 and completing her doctorate in 1974.
[4] At the University of Utah, Cohen became the first woman to gain tenure at the School of Engineering.
[5] With Richard F. Riesenfeld and Gershon Elber, Cohen is the author of the book Geometric Modeling with Splines: An Introduction (AK Peters, 2001).
[6] She has also contributed to the development of the Utah teapot, improving it from a two-dimensional surface with no thickness to a bona-fide three-dimensional object.
[7] In 2005, the YWCA of Salt Lake City gave Cohen their Outstanding Achievement Award.